I don't see the United Nations as worse than any tyrant, akenaton. Nor do I see the global democratic humanitarian community, which encompasses many NGOs, businesses, and even a few democratic governments, as being despotic.

It is true that the demise of religious fundamentalism has correlated with the rise of global capitalism. But it has also correlated with the rise of democratic civil societies. I'm certainly no lover of the capitalist system, but I am most certainly a great lover and admirer of democratic civil society. And your suggestion, akenaton, that social change in civil societies has been "for the worse" in your lifetime, I would guess that either you aren't paying very close attention, or are very young and cynical. The latter is really the deadlier of the two, BTW. ;-)