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Contributor: dsteve3
Date: 2003-01-23 10:36:25
The United Nations showed its Achilles' heel in the '91 Gulf War, specifically with the Kurds. They are not represented, period. None, Zip, Nada. Why? They aren't a "nation".
Of all the social structures that humans around the world enjoy, the nation-state is the youngest concept. It's very precarious, in that we assume that a conglomerate of regions can be validated by their proximity. Language is occassionally used as a commonality, but we in Canada know better. {Quebec can't separate from "Canada" - they ARE "Canada" the origionals - though someday they may realize this and simply kick the rest of us out!}
The United Nations has failed to represent the people, as nations often are abstacted zones that represent the interests of specialized groups. We need to reform this institution to represent regions, and stand as a balance to nation-states that have so overpowered the individuals collectively.
We got a lot of work to do. A century of political negligence and backroom manipulation has left the word "democracy" in shambles. Its time to wake up.
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