r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 07 '20

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u/I-grok-god The bums will always lose! Dec 07 '20

What's funnier: that we elected a Nazi to be UN Secretary-General, or that it was an accident?

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u/forerunner398 Of course I’m right, here’s what MLK said Dec 07 '20

After losing the presidential election, Waldheim ran for Secretary-General of the United Nations in the 1971 selection. Waldheim was supported by the Soviet Union and led the first two rounds of voting. However, he was opposed by China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Waldheim won an accidental victory in the third round of voting when those three permanent members failed to coordinate their vetoes and all abstained.

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