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> Can you explain that further? The U.N. is terrible at directly preventing conflict (just look at Ukraine) but I think it has a decent track record of helping countries build their infrastructure

Some UN agencies are very effective, particularly the ones that are basically run by Americans, such as the World Bank. The more third world countries participate in any given agency, the more of a tire fire it is.



> The more third world countries participate in any given agency, the more of a tire fire it is.

I don't know about other U.N. agencies.

But I find Andrew Millison's youtube blogs [0] to be quite interesting on the subject. His blog about refugees [1] for example.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/@amillison

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfiH9T-iR3E


Could you be more imperialist?

Let’s see some examples of well-run UN agencies ‘staffed by Americans’. I guarantee you they are a cesspool of corruption and bigotry.


Incorrect. Source: am a third worlder, my dad was exiled from the third world for being too conscientious and punctual and spent his career working with UN agencies.




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