• @pressanykeynow
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    1311 hours ago

    Veto power in the UN is a short for “we will use nukes if you do this”. The UN is not world government, it’s the organisation which task(among many less important things) is to prevent nuclear war.

    • @Bytemeister
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      1711 hours ago

      Ah, that explains why India and North Korea have veto power.

      • @[email protected]
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        710 hours ago

        As good as this comment is, neither has the range or targeting capability that the US does or that the USSR did.

        The security council veto was designed to keep the US and the USSR at the negotiating table and off the battlefield.

        • @Bytemeister
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          39 hours ago

          Then why are all those other nations on the security council? Just seems like we only need the memembers with veto power at this point.

      • @ZMoney
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        510 hours ago

        We would have a much more effective UN if only Pakistan stopped vetoing everything!