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Originally Posted by gunnut
And who would be in that organization? Only democracies? What kind of democracy? Does our representative democracy count? UK is a constitutional monarchy, I guess it wouldn't qualify to join. Saddam had a referendum and he was elected as president for life with 100% of vote. Was the old Iraq a democracy?
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As you point out, democracy is a sliding scale, not an absolutism. That doesn't mean we shouldn't strive for it. The United States most likely qualifies since it satisfies many of the criteria (freedom of press, representation even if not direct, and so on. And the UK most likely qualifies as well. Old Iraq, clearly no.
So those are my guesses. But it would be the charter of this new organization to make those determinations. If you can think of a better alternative, let everyone know. Of one thing we can probably agree...what we have now with the UN has been generally a failure...we still have nuclear proliferation, overpopulation, climate and environmental issues, and so on. These are issue that we can't afford to keep letting slide. I'm just throwing one idea into the mix, one that presumes that democracy is the best system available.
gary