<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>PeterisP</author><text>The point of UN and UNSC is as a venue to talk about these things and negotiate solutions - it&amp;#x27;s not like it ever was an option to have an UN that can make binding decisions on the major powers, no major sovereign power would ever agree to that.&lt;p&gt;The default position is that a sovereign nation can do as it pleases; if other nations does not like it, they are welcome to try and force it to change with military power - but having nuclear deterrent significantly limits such options.&lt;p&gt;Since you need essentially voluntary compliance, it makes all sense that any &amp;quot;misbehaving&amp;quot; major nations have a seat on the councils (such as the Human Rights Council), since any decision made without involving them would be just completely worthless empty words.</text><parent_chain><item><author>goku99</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t understand what&amp;#x27;s the point of UN when these things are happening in a permanent UNSC member country. This C&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; has been causing nuisance to their neighbors all the time. They Debt-Trap poor nations and exploit them. From Mongols to India, every neighbor has a problem, they are probably most worst neighbor you could get. Recently it was in news with yet another conflict with India[1]. This needs to stop. Entire World is Struggling to contain COVID while 600 million Chinese are on &lt;i&gt;Vacation&lt;/i&gt; [2]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;india-says-officer-two-soldiers-killed-on-border-with-china.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;india-says-officer-two-soldi...&lt;/a&gt;
[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;china-attractions-630-million-people-travel-during-golden-week.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;china-attractions-630-millio...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity</title><url>https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/10/17/the-persecution-of-the-uyghurs-is-a-crime-against-humanity</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>preommr</author><text>People need to be realistic about what the UN is.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not some global authority that will deal with all issues with fairness and justice.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s pretty much a way to keep countries connected and acts as a common medium for countries to interoperate. It&amp;#x27;s pretty toothless and obviously so - sovereign countries aren&amp;#x27;t just going to hand over power like that.</text><parent_chain><item><author>goku99</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t understand what&amp;#x27;s the point of UN when these things are happening in a permanent UNSC member country. This C&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; has been causing nuisance to their neighbors all the time. They Debt-Trap poor nations and exploit them. From Mongols to India, every neighbor has a problem, they are probably most worst neighbor you could get. Recently it was in news with yet another conflict with India[1]. This needs to stop. Entire World is Struggling to contain COVID while 600 million Chinese are on &lt;i&gt;Vacation&lt;/i&gt; [2]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;india-says-officer-two-soldiers-killed-on-border-with-china.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;india-says-officer-two-soldi...&lt;/a&gt;
[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;china-attractions-630-million-people-travel-during-golden-week.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;china-attractions-630-millio...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity</title><url>https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/10/17/the-persecution-of-the-uyghurs-is-a-crime-against-humanity</url></story>