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Re:UN council: Nations, stop switching off the internet by dmoy on Sunday July 03, 2016 @01:33PM (#12026843)
Agree on China pop.

Russia has less than half the pop of US, and it's declining.

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Re:UN council: Nations, stop switching off the internet by ptaipale on Sunday July 03, 2016 @02:01PM (#12026964)
Yes, but still about as large as France and Germany combined.

Also other nations with authoritarian and anti-freedom stances have large populations (Pakistan >200M, Nigeria >180M, Iran 80 M, Bangladesh >170M, etc).

If voting power is based on population, China and India alone could outvote Western democracies.

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