[lbo-talk] UN GA Resolution 1514 (XV) (14 December 1960) Re: Baghdad: 35 Murders A Day

[Shane Taylor]

Luke Weiger wrote:
> Terrific--Yoshie claims to be in favor of real UN
> democracy.  So am I. Of course, that would entail
> a) the governments of despotic states wouldn't be
> represented, since the will of such regimes (contra
> Hobbes) rarely reflects anything like the collective
> will of the peoples they govern and b) nations would
> be represented in a manner proportional to their
> populations (e.g. France should have a lot more say
> than Luxembourg).

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> Of course, we all know that by despotic states Luke
> means poor nations whose governments (due to its
> economic policy, its geopolitical interests, its
> diplomatic stance, etc.) that the US government
> puts on its ever-changing black list. 

No, "we" don't.

-- Shane

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