Top contenders for permanent members are Brazil, India, Egypt.

  • cawsby [he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    A broad spectrum of the world seems ready to work more closely together after plagues, famines, and wars.

    If Ol' :biden-point: nukes the post-WWII UN Security Council hegemony that would be a good thing for everyone on the planet. Every single permanent member has abused their veto powers with zero oversight. More undemocratic than even the US Senate.

    As an Internationalist: Would sure be nice if we could elect our UN representative.

    Who do you see winning as a UN rep in the United States?

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Who do you see winning as a UN rep in the United States?

      whoever the bourgeois decides to back with media and funding

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        seems to me like a nationally elected UN rep would just end up being a lower tier of Presidential election, so it would probably get fought over by the Buttigiegs of the country,

          • ssjmarx [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            The more I think about it though the more I think it would probably do a lot of good to have a national election that revolves entirely around foreign policy. People might actually learn a little bit about other countries, and a niche party could hijack that to get some based foreign policy ideas into the public consciousness.

            • HauntedBySpectacle [he/him, comrade/them]
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              2 years ago

              Could be a good thing in theory, but I just don't think they'd allow those kinds of positions a platform even if they did let foreign policy be voted on.

              "Elections cannot be allowed to change economic policy foreign policy" - EU motherfucker whose name i didn't care to remember

            • 2Password2Remember [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              People might actually learn a little bit about other countries

              :data-laughing:

              Death to America

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Koreans: "It's not an invasion, it's a police action." :kim-peace: