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by nlittlepoole 1683 days ago
Yeah but that's realistically not an option that is on the table. A decent part of the American electorate is not interested in that because honestly it doesn't benefit us directly. The choices today for most countries are the same as it was in 1945, side with the US, side with the communist, or be "non aligned" and have your government/infrastructure undermined by intelligence from both sides.
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star-trek-fleet 1683 days ago
Why aiming for international democracy is not an option?

You didn't explain that.

And please, stop using communists to refer to anything on earth. There is no such thing as communist nowadays. If you think there is a communist in China, that person probably will be shunned as one would be in USA...

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ravel-bar-foo 1683 days ago
What is international democracy? We currently have the UN, but in practice it draws on the resources of the US to enforce its decisions (such as Iran sanctions).

So what system do you have to propose, and how is it better? Remember that your explanation must explain how International Democracy avoids interacts with conflict between nations, how it maintains the global economy, in particular the safety of the shipping lanes and banking systems / currency exchanges. You must be able to adjudicate border disputes and prevent large nations from claiming large swaths of sea as territory. You must be able to explain how your system avoids becoming a tyranny of the richest, strongest, or most cunning states, as well as how it remains stable and doesn't become anarchy.

Good luck.

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justicezyx 1683 days ago
International democracy is just what it denotes on the name, applying democracy principles between nations.

As the first step, let's make sure everyone goes through UN for any cross national conflict. Like if US unilaterally invade Iraq, US should be sanctioned according to some agreed upon rules. Etc etc.

When you say UN works because of US support, that's a problem. UN needs to hold actual power, not at the mercy of a few super powers.

One step to allow UN actual power, is to grant UN the ability to draft financial resources from member nations, and let UN invest on the behalf of all people on earth.

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