Written by: Beck

UN plan for Darfur 'not working'

Which brings me to an article at Tech Central Station from earlier in the week--brought back to my attention by the Mystery Achiever. The article highlights a theme I've tried to emphasize in the past: the problem with the Untied Nations (and the United States' continued involvement therein) goes much deeper than Kofi Annan's leadership, mismanaged crisis around the world, or oil-for-food style corruption.

The UN's problems are a fundamental part of its structure. They're hard wired in to the very manner in which the UN was created & operates.

The UN is plagued by both systemic corruption and a fundamental structural flaw; it makes no distinctions between governments which represent their people and governments which use the instruments of state power to repress and exploit their people. But the real problem with the UN is even deeper. The real problem is that democratic governments have joined non-democratic governments in a forum whose primary goal is the expansion of government authority.

The United Nations is the pre-eminent trade association for people involved in the business of government power. Actually, it is more focused than that. The United Nations is the trade association for the world's executive branches -- the place where executive branches come together to promote their individual interests to one another, and to promote the expansion of executive authority in general.

Say what you will about the intended "mission" of the United Nations; it exists to promote the power of the state over the freedom of the individual. Worldwide.