Sultan Of Swing
Well-Known Member
I'm sure all of you must have heard of the raving Christian or conspiracy theorist (or both) that yaps on about a coming world order that will subjugate us all and bring the world to ruin!!!
As someone who favours smaller governments with more freedom to the people, globalisation is a real issue to me.
As someone from the UK, there has been much talk over our membership of the EU. I am personally against it, it is anti-democratic in regards to the British people (the people who the British voted for are not in charge), and really democracy just doesn't work at such a high level where there are hundreds of millions of voters, votes are more meaningless than ever before, there is hardly any motivation to vote in the European elections unless you're going to protest! The EU forces laws and regulations and all sorts of rules on the UK that the UK never voted for or passed in its own Parliament. It apparently gives us trade and business advantages, great, and in return we have an open door immigration policy where all 500 million citizens are welcome to come in and the handing over of our sovereignty.
/rantover
Now, I don't want this to be a discussion about the EU but it was just an illustration of how a world-wide governing structure might work, or not work, and what it would mean for the individual nation-state.
Would you be in favour of a world government? If so, how would you like it to be ordered? Would countries still remain countries in some loose sense, governed by a federal decentralised structure? Perhaps it will finally bring world peace... but what would you be prepared to sacrifice? The independence and freedom of the nation-state? The ability to vote on what laws apply to your nation, not an overarching organisation telling you what laws to have? Is there too much room for abuse, too much risk that corruption will arise, that the world-state will become over-bearing and controlling, especially if it starts meddling with wealth re-distribution?
If you're not in favour, why not? Will it not bring greater stability? Think of the free trade, the economic advantages, the social aid that can be re-distributed from rich countries to poor countries. Is it worth it?
And lastly, do you think a world government will ever arise? Perhaps an evolved form of the UN? Could it happen in your lifetime?
As someone who favours smaller governments with more freedom to the people, globalisation is a real issue to me.
As someone from the UK, there has been much talk over our membership of the EU. I am personally against it, it is anti-democratic in regards to the British people (the people who the British voted for are not in charge), and really democracy just doesn't work at such a high level where there are hundreds of millions of voters, votes are more meaningless than ever before, there is hardly any motivation to vote in the European elections unless you're going to protest! The EU forces laws and regulations and all sorts of rules on the UK that the UK never voted for or passed in its own Parliament. It apparently gives us trade and business advantages, great, and in return we have an open door immigration policy where all 500 million citizens are welcome to come in and the handing over of our sovereignty.
/rantover
Now, I don't want this to be a discussion about the EU but it was just an illustration of how a world-wide governing structure might work, or not work, and what it would mean for the individual nation-state.
Would you be in favour of a world government? If so, how would you like it to be ordered? Would countries still remain countries in some loose sense, governed by a federal decentralised structure? Perhaps it will finally bring world peace... but what would you be prepared to sacrifice? The independence and freedom of the nation-state? The ability to vote on what laws apply to your nation, not an overarching organisation telling you what laws to have? Is there too much room for abuse, too much risk that corruption will arise, that the world-state will become over-bearing and controlling, especially if it starts meddling with wealth re-distribution?
If you're not in favour, why not? Will it not bring greater stability? Think of the free trade, the economic advantages, the social aid that can be re-distributed from rich countries to poor countries. Is it worth it?
And lastly, do you think a world government will ever arise? Perhaps an evolved form of the UN? Could it happen in your lifetime?
