one world goverment?

Lt. Nebfer · Post by **Lt. Nebfer** » 2003-09-12 10:32pm

can it be done?
how ?
if not whats the smallest you could make it?

(try make the 200+ nations in to at Most 15(less if you can)

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-12 10:37pm

15 states isn't a great idea.

To make it work, you need a good federal system, something parliamentary, like Britain. I dunno, but doing it like the US ain't a good idea, thats for sure.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-12 11:16pm

A world government would collapse and is not feasible in the first place. It's hard enough for relatively similar nations in Europe to agree on things. Throw the whole world together and nothing could be accomplished.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2003-09-12 11:32pm

I think a world government with just 1 military and control over trade laws and the Internet and the like would do.

Of course, this government would be able to say

'Hey, Tai-wan, that pirate site there, shut it down'

Otherwise, not feasible at this time unless you wipe out 1/2 the planet or more

Strate_Egg · Post by **Strate_Egg** » 2003-09-12 11:56pm

I don't really think it would be logictically possible in the long run, especially since no one would get along. People are stupid that way.

Strate_Egg · Post by **Strate_Egg** » 2003-09-12 11:56pm

There goes that shitty spelling again

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-09-13 12:00am

Possible, but requires large advances. Mostly in logistics. The 'everyone hates each other!' angle is true even within existing nations; all this is going to do is make each group larger. It's not possible without some big jumps in technology and knowledge, but definately possibel.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-09-13 12:25am

Start with economical unification... And try to work out the kinks, like Israelis and Palestinians killing each other.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-09-13 12:28am

Is it possible? Yes. Is it likely anywhere in the near future? No.

Agent R · Post by **Agent R** » 2003-09-13 01:11am

Cultural and ideological differences would make such a venture very difficult. Nation-states would still divide along much of the same lines as they are today. I think you'd end up with something like a UN that was either vastly ineffectual (more so than now) or one that is greatly overpowered.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-09-13 01:31am

It'll happen someday, but not in my lifetime.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-13 01:35am

To make it work you need to conquer but be fair. Like Rome. Conquer the Barbarians then feed them wine. Soon every barbarian will want to be Roman. Just make sure you continue doing it, otherwise you collapse into shit like Rome did.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-09-13 08:11am

I think it possible and necessary. tech has gotten too high for population to remain divided.

Lt. Nebfer · Post by **Lt. Nebfer** » 2003-09-13 10:47pm

well you are forgeting the othe part of this topic if 1 is not realy posible whats the smallest number you can get

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-09-13 11:06pm

Lt. Nebfer wrote:well you are forgeting the othe part of this topic if 1 is not realy posible whats the smallest number you can get

If some of the 3rd World Shitholes produce some charimastic leaders the numbers will shrink, but I doubt that.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2003-09-14 11:29pm

Drug the entire planetary population into 'relaxation dude' so they all 'chill'

Spend the next 30 years putting reforms through and so forth (i.e new education)

Weaken the drug effect over the course of the next 40 years after.

By the time it wears off, everyone will be happy with the government, or the ones that won't be will be too old to do anything

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-09-15 01:12am

This belongs in N&P.

AniThyng · Post by **AniThyng** » 2003-09-15 12:13pm

nevermind world government.
getting any sort of regional agreement is hard enough as it is...i mean even the EU is split on alot of things, isn't it? and it's not even a sovereign grouping yet.

AniThyng · Post by **AniThyng** » 2003-09-15 12:17pm

in any case, it's not going to work so long as the United States itself doesn't come around to the idea. and that won't work either because half the world is not going to have leaders that are agreeable to america leading this world governement
and america probably won't have anyone else lead it either........

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-09-17 01:20am

The only type of government I see working for a one world system would be a totalitarian dictatorship. People are too dumb to put aside their differences long enough to work together. whomever the ruler is would have to have a clear line of succession as well, lest the world descend into civil war before finally breaking back into roughly pre-war divisions.

Shiva Archon · Post by **Shiva Archon** » 2003-09-17 02:12am

I don't see a world government happening...ever. Way too many people disagree about how a government should be run, let alone who runs it.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-17 02:13am

The only viable world government would be an incredibly powerful Empire with some vast advantage over all of the other nations. It's the stuff of sci-fi.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2003-09-17 08:10am

Darth Wong wrote:The only viable world government would be an incredibly powerful Empire with some vast advantage over all of the other nations. It's the stuff of sci-fi.

You are talking of the US perhaps

A world government is possible if people,nations, want it to work. I think that a world government will evolve gradually and will be of a federal nature.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-09-17 09:49am

-agrees with stuart-

the people involved will have to want it to happen - even our beloved superpower couldnt garrison the entire planet as it rebelled.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2003-09-17 10:37am

Humans are wired to be "Us vs Them" in their mentality. The entire earth won't be "us" until we find a new "them" to go against. IE, world peace only after we encounter an alien world to have a war with.