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E3 -> RE: One World Government: Conspiracy Theory or Inevitable Future? (8/2/2010 3:08:27 PM)
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I'm torn on the subject.
As we are now.. ALL governments are deeply entrenched in a "major religion in that area". North America is based apon christianity, Arab states apon Islamic or Jewish faith etc. IF there were a single world government, we would need to actualy create a brand new government, one totaly seperate from religion. This begs the question, can religion be kept out of government, or would such an act squash religion? (while I am pro government without religion, I am not for the squashing of religion, as while I might disagree with a particular religion here or there, it IS a cultural thing, part of what adds flavor to our species)
Right now, our system of many seperate governments might be broken, and the endless bickering between nations, cross border law disputes, economic sanctions etc prove this. BUT. It is a broken system we have all spent time learning to live within. Some have learned to manipulate it. Changing the system will meet opposition from EVERYONE, even if the system we change to, could improve things. The old saying "The Devil you know".
IF trends continue in the world thanks to the present economic crisis (And Americans can claim its over ALL you want, laying off cops becuase of declining city budgets is NOT improving!), I do see more and more banks collapsing. And when economy collapses, so does the funding to protect society, and without protection, society itself, specificly organization, law, etc will collapse. Such a total collapse would not be confined to small areas, as has occured in historic collapses of nations and empires. It would begin small, but the nature of our world, despite its endless bickering, is in the end, all nations are tied together. If one country collapses due to its economy failing so totaly that its social structure fails, then it will cause a domino effect as it both drags other nations down, or as others scramble to safeguard themselves, and instead only make matters worse. Such a total collapse would give birth to either SMALLER nations than are present in the world today (and one might argue these smaller nations are easier to manage), OR give rise to a true new world order. One that begins the old fashioned empire building, a single city at a time. Some politics here, some protection there, economic development on this side.. and outright conquering on the other. A true modern dystopia. Becuase such a rising government would view "personal freedom" as a risk and it would be waging war endlessly, with the lawless rogues outside its borders, and with elements within itself trying to restore lawlessness.
Once apon a time.. the USA had a chance to become the foundation for a world government. It (thankfully) missed that chance. It does not have the ecnomic power to do such anymore. It never had the political power to do such. And militarily, its stretched too thin and while they have top quality equipment, their tactics are still backwards compared to many militaries in the world today.
Once apon a time, Russia had a chance to become the foundation of a world government. The end of WW2, when they accepted peace instead. The cold war set in, and they learned a lesson ancient Rome had learned: peace is stagnation and decay for a nation.
England could have done it. Or France. They both commanded empires beyond parallel in the world today. BUT they lacked the technology at the time to truely solidify their holds.
No country today could do it. The UN will never do it. It could only be achieved, if necessity made people accept it, by an entirely new entity born of the very necessity calling for it.
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