Is a unified world order (like in Star Trek) possible in the near future?

Question

Is a unified world order, where there are no countries, kingdoms and borders, like the one proposed by Rabindranath Tagore (a great Indian poet and novelist in the early 20th century), and also shown in the Star Trek Series, possible in the near future?
There would only be one central Earth government. No movement restrictions, discriminations, war, conflict, economic imbalances between global regions, as there is now. People would be free to move, live and work WHEREVER they wanted.
People currently referred to as Africans could stay in China, Europeans could work and live in the African continent, Indian farmers could cultivate crops in Argentina...In fact, then, they would not be known as Indians, or British or Americans..just Earth humans. Fascinating scenario, don't you think?

*A beautiful answer, TJTB. I will definitely try to get hold of that book!

Answer 1

A beautiful question.
As long as there's greed and decisions are based on a few rich men and their connections taking care of their own, there will be no unified world order.
Look at what we do: We sold Arms to Iran AND to Saddam during their 8 year war. We give billions to Israel on a silver platter every year, yet we ban it's neighbor from wanting to arm itself. We create this web of political interdependence and weave a labyrinth of alliances cloaked in adversarial sanctions to make a few key players very very happy.
Your idealism is beautiful, but it ignores our inability, as a nation, to recognize that we're far from a democracy and that our values for peace and structure are NOT represented by our "representatives".
Maybe someday when people become more informed, pay more attention and ask more questions, we may find that regardless of race and nationality, that all the good people of the world really have only one goal and that's to live in peace and to be justly represented. Something we're far from currently.

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May I suggest a book called "All the Shah's Men", by Steven Kinzer. Read it and see how today's chaos started in 1953 with the decision of a few. Your library should have a copy. A great read for every American, from a best selling author; editor in chief of the NY times. An author respected by both parties.

Answer 2

It was answered in Star Trek: First Contact movie. In the mid-21st century, Earth suffered a 3rd World Wars with millions killed. It was the first contact with friendly alien species that change the Earth altogether. Humans realised they are not alone in the universe, and the discovery of warp starships (travelling exceed light speed) explore unknown opportunity for the entire human race. Wars, hunger and illness have been eliminated, humans work hard for the betterment of mankind. This is the utopia all Trekkies dreamed of.

Answer 3

Contrary to what one other answerer said, as long as a few rich men have power, it will happen. We will all live in ignorant bliss of how we are being controlled by the few who control everything. In fact it is already underway. It is called the Security and Prosperity Partnership, or the North American Union. I'm sure "National Sovereignty Will Prevail" will enlighten you on the evils of such a change, because frankly, I don't have the time or the patience.

Answer 4

as much as I liked megastar Trek, on each occasion I see it those days i won't have the capacity to help feeling that the characters interior the story did no longer actual build their hardware. they merely seem to have gained it with the aid of serendipity, and seem to have no theory what they're doing. The classic occasion became into the place Spock's innovations went lacking. as quickly as they have been given it back they did no longer be attentive to what to do with it! you will think of that those men who had the technologies to enable superluminal flight could handle the quite minor project of repairing slightly neural tissue. yet nope, curiously no longer. Which makes you think of: Is all of it smoke and mirrors? became into the "warp force" in basic terms an entire fantasy that existed just to enable the stress and risk of existence on the severe seas to be grafted right into a spacerocket? My wager is that it in actual existence it may be far much less annoying to repair Spock's innovations, or do any form of different wonders that look previous the technologies of the Federation's day than what it may be to actual commute quicker than mild. the destiny holds superb technologies for us that few can foresee today. technologies and technology are different beasts. Warp drives are scientifically impossible, so technologies won't have the capacity to lead them to take place. Cheers!

Answer 5

If war and disease and injustice could be elimated then the current system would work just fine.

Answer 6

Yes fascinating.
But like vulcans and klingons, just fiction.

Answer 7

No, not the near future.

Answer 8

nevvvvvvvver gonna happen. star trek was science fiction, remember?

Answer 9

Only if we all accept socialism. But the libs have already done that, so that only leaves the conservatives to save the world.
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