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> please quiz yourself what worldview would brag about being hated by UN. If you cant understand, you literally can't understand anything about ~48% of the country

For a non-American, could someone kindly explain what worldview would brag about being hated by UN?

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There is a strong current of isolationism in contemporary US conservative politics (see Trump's frequent disparagement of NATO, and the questioning of Western support for Ukraine for example). On the lunatic fringe many believe the UN is just the first step towards a "one world government" or "new world order" that would deprive them of their liberties as Americans.

Haha, while other commenters spew some nonsense, what actually happened is that Desantis signed controversial anti-riot bill that was later condemned by UN. This is beyond farcical since there are many countries with far stricter anti-riot bills.

An intersection of nationalists + anti-globalists looking to shirk the rest of the world might brag about being hated by the UN as a way to imply, "We're so important/powerful/rich/cultured/etc, no other country [or their opinions of us] even matters."

As the kids once said, "They hate us 'cause they ain't us."

FWIW UN peacekeepers have a pretty horrible reputation for worldwide rape and sexual abuse. Not to say they do it more than others, but I wouldn't want to be associated with them.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/01/11/un-peacekeeping-has-sexu...

https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-pakistan-africa-se...

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