Comments by "" (@ronjon7942) on "Why the United Nations is obsolete" video.

  1. First off, wow, what a great report! I really enjoyed listening to your perspective. The UN, to me, was an important institution that is involved in important issues, but I really never took the time to learn much about it. I’m a fan of the UN in glossy principle, but yes - it seems its model seems outdated, and doesn’t look to have been developed to be flexibly modified. Maybe it should be scrapped and replaced, but would anything new be any different than what we have? Perhaps a new United Democracies… Major reforms seem unlikely to happen what with Security Council members being considered enemies of each other. Maybe just get rid of the Security Council? Or change the permanent member criteria to ‘need to be a democratic society, with a capitalist economy, and place a high value on human rights? It would seem difficult to squeeze China out as a permanent member, but in my opinion, Russia forfeited itself after the Soviet Union collapsed. Germany looks to be more appropriate than Russia, and Japan more than China. Regardless of what critics of the United States might think (even American critics), if the US pulled out of the UN, the UN would cease; any reform or replacement would require permanent American involvement. Maybe we have what we have, and the multinational General Assembly for dialogue, advocacy, and advisement is the best the UN can ever be, along with Economic and Social Council and the International Court of Justice.
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  2. Brilliant
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