Problem is, if the U.N. actually did start living up to its mandate as a democratic institution, with power to enforce those values, a lot of nations that *don't* share that vision would probably withdrawal from it - that happened to the League of Nations before WWII. A UN without universal representation of nations loses a lot of its legitimacy across the globe, I think..."just another damn American puppet" would be heard a lot.
The unipolar world has been a good thing for democracy overall, I think - the increase in number of democratic nations has been steadily rising, for example. However, encouraging the stronger democracies like India and Japan, not to mention the EU, to actively take responsibility for their own national interests and defense would share out some of the pressures which the U.S. exclusively bears right now, and while their decisions may not be 100% in line with what the USA wants, I think that route is more sustainable (and safer) in the long-run.
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The unipolar world has been a good thing for democracy overall, I think - the increase in number of democratic nations has been steadily rising, for example. However, encouraging the stronger democracies like India and Japan, not to mention the EU, to actively take responsibility for their own national interests and defense would share out some of the pressures which the U.S. exclusively bears right now, and while their decisions may not be 100% in line with what the USA wants, I think that route is more sustainable (and safer) in the long-run.