Re: [FT] UNSC (emotional rant)

--- Matthew Smith <matt@smithdom.freeserve.co.uk>
wrote:
> My take on the UNSC:
> 
> The UN are the good guys, in a universe without good
> guys. 

The problem with this is that, if true, UNSC would not
be tolerated by other powers. If UNSC is kept afloat
by voluntary contributions by other major powers, they
would not tolerate any interference in their "internal
affairs" by UNSC. If they are to be "the good guys"
who don't take sides but "fight the good fight" they
must have independent means of support. If they don't,
UNSC can only be a talking forum or the puppet of the
major powers, carrying out whatever policies they can
all agree on. That would be essentially limited to
fighting piracy in space, providing neutral meeting
places, perhaps some sort of diplomatic courier
service, but not much else. Even space exploration is
likely to be limited to the major powers, since they
all are likely to have interest in seizing whatever
resources are found for themselves.

Another possibility is that UNSC serves to facilitate
international trade in space and serves as an
international banker ("the ultimate offshore bank")
used by Tuffleyverse's megacorporations which don't
want to be dependent on national banking systems. The
fees for providing this sort of service may also be
the UNSC's main source of funding (less fickle than
voluntary contributions) and the megacorps' interest
in preserving UNSC (interest which crosses the
national boundaries in this case) is the main thing
that keeps UNSC in existence.

Mike J.



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