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Re:The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors by guildwriter on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:16PM (#15242776)
It's a global stage for kabuki. So yes, it definitely shapes world affairs that way. I don't really consider the principles of the UN to be important when it's a paper tiger. Government without force is not government.
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Re:The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors by anigbrowl on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:21PM (#15242811)
That's one way to ignore 60 years of history.
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Re:The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors by guildwriter on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:32PM (#15242911)
I'm saying that political theatre is important and necessary. When it comes to everything else the UN has a really bad history of ineffectiveness.
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Re:The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors by anigbrowl on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @06:20PM (#15243278)
It's flawed, for sure, but given the short history of supranational institutions that seems like something you'd expect to struggle with.
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