| Gandalf Parker |
September 5th, 2004 03:03 PM |
Re: Semi-OT: Planetary governments
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Imperator Fyron said:
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If that is true of X then it is true of X/2.
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Sure, if you have a world that is half the size of Earth in one unified government, it is the same as if Earth had one unified government. Otherwise, this sort of division doesn't really apply... If Earth had 2 different nation states, each encompassing half of the world, it would not be _as bad_ as one single nation-state, but it would still be terrible. Divide it by 2 several more times, and it works out better. 200+ nations is much better than 6 (unified continents)... See Aiken's post below. No need to repeat what he said already.
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Right. But the question becomes.. why stop at national governments? Why arent you therefore in favor of each nation releasing its non-nationalized territorial holdings?
Or even as far as seperating the states/provinces? Counties? down to city-states? Those are all examples of merging governments into a larger government. If it works at one level , or doesnt work, then the pros and cons should carry downward as well as the upward (world government) which you were discussing. |
