Do you agree with me that it would be inpossible for a global government to be democratic?

Question

I don't see how a global government could
function adequately if it was a democracy.In order to tackle world problems there would have to be a fair degree of co-ordination and that would require a fairly authoritarion approach.

Answer 1

I work for the UN and I can tell you it desperately needs to be held to account. At present, they get away with anything and are corrupt through and through because there is no direct public accountability.

Answer 2

It depends on what you mean by democratic. The United States is not a democracy in the technical sense, it is a republic.

Representative governance--not in the American form--might very well work in theory, but I think more powerful nations would never go for it. Countries that possess most of the world's wealth and yet represent a small percentage of the world's population would undoubtedly see world governance as a "threat" to their sovereignty.

Answer 3

No, it's not. It just needs to be adjusted. The global government's only job should be to manage global agencies, a disaster agency, an armed forces agency, intelligence agencies , etc... All of the other functions of government, such as budget management, etc.. would be delegated to local governments such as state and town. Under this system, citizens would have voting power for each item on the agenda in a local town / city meeting, and they can vote in state representatives.

This system would be much more democratic than the current one, and would probably achieve better results because citizens living in an area have a better idea of what they want.

Answer 4

I disagree. As it stands now it would be impossible. but if the people of the world desired it, there certainly could be world-wide democracy.
Here in America are many ethnic groups, many of different nationality backgrounds, different races, but we can all work together.
If the people of the entire world wanted to work together it would be possible, but they would have to look far beyond their own little surrounding, and accept the will of the majority.
Sorry, I don't think it will ever happen.

Answer 5

You are correct in your observations.
A world government would be tyrannical.
If they control everything including the medical establishment, they would utilize the same methods as the Soviets.
If you disagree with what they want you MUST BE CRAZY, since they do everything for your own good.
You belong in an institution where they can give you psychiatric treatment. Then everything will be OKAY.

Answer 6

You're right. No model of global government has ever been proposed that endorses individual rights. Instead, they always give some semblence of group rights, and centralize most of the power with the elites.

Global governments, and even models like the U.N. have always failed. It's pure Utopianism.

Answer 7

this is true. That is why the EU is a dictatorship with a so called Parliament to keep the masses quiet. Most if not all of the unnecessary and totally incoherent legislation that comes form Brussels is thought out by the unelected junta that calls itself the commission. time the whole thing was wound up before we are totally enslaved by it and the criminals that run it are totally bomb proof.

Answer 8

Just look at the European super-state unfold. How many of the elected politians do you know personally. How many do you know by the media?. how many are elected altogether?. How many are given the job via the back door?. How many get jobs for the boys?. How Many quangoes?. How many quangoes supporting quangoes?. How many ripples in a pond when you drop a stone?.
Im a pessimist really!. How far would your vote go on a matter like low-level community crime, if we had a world democracy?.

Answer 9

absolutely, not only that it would be impossable to achieve, you couldnt even get britain properly united how can we unite the whole world without terrorising people into destruction murder imprisonment and execution, not to mention the endless lies and hipocracy, increased jeolousy and hatethere are two powers on earth good and evil, which one world order will it be based on, because man cannot rid the world of either.so it will be based on evil and for the benefit of the extreem rich.

Answer 10

yes i do agree. i think some societies don't lend themselves to democracy. centuries of political or religious fighting amongst themselves will not be suppressed by electing representatives of another party.