i hear a lot of people from certain countries who seem to have a similar argument with regards to the UN- that why do they need it, they ought to opt out etc. etc. ( india and the USA) now the UN sure ain’t an efficient institution. hell there aren’t many efficient institutions around. ( good instititutions are a damned difficult thing to sort out - not least because loads of people seem to overlook the fact that they actually need work and thinking about)

seriously though - the UN isn’t the problem - its the symptom. yes it isn’t much of a useful institution but that’s because of the problems of the world - it reflects us. people don’t like the UN cos they don’t want to admit the world is unequal and rubbish. and they expect somehow that without changing their views somehow the UN is automatically going to be the wonderful representative organization its meant to be. and its not because some countries are ‘terrorist’ and others are peace-loving - that’s bollocks. all countries are capable of behaving in the same war-like obscene way - what are standing armies for otherwise?

its the system of organizing ourself into hostile nations-states that is the fundamental problem. well one of the fundamental problems. one of the others is that a lot of narrow-minded people have been influenced by this and want to keep it that way. which makes change hard.

need to think outside the box.

collaboration NOT competition.