There is no margin for error about a monstrosity that was created for the alleged purpose of preventing wars by uniting the world against any aggressor, but proceeded to unite it against any victim of aggression. The expulsion of a charter member, the Republic of China [Taiwan]—an action forbidden by the U.N.’s own Charter—was a ‘moment of truth,’ a naked display of the United Nations’ soul. What was Red China’s qualification for membership in the U.N.? The fact that her government seized power by force, and has maintained it for twenty-two years by terror. What disqualified Nationalist China [Taiwan]? The fact that she was a friend of the United States. It was against the United States that all those beneficiaries of our foreign aid were voting at the U.N. It was hatred of the United States and the pleasure of spitting in our face that they were celebrating, as well as their liberation from morality—with savages, appropriately, doing jungle dances in the aisles.
– Ayn Rand (at the top of the UNisEvil.com website)
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Amusing website. But it could be better if it wasn’t one of those nutty “UN is an evil conspiracy of Extra-terrestials to rob your brain” sites.
Why not say the UN has a lot of fundamental problems, but keep in the real world. The UN is a power play between competing nation states, that the US largely finances for the purposes of covering up the fact that is the pre-eminent power on the planet.
Why? Ask a diplomat.
U.S. finances? When did it start paying its dues?
The UN is a giant scheme to create parasitic work for politicians and their kin like most government agencies. It also involves financing, by the US and developed countries, of third world kleptocrats and their nephews.
Thank you for the Rand quote. It’s an example of plainspoken, unflinching recognition of facts — the very qualities that made Rand the Most Hated Adversary to statists of all stripes.
Best wishes for the New Year.
I do not feel that this a “nutty” conspiracist site, and, in support of this view, look at the credentials of the Capitalist Magazine writers whose contributions make up most of the content of the site. Not many right-wing whackos here.