What do YOU think of a one-world government?

Question

What do you think of a one-world government? If you've come to talk about Revelations, the antichrist, the end of days (unless polically related), dont bother posting a reply. Please think about your response first before jumping to conclusions that it's bad. Look at our current nation divided by nation situation. Share what you think.

Answer 1

One world government is one of those utopian dreams that has been proposed for at least a century, but at present, there are far too many obstacles. Just for one, look at the divisiveness between each of the major countries in the world. And that's not even counting the minor players, who can be extremely contentious.
At one point, people believed the United Nations was going to be a step in that direction, but for all it's theoretical potential, it has turned out to be toothless and ineffective. The US has NEVER paid it's UN dues! So much for even giving lip service to that institution.
How would you elect a one world goverment? You could not possibly send candidates around the world on a speaking tour. Nor could you have effective sattelite forums -- many of the smaller countries in the world are simply not technologically equipped to handle such a task.
And in which language would the government operate? Again, that was not supposed to be a problem at the UN, but it is. Just finding enough skilled translators to handle the sessions is a major problem.
I think the best solution would be to do whatever is possible to help nations work effectively within themselves. Not by stomping in with an army of enforcers, nor by sending in foreign aid to meet a crisis situation, but by helping them to solve their problems from within, because that is the only way to formulate stable solutions, and solutions that will recognize the uniqueness of each country.
I really fear that if a one-world government was proposed, it would be just another case of the US going in and trying to make everyone do things their way. Their way may be fine for them, but it isn't necessarily the best way for everyone.
Anyway, that's what I think.
Sorry, I've just tried to run this through the spellcheck but Yahoo is having problems with the Spellcheck, so you'll just have to excuse any pied type or spelling errors.

Answer 2

While I don't particularly like the way it's coming about, it's really already started to happen. The New World Order Daddy Bush announced in the previous century has been taking shape for quite a while. Not everybody wants to play but the US will eventually bring them into the fold or destroy 'em. The U.N. has their hands tied, China's making all the tv's, England's the money man, The USA is the town cop, India and Ireland are the phone operators, the Middle East is the gas station and so on. I would like to see it more democratic, but that's just a spin word now. What is really happening is totalitarian state but just as long as the powers that be can keep the infighting between the Dems. and the Reps. in the US, no one will likely notice until it is way to late to do anything about it.

Answer 3

It wouldn't be good, and I doubt it is possible. There is too much diversity in people/cultures/ethnic groups for one government to work for everyone. It would also give the people in charge of this one-world government too much power. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. It wouldn't solve the problem of nations being divided against themselves and each other. People have fought since the beginning of time, and they will until the end of it. It has very little to do with government, and a lot more to do with the nature of human beings in general. Oh, and by the way, it's Revelation, not Revelations.

Answer 4

it wouldn't work for one simple reason: people wouldn't want it to. people have different beliefs, different ideas for the government they want. that's why some have democracy, socialism, communism, etc. to try to even start a world government would be like the war in iraq. you'd have a situation where you're forcing a lifestyle onto people who don't want that lifestyle, whether the change be for good or ill.

in addition to that, who could handle the sort of power to be the head of that government? you know how corrupt many politicians are. and they're just the head of a state or single country. imagine what "ruler of the world" would do to a man or woman. it could be set up in a way similar to the u.n., but then you're just back to a bunch of countries trying to work together, rather than that single world government.

in all honesty, i think that it would take something truely catastophic, something that erases the old boundaries of country, religion, language, etc, before mankind can learn to work as a species rather than specific races.

let it be noted, however, that if it could work, i'd be all for it. but i'm sure it would be something closer to communism than many 1st world countries would be willing to embrace.

i'm rambling, but those are my thoughts. *thumbs up*

Answer 5

We're not sophisticated enough to develop one that would be sufficiently effective at delivering the necessary resources or keeping the peace.

There are also far too many ideological and ethnic identities that would undercut the efficacy of any such government.

I look to Voltaire, who argued that small countries were best suited for democracy, while anything large required a monarch.

Answer 6

If you look at any civilization that has been governed by a sole source. They have all fallen under corruption. People can't not be trusted with such power. Look at the system we have, both parties are having problems trying to gain more power and each person seam to be trying to establish them self on a high pedestal above the next. Its not for the people any more?

Answer 7

I do not think it is practical to believe that there will ever be a one-world government. There are too many power-hungry people who abuse the power they have right now, and they will never give up their power voluntarily. Look at Saddam Hussein, for example. He held on to power up until they caught him hiding in the foxhole. Look at Kim Il Sung. Look at Fidel Castro. Can you imagine any of these guys agreeing to a one-world government?

It'll never happen.

Answer 8

i imagine that is because the remember of humanity floor. As maximum of those third global international locations have the bright not in any respect ending socioeconomic complications and actually fewer have organic elements, the lenders do not pick to make investments in mineral or oil exploration and create jobs and produce in vast funds. a lot of those third global international locations purely guard residing through common agriculture or named as banana republics of inexpensive labour in production. some African international locations once befell the terrible genocide that ended up with tragic thoughts. i imagine the global authorities might want to provide more advantageous significant help to the debted third global for more advantageous education at college factor and ability preparation classes and enable them to in good structure into the overseas-invested marketplace. Why might want to global authorities forgive the third global debt? What the lenders can get? Blood?

Answer 9

A one world government wouldn't do anything about the division of peoples in the world. Those divisions are often about outside influences such as race, political belief, sexual orientation, and especially religion.

Answer 10

it is too diverse of a world to have one government that will do for all. the world is too big for one centralized government, too ungovernable.