Adorno and Horkheimer dismissed international organizations as squalid rackets

Evidence

As reluctant as we are to do so, we should … probably broach a critique of international organisations. As squalid, bloated rackets, they are the caricature of what could be. Already visible in them are the collective interests of the bureaus of various national rackets. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1054

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Adorno’s ‘Reflections on Class Theory’ and the broader racket theory; also to the larger ‘gangs and rackets’ motif in Minima Moralia.