[guildwriter]

It's a global stage for kabuki. So yes, it definitely shapes world affairs that way. I don't really consider the principles of the UN to be important when it's a paper tiger. Government without force is not government.

[anigbrowl]

That's one way to ignore 60 years of history.

[guildwriter]

I'm saying that political theatre is important and necessary. When it comes to everything else the UN has a really bad history of ineffectiveness.

[anigbrowl]

It's flawed, for sure, but given the short history of supranational institutions that seems like something you'd expect to struggle with.