Why Do People Freak Out About The Idea Of A Global Government?

[Institutional Control]

I believe all aliens to be like E.T. Just here for the Reeses Pieces.

[slobber]

Somebody explain to me how you would handle Horton, KS.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Somebody explain to me how you would handle Horton, KS.

Take their guns away.

[OK_Cat]

apparently we're all dying tomorrow, so none of this conversation matters.

[Dugout DickStone]

If there were a one world gov, would I win Time POTY then?

[Institutional Control]

If there were a one world gov, would I win Time POTY then?

You got my vote.

[OK_Cat]

If there were a one world gov, would I win Time POTY then?

You got my vote.

can't look past the weak bench press #'s

[Dugout DickStone]

If there were a one world gov, would I win Time POTY then?

You got my vote.

can't look past the weak bench press #'s

Bulletin board material right there.  Will print off and keep in my gym bag

[OK_Cat]

we're all in your corner limestone (if you get the #'s up)

[CNS]

I say we try this out on the moon colony and see how it goes there first. 

[HeinBallz]

Is this being confused with "a New World Order"  Because I've always understood that as a completely different thing.

I would be fine with a one world government, if it was limited to protecting your rights from being trampled on by others and not protecting you from yourself.   Not to mention protecting the government from trampling on your rights.

[steve dave]

Is this being confused with "a New World Order"  Because I've always understood that as a completely different thing.

I would be fine with a one world government, if it was limited to protecting your rights from being trampled on by others and not protecting you from yourself.   Not to mention protecting the government from trampling on your rights.

"new world order" is a weirdo conspiracy theory thing that doesn't exist. I'm talking about globalization.

[HeinBallz]

Then I say who cares.

[kstatefreak42]

Weirdo Conspiracy? 

[steve dave]

Weirdo Conspiracy? 

yes, confirmed

[Saulbadguy]

racists/bigots

[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

I think that it is generally because history has shown that a consolidation of power into just a few hands is almost always a bad thing.  A one world government would be the epitome of that.

where has history shown that? if anything, history has shown that as the world has become smaller via transportation and communication the government can become less spread out.

hmmm... the Soviet Union??? But , i guess killing a dozen or so million citizens (Ukraine) isn't a big deal. You just confirmed how ignorant you really are.

What about the Union of American States?  It's the same population.  What bad things happened with that?  Are our historical mistakes (slavery, Native American mistreatment) due to federalism and consolidated government of states?

Or how about the European Union?  It's even more populous and almost as diverse as the USSR.  What's bad about that?  Serious question.  Seems like a bunch of folks have actually wanted to be in the EU.

Was the Indian Partition a good thing, then?  A million died at the time.  Why?

What about when Italy was unified in 1861?  Problematic?

I'm not sure "history has shown" anything of the sort being asserted here...

[p1k3]

all our wealth (or whats left of it) would be redistributed to those losers in Europe. Anyone think Germany enjoys bailing out Greece all the time?

[sys]

Anyone think Germany enjoys bailing out Greece all the time?

a) they aren't bailing out greece, they're bailing out the european (french/german) banks that loaned greece money, b) think greece enjoys exporting their consumer and industrial demand to the benefit of german factories all the time?

[p1k3]

Anyone think Germany enjoys bailing out Greece all the time?

a) they aren't bailing out greece, they're bailing out the european (french/german) banks that loaned greece money, b) think greece enjoys exporting their consumer and industrial demand to the benefit of german factories all the time?

thanks for proving my point. Getting imvolved in things we'd rather not get involved in cause theyre a huge mess

[Shacks]

Whoever mentioned something about aliens is right.  That's what it would take to unify humanity.  Not necessarily aliens invading Earth and attacking humans, just their existence - especially if some galactic alien government with tons of different species is in place.  If you've played the Mass Effect video games, there would need to be something like that for humans to band together as a species rather than individual countries.  Even then, there would still be a few generations of squabbling and fighting among humans before unifying under one flag.

[CNS]

Lol no. Missles nukes etc.  Boom bang flash. Winner take all

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[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

Was it a bad thing when Charlemagne united western Europe and they had the Carolingian Renaissance?

Would people be better off if we had simply allowed the Confederate States of America to splinter off?  Which people?  Everyone?

Has China sufferred for being a forced union of diverse peoples for millennia?  Maybe.  Maybe not.

[Institutional Control]

I think the Romans did a pretty good job of ruling the world. 

[steve dave]

I think the Romans did a pretty good job of ruling the world.

whatever, if there is one thing we can all agree on it's that the world was much better off after the fall of their empire