I Finally Mustered the Testicular Fortitude To Quit My Cushy UN Job

Lauri Elias
3 min readJun 7, 2024

When I started contracting in March 2022, Russia had just invaded Ukraine. The UN could do nothing as of course огϲѕ get a seat on Gondor’s council in our current simulation. Their chum Amnesty International recommended Ukraine not defend herself.

Red Cross boss Peter Maurer shaking hands with Lavrov
The Red Cross’s reaction — I guess it did mean business would be picking up for them
% of people trusting the UN to do the right thing, by country
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-trust-the-united-nations/

No offence, but offence. India, Kenya, and China are not who I jive with.

You’d think as an Eastern European I’d vomit in my mouth having to show up at work every day. But nah. I’m a worm with infinite self-deception capability. UNCTAD is a whole other subunit, right? We deal with economics. You gotta alleviate the material stress of the people ‘stuck’ in the pariah regimes so they’d rise up against Sauron, right?

Were I born into North Korea, I’d find the copium.

Anakin/Padme meme template
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/for-the-better-right

I set up services in Syria (soon a million dead, quarter of the population displaced).

Our latest live was Palestine.

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