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re: U.N.
Robert — (archived)

You're right, we have drifted way off the thread's original topic. Just a few thoughts before I call it a night.

I can actually understand some of the reservations conservatives have toward the UN, because it's merely a council of governments, and by no means a democratic or representative institution. I think it was LarryJ who pointed out that American citizens don't elect representatives to the UN and have no direct voice in it as we do in the US government.

But on the other hand, I can see huge problems with a world government organized on democratic principles. Sheer numbers--China would be the 900 pound gorilla. The organization's charter could stipulate that each member state would have to provide a means of electing "UN" representatives democratically, which would sort of slip in democracy through the backdoor, but that may be unacceptable to countries like China. And without China, a world-government would be a contradiction in terms.

Not an easy problem, and a problem for another day. Good night.

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