At 07:32 AM 10/22/2002 -0700 Nick Arnett wrote:
>A different approach to the question of world government is to speculate on
>why nations emerged, then see if there's anything similar happening now.
The most analogous situations to the emergence of a world government are
the formation of the United States from 13 mostly independent colonies and
possibly the formation of a future Federal Europe. The latter is still a
work in progress, and indeed looking less likely all the time to happen, so
it cannot be assessed. The United States, however, formed in large part
because of the existance of a common outside threat: Britain to the East
and hostile Indians to the West. I'd argue that the formation of a true
world government will not happen until such time as humanity perceives the
existence of an outside threat that necessitates such unity.
JDG
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People everywhere want to say what they think; choose who will govern
them; worship as they please; educate their children -- male and female;
own property; and enjoy the benefits of their labor. These values of
freedom are right and true for every person, in every society -- and the
duty of protecting these values against their enemies is the common
calling of freedom-loving people across the globe and across the ages.
-US National Security Policy, 2002
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