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Jack Simth said:
Tell me, do you really think that you (or anyone else) can come up with a worldwide system cohesive and strong enough to be safely called a world government that will (A) be long-term stable, (B) be "good" for virtually everyone (ignoring for the moment that virtually everyone has a different specific definition of "good"....), and (C) have checks and balances of such near-perfection that a particularly extraordinary person or group will never be able to come along and turn this ideal government around so that it now only cares about that particular person or group?
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A. Currently, no. Sometime in the future? Maybe. I'm not overly optimistic on this. Still, I think it is something to be strived for.
B. No. "Virtually" impossible condition. But I believe a world government would do more good than harm, and would be better than the current state of affairs.
C. No. But that is true of every system of government, and a new government designed with that threat in mind might be better than what we have now...