One of the things that strikes me about people's attitudes to international organizations (or supranational ones) is the high expectations. Let me explain (this will be brief)
You take every country and you find rather significant elements of corruption. EVERY country. No exception. Some worse, some better. None of them perfect. We all know this, we have learned to live with it.
Somehow, though, when corruption happens in the UN (or another international organization), almost immediately you get "how can this happen, ABOLISH THE UN".
Why and how is it that people assume that fundamentally flawed states banding together will now become angelic? Of course there's some corruption. But the point is: we need these organizations. Imperfect as they are.
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