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As of September 2025, the State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by 156 of the 193 member states of the United Nations (UN), or approximately 80% of all UN members. (infosec.pub)

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[–] guy@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah alright. I have a tendency to leave bits unsaid because I assume that people can read between the lines, which I understand is difficult both over the internet and when you have no prior experience talking to someone and how they think.

I'll try to be precise. There's some theories in international relations that the hegemon controls international organisations, which is heavily debated and I personally find to be a weak theory. The first commenter is using this to frame the UN as toothless and under US control, which it plainly ain't. So stating that the UN is controlled by a single state is wrong. What is happening is that a veto player is effectively hindering everyone else from acting, but that is not control, it is obstruction.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

That sounds reasonable and is significantly more than i previously knew about the subject.

If there are no effective mechanisms for reigning in that obstruction wouldn't that be a form of control, even if only over a single aspect/issue.

Like if someone is obstructing the only exit door and i have no viable means of rectifying that situation they effective control over my ability to exit and anything that would follow on from that.