Your Views on a world Government

[Starhawk]

Okay this is sprung up from the Why Aliens don't come here thread, it's always been an interesting topic to me.

Anyway the topic is obvious and the questions that follow are should allow you to give a pretty good opinion
What are your views on a Unified World Government?
What would be required to create it?
What would be the benefits?
What are the cons?
Which nations do you think should be dominant in it's creation?
(Add your own statements as you'd like please as long as it's not lame *** stuff like get rid off all the lawyers or something.)

Anyway if you want a good summery of how I see a Unified World government and it's most proboble temperment towards others look at my Icarans. I think it would be absolutely hostile towards non "party line" Groups and would most likely absorb any national cultures it encountered.

I beleive that it would probobly take either a global crisis or global war to unify the nations of the world into a single government and even then I think it would probobly just end up being a more stabilized UN.

The benefits of a global government would be obvious in that a single world economy would probobly allow countries to bring their populations out of homeless states because former country A could be turned into an industrial complex and the uneducated people could find jobs there, while Country B could be turned into a tech producing country where the highly educated folks could find jobs and produce technology for those of country A while the folks in country A produce the machinery for the folks in B.
Other benefits would be a singular scientific nation instead of the dozens of "secret" projects where countries refuse to share their technologies with one another.

The Cons are quite obvious as well, the folks in the more educated regions of the world would begin to see themselves as superior to the uneducated and class systems would probobly fall into place whether intentional or not.

A global economy is dangerious in that if it crashes THE WHOLE WORLD CRASHES with it.

As to which nations would probobly take the lead in the formation of such a government:

USA (not saying we are evil so don't go there, it's just as an economic powerhouse and military power it would be logical)

China (they'd have the manpower to pull off resource allocation if a unified world government did take over)

European Union (the whole dang thing is probobly the first step toward world government anyway )

Possibly some of the middle eastern states (though I doubt it as they are pretty hostile as a whole)

So anyway what's your opinion?

[solops]

A world government at this point in human development would be the greatest evil I could imagine. The current set-up runs a close second.

[Fyron]

A unified world government would undoubtedly lead to tyranny, due to the lack of competition. Monopolies are a bad thing, whether in economics, government, religion, or any other part of life.

[Starhawk]

Glad to know I'm not the only one that thinks it would be bad thing to have that sort of unified government I mean heck starcraft probobly had it right with the UED heh.

[Yef]

I definitively no want to live in unified world.
Unless I'm the unifier.

[Raging Deadstar]

I think this phrase pretty sums up how I feel on this.

The Values of So Many should not be controlled by The Interests of So Few

Probably some adaption to something already existing, it's something I just thought of. But I'm afraid the fate of several billion people should not be controlled by a handful of people when it comes to ruler/subject ratio, that and I don't trust politicians with a whole planet!

Plus I can think of several other reaons why not, but thats the main one.

[Atrocities]

My view on world government is a bleak one at best. I honest do not see it happeing in my life time or that of say my great grand children. I do believe that at some point it may happen, but it certainly will not happen until something catastrophic occurs to force it into being.

[Nodachi]

I agree with Atrocities. The world is not ready for the idea socially, the feelings of nationalism run strong (not that that's a bad thing) and each nation would be too wrapped up in it's own affairs to accomplish anything.

Thinking about it, I really don't think it can work as long as there are separate nations. Just look to the beginnings of the US government and transpose that to a world scale. Nation A would want more voice because they are more powerful economically, nation B would want more voice because they have more territory, and nation C would want more voice because they have more population.

Yeah, AT is right, it won't work unless forced.

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

Well, I'm all for it. But maybe in that basic human rights for all is all that should all be mandated. And the U.N. should have some teeth to it's mandates too. 3rd world soldiers in baby blue helmets isn't much of a deterent to anyone. But do I trust the U.N. now? No way! France, China, and Russia (wassup with those 3?) sure sling the phrase "multi-lateralism" around quite a bit. But dig down far enough and their "multi-lateralism" hides only thier very own unilateral goals. I would welcome a benevolent international organization that puts the smack down on bad guys...But right now the only people I trust (Switzerland) don't have aircraft carriers and are a little too nice.
Sorry I didn't answer your questions one by one. So.. yeah I'm all for it...eventually.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Re: Monopoly. Re: Corruption. Re: Bad.