90s conspiracy New World Order stuff was heavily based on the idea of the UN being an evil forerunner to One World Government(tm) that was taking away US national sovereignty. So Wilson was a special villian for trying to start the process earlier with the Leauge if Nations.

Glenn Beck was doing a rip off of Alex Jones Unified Conspiracy Theory/NWO shtick, which was all a rehashing of John Birch Society shit, which was itself a repackaging of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.