You have to decide if you believe there should be international law or not

The Nuremberg trials laid out a very simple idea: the supreme international crime is launching a war of aggression

The UN security council must be rebuilt from the ground up

UN must be wrestled from US control, it must not be allowed to use it as just another weapon, and we must work towards an actual system of international law, one where we are actually equal. the other option is global war

@ekis

the UN does need to be rebuilt regardless of any other factors

the security council for example:

france and uk both having seats is a colonial era hangover. there should be one EU seat

russia inherited theirs from the USSR, this wasn't even legal. russia simply should not have a seat

india should have one

brazil should have one

nigeria or south africa should have one

australia or indonesia should have one

egypt or saudi arabia should have one

china and usa as usual

@benroyce @ekis

Single member veto powers are a bad idea. I get that it was probably the only way to get the UN started, but it makes it difficult to make meaningful decisions.

@bruce @ekis

i disagree

the UN is a room for countries to discuss matters so things don't go to war

that we are going to war more and more is a function of the UN's antiquated structure from a snapshot of the world in 1945

in a new structure, if you exclude any of the regional powers from veto power, any decision simply won't be followed. and so: war

yes, it makes meaninful decisions hard

but they won't be binding without support of the regional powers anyways

@benroyce @bruce @ekis

Some say veto rights imply a dictation by minorities. For a long time, I found some truth to that, too.

I agree with Ben here. Humanity will only find unity by free choice. Otherwise it is called subjugation and oppression of minorities.