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[–] Sev_ 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I don't have an issue with NATO as a mutual defense and intelligence sharing organization, which is what it was started as, and is supposed to be. It's not though. Somehow it's become the "America will handle our national defense while we spend our own money internally on social projects and infrastructure" club, and a platform to push social and economic changes to other states via "peer pressure".

I don't have an issue with the UN being an international body in which member states can discuss issues, assist in relieving natural humanitarian crises as a group across national lines (famines, floods, diseases, natural disasters, etc) , or act as an independent tribunal for obviously heinous things like genocide (by "black balling" truely offensive non-member states).

I do not think it has any business being an international lawmaking body, pushing social or economic policy on members, making loans or being the world police and interfering in every little civil war and conflict around the globe. I think all members of such an organization should have an equal share in both the responsibilities and obligations (financial and otherwise) - notice I said equal, not equitable - just because the US is bigger and wealthier does not mean we should be shelling out more cash, equipment, soldiers.

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[–] Sev_ 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I agree, it doesn't need to be a legislative body.

Think of it more as an "ambassadorial round table" in which a couple dozen countries can get together regularly to discuss the events of the day - membership would be entirely optional and the equal fees collected would be used as the "budget" for any activities the group agreed upon.

"oh hey, do we want an internationally coordinated event to help out with that horrible famine in Derpiderpistan? You know. Pooling our resources and "membership fees" together we can buy food at market price from member states X, Y and Z and then contract member state Q to collect it and deliver it to member state W's air transport hub, where member state R, S and M will offer at cost deliver services to the affected areas and member state H will have personnel available at cost to handle the logisitics of handing it out"