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Do you support a world government?

Do you support a World Government?

  • Yes

    Votes: 12 18.2%

  • No

    Votes: 54 81.8%
  • Total voters
    66
TurtleDude said:
yeah that is why I oppose it. our federal government is 10X the size it was supposed to be
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Opinion, NOT fact.
And I suspect the opposition is fear based and derived from Mr Limbaugh.
IMO, perhaps our government can be more efficient and smaller..
This , I do not know...I am not in government.
But I do know that man tends to over-re-act (the Patriot bill) as an example..
We need some response from government people; HONEST government people...IMO, its the nature of man to be dishonest when pushed into a corner.....and he is, I think, by the "small government" tea baggers and their supporters.....
 
Globalisation of economy has already created the beginnings of a worldwide economic cartel, with a handful of companies controling the stake. The kinds of economic treaties that have been signed in the past 10-15 years have divested many nations of their sovereignty. Key businesses have more power than any world government - they've hijacked democracies instead of replacing them with outright autocracy. After all, maintaining the pretense of democracy is enough to fool a lot of people.

The key pieces missing are a hegemonic suprainternational body that has binding power, and equal mobility across state lines of people just like goods do; but those would be too obvious and would reveal the objective to everyone. No, instead it has to be more subtle.

Make no mistake, attempts are underway to make world governance a reality, but it's more through economy.
 
Justice For All said:
Obviously a huge hypothetical as we are not ready for a world government yet, but in the future if all nations have become democratic in nature would you support the United Nations of Earth so to speak? Could each nation work as a state and have different nations rights like we have state rights? The only problem is there would be no one to trade with so ultimately we would have to work to keep the nation alive trading among each other. Honestly I don't even know if capitalism would work for a world government since there would be no competition. There's a ton of things to considerand I personally think because of human nature a world government in even 200 years isn't possible. But as a hypothetical would you support such a idea?
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if it were possible ,i would support this but world nations havent reached enough capacity to gather to build a peaceful earth ,power struggles would destroy that world goverment soon..........
 
I don't support world government; I prefer a decentralization, or devolution, of power. I support universal human and to some extent environmental rights, and world democracy/freedom.
 
How would you go about organizing resources to tackle global issues?
 
One world government is inevitable. How we get there is going to determine whether or not it is successful.



If this is the way a one world government come to fruition, then we are all screwed.
 
ecofarm said:
I don't support world government; I prefer a decentralization, or devolution, of power. I support universal human and to some extent environmental rights, and world democracy/freedom.
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I would think a world government would have to have a light touch. It should have little influence on the internal activities of nations/states. The only place a world government could have jurisdiction would be in interactions between nations/states. I doubt you could get anyone to agree to more than that.
 
EagleAye said:
I would think a world government would have to have a light touch. It should have little influence on the internal activities of nations/states. The only place a world government could have jurisdiction would be in interactions between nations/states. I doubt you could get anyone to agree to more than that.
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That is how it would start, yes.

But power would centralize, as it always does. Some big emergency would come along, and the SCOTUN (supreme court of the united nations) would approve hitherto unknown powers to the world government.

Oh, and of course secession would also be declared illegal.

Have a nice tyranny!
 
EagleAye said:
I would think a world government would have to have a light touch. It should have little influence on the internal activities of nations/states. The only place a world government could have jurisdiction would be in interactions between nations/states. I doubt you could get anyone to agree to more than that.
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No government, that I am aware of, has a light touch. The nature of government is to grow in power. The nature of just about anything is to grow in power. It's the result of the human creative impulse.
 
Paschendale said:
If Science Fiction is to be believed, then not only will world governments become commonplace, but multi-world governments, too. I don't think it's inherently good or bad. But I think it will become a technological imperative.
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Damn, I always thought science fiction was fiction and therefore not to be believed. :shock:

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TOJ said:
But if there was a world government, don't you think it would have taxing authority? Then you would be obligated to pay your taxes.

You know, the old saying 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.'
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Yes, we know this saying. We also know what has happened everywhere that government was set up based on it. And you want to do that on a global scale? A global, unchecked version of the Союз Советских Социалистических Республик?

No, thanks.
 
With a world government your vote would be more meaningless than it is now, which as a matter of fact, is almost entirely meaningless.
I can see how well this would go.....:?
 
Bob Blaylock said:
Yes, we know this saying. We also know what has happened everywhere that government was set up based on it. And you want to do that on a global scale? A global, unchecked version of the Союз Советских Социалистических Республик?

No, thanks.
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Did I say I wanted to do this on a global scale? I may have. I just don't remember. :shrug:

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Centinel said:
That is how it would start, yes.

But power would centralize, as it always does. Some big emergency would come along, and the SCOTUN (supreme court of the united nations) would approve hitherto unknown powers to the world government.

Oh, and of course secession would also be declared illegal.

Have a nice tyranny!
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lizzie said:
No government, that I am aware of, has a light touch. The nature of government is to grow in power. The nature of just about anything is to grow in power. It's the result of the human creative impulse.
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I think it's important that the government never be more powerful than it's constituents. In the US, each citizen has the right to possess a gun. It's not only because the founding fathers believed in individual defense, but also in the event the citizens need defense from their own government! This was smart and wise. Likewise, the US could never be told to give up its military advantage by any world government either. So each nation/state could maintain its own military, that "ultimately" is under control of individual nation/states. See? Not far different from what we have now. No way would I agree to letting our military fall under "ultimate control" of anyone else. No way, no how. In a hypothetical world government, individuals would need maintain arms just like individuals do in the US do now, or it's a non-starter.

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb, disputing the vote results."
 
TOJ said:
Damn, I always thought science fiction was fiction and therefore not to be believed. :shock:

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Well it predicted the satellite, mobile communcations etc... its at least something to ponder.
 
Paschendale said:
If Science Fiction is to be believed, then not only will world governments become commonplace, but multi-world governments, too. I don't think it's inherently good or bad. But I think it will become a technological imperative.
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Many science fiction stories that talk about world governments and planetary empires create a picture of something not particularly good.
 
No. I doubt is a world govt. would do any better than the UN. The UN purpose " of the United Nations is to bring all nations of the world together to work for peace and development, based on the principles of justice, human dignity and the well-being of all people. It affords the opportunity for countries to balance global interdependence and national interests when addressing international problems."

The UN doesn't work, so I doubt if humans would allow a world govt to work.
 
Oh God no. Please no. No, just no. Does anyone in support of a world government have any idea of the strife that it would cause? The idea is unreasonable, unrealistic, and completely non-methodological.
 
TOJ said:
Bob Blaylock said:
Yes, we know this saying. We also know what has happened everywhere that government was set up based on it. And you want to do that on a global scale? A global, unchecked version of the Союз Советских Социалистических Республик?

No, thanks.
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Did I say I wanted to do this on a global scale? I may have. I just don't remember.
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Unless I've misunderstood, you are one of those arguing in favor of a world government.

And if you support the idea of a world government, wouldn't citing one of the most definitive Communist slogans indicate that you want that global government to be based on Communist principles? We've seen where that leads, albeit on a smaller scale than what we're talking about now.
 
We already have Uncle Sam as the world government.
 
I'll support it, as long as I'm in charge. :lol:

"Me the American of the World, in order to form a more perfect dictatorship........"
 
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