how did you feel the first time your ass got plugged with c*ck

The idea behind it would be workable if everyone had the same standard of living etc'

Your democracy means that only educated men have a vote

The concept of a One World Govt. is a totalitarian regime.

Nail on the head, brother. And, that's why WG will never happen.

By the way, who is going to pay for that stuff?

The education requirement could never be implemented fairly so it could never be implemented

The only way voting could work would be on an age agenda
Anything else is totally unjust and impossible to enforce

India Indonesia and China decide they want to be able to travel anywhere at any time and take up residency in the USA if they want to

USA says NO

World Government says YES
They would have to say Yes

They must say Yes because there are three local governments voting against one
Five times the population voting as well

Not to mention that the larger the government, the less responsive they are to local concerns.

I completely oppose any attempt to set up a world government. It is a terrible idea.

Different strokes for different folks. Sure, it might be obvious to some that certain types of government are less desirable than others. Some people disagree. Who's to say dictatorships and tyrannies are bad forms of government? Likewise, who's to define human rights?

The tragic part of this is not that the leadership of the U.S. bolloxed the job, but that they make a point of doing too much for other nations, when there are still internal issues that the American government should be dealing with at home.

Sure, you can have more than one leader, but when the polarisation and infighting start...

As to education, that's all fine and dandy, but who's going to be paying for the entire human population to get taught? Are we talking public, taxpayer-supported, bureaucracy-controlled schools (with the institutional mentality and therefore lower standards -- "No child left behind") or private, boarding-school style educational facilities that require a lot of money to operate but tend to give better results?

And, if there are to be "alternative equivalent levels" defined for those with dyslexia, etc., does that include brain-damaged folks, people with severe psychological disorders? What about Downs Syndrome and mental retardation?

As mentioned before, who defines corruption? And who's to say regional and local governing bodies _aren't_ corrupt? The larger the government, the more there is to corrupt, wouldn't you think?

Again, if education, see above. How "crazy" does a person have to be to get his voting rights taken away?

What happens when large religious movements begin to sway the voting away from true democracy?

Ahh, the subversive tack. Isn't that how Hitler and Mussolini both got "voted" in? Didn't Saddam get his office democratically before changing the rules? Even if that's not what's being aimed at here, if it's above-board and people know about it ahead of time, I don't know who would willingly vote away their sovereignty. Shoot, even Puerto Rico gets a better deal being "commonwealth" than having to deal with the headaches that being a State would cause.

Two things here. First, call me whatever you like, but I don't think we would necessarily be "doomed to" any of those things, but even if we were, would that, honestly, be such a bad thing? Secondly, and the reason I hope I don't get lionised too badly for #1, is that I have a lot more faith in humanity than that we couldn't overcome those issues, even without a world government.

It is if you take the economics of human nature into account.

Not for or against, but aren't some African-American citizens still demanding restitution? What would happen if all of the countries with outstanding international debts suddenly had all the markers come due, and the nations they didn't directly owe money to simultaneously demanded restitution for economic hardships? Oooh, that'd get uuglyy..

So, anyway, my input is that, while a world government could work, so could multiple sovereign states as long as they take care of stuff at home first. The U.S. could do a lot better for the itself, as well as the world if it concentrated on educating its citizens and taking care of domestic issues before going off on the newest crusade to save "those poor lost heathens in their other-countries-not-ours wilderness" from themselves. Anyway, that's my take on it. Fix the countries we've got. Then worry about others, then the world.

In a true democracy everyone can vote

Who would set the standards as to what educational level was permissible??

Who would decide which governments were corrupt??

flame all you want

I once saw a friend snap her fingers and point at something she wanted her H to get for her, and he DID IT! I think even the concept of ****-whipped should have it's limits