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- world@lemmy.world
“I visited a school, hosting thousands of displaced persons,” Lazzarini continued. “The place was overcrowded. The level of distress and the unsanitary living conditions were beyond comprehension. Everyone was asking for water and food. Instead of being at school to learn, children were asking for a sip of water and a loaf of bread. It was heartbreaking.”
Nah, because while the UN is a good idea in theory, it’s just an extension of the American empire as it is currently organized.
Yeah, I’m saying like actual functional, non hostage to the US, UN. Like how the people who envisioned it wanted. The body that ends the wars of aggression.
Good luck stopping the US from attacking and sanctioning it to death then.
We can still dream my man. Impossible things happen all the time; all it takes are the right ideas under the right circumstances. We just need to be ready to take that step when we see the opening.
The “people who envisioned it”, however, were imperialists. They merely claimed that’s what they wanted the UN to be to make it more palatable to those who would fall under the control and influence of the Big 5. The UN has always been, and will always be, a tool of imperialism as long as there are countries that have the ability to rule by minority (see the vote for a ceasefire in Gaza. Only three counties did not vote in favor. Ukraine abstained, and the US and Israel voted against. Because the US has veto power, it didn’t pass )