[Randallw]

I relish the idea of a single world government, however I can not see it happening anytime soon. There are too many Groups in the world at present that would refuse to accept the changes necessary. Instead it should be a gradual process so that perhaps in a hundred years the world population awakes one morning to find that the process has been completed. However such a long term vision is unable to take into account the effects technology may have on our lives in the next century. In a hundred years we may all be uploaded into our own virtual worlds and have no need to care about the rest of the population. By then perhaps there will be only one line of work in existance, software programmer (can't let the robots write their own software or they would take over).

I believe by removing nationalism and ethnic diversity we can end conflicts. Every citizen needs to be taught that they are no better than others and that their responsibility is to serve the race rather than the individual. As someone said there exists the problem that one nation (in the time before the disolving of national identities) may try to wield power through the excuse that "well we have the biggest population in the world, or we have the largest country etc" but they must come to learn that China for example may have 1 billion world citizens but there are 5 billion other humans in the world. A country may have a political system (using China again as an example, since it is a large country with a large population using a distinct political system) that they feel is superior to other existing systems and that they believe the world state should use, but existing political systems should be removed and a whole new system suited to the advancement of the world as a whole should be instituted.

This is not a theory that assumes Democracy should be the default system. Democracy is the tyranny of the majority over the minority and the use of what is popular over what is best. Instead of 51% of the population forcing the other 49% to do what they want, a system is necessary where a group tasked with the guidance of the world decides on the most logical course of action.

Puting aside for a moment the contentious issue of Switzerlands past history I would like to point out the fact that Switzerland is renowned for everything being orderly. The trains run on time and the population is cared for by the government. Switzerland does not have a single national leader, but instead has a council of ministers each of whom runs their department. Since it is deemed necessary to have a single figure represent the country at international meetings and events a President is chosen each year from the council but they have no particular powers, they are just that years representative. I didn't know before about the effect bureaucracy had on the longevity of the state but I must say I am delighted at the information as it enforces my longstanding belief that bureaucracy is the ideal means to run the state.