The UN Should Be Abolished Due to Its Hypocritical and Worthless Character
Source: https://www.facebook.com/americanspectator/. "We Really Can Get Rid of the United Nations Now | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics." March 31, 2026. spectator.org
The Gist
The author argues the UN should be shut down because it's become hypocritical and worthless. His main evidence is a recent vote where countries that historically sold slaves are now demanding reparations from countries like the US that fought wars to end slavery.
Conclusion
The United Nations should be abolished and evicted from its Manhattan location because it has become a worthless, hypocritical organization that does more harm than good
Premises
- The UN's recent resolution on trans-Atlantic slave trade reparations demonstrates fundamental hypocrisy, with African nations that historically participated in slave trading condemning others
- Ghana, which chose a name derived from Arab slave traders and whose Ashanti Empire was a major slave supplier, lacks moral authority to demand reparations from others
- The vote (123-3 in favor) shows the UN is dominated by nations acting in bad faith, with only the US, Israel, and Argentina opposing the resolution
- The resolution unfairly singles out the trans-Atlantic slave trade as uniquely evil while ignoring other slave trades that lasted longer and involved more victims
- The United States has already paid enormous costs in blood (600,000 Civil War deaths) and treasure to end slavery and address its effects
- The UN has become a forum for grift operations and scams rather than serious international debate or conflict resolution
- American-style capitalism and industrialization made slavery obsolete globally, showing America's positive contribution to ending the practice
Assumptions
- Historical participation in slave trading disqualifies nations from moral authority on slavery reparations
- The UN's primary value should be as a forum for rational international debate and conflict resolution
- Past American sacrifices and contributions should exempt it from further reparations demands
- Organizations that demonstrate fundamental hypocrisy should be abolished rather than reformed