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I'm not going to make this a biblical discussion, but the prophecies therein say that we will eventually become a one-world government.

Before that happens, the old Roman Empire has to reunite in a 10 nation federation (likely happening in the EU) and America has to go downhill enough to not be a player (or at least not a major player).  That may or may not happen soon, depending on how stupid the voters get this upcoming election -- and how big the plans are of the terrorist nations that have vowed to wipe us from the earth (that we continually ignore).

Will all that come true?  We'll know when or if it does -- but it will probably not look like anyone thinks it will -- just like earlier prophecies...  Typically, only by looking back could anyone ever realize that they had actually been a part of a fulfillment of any sort.

A couple of my own predictions (remember, you heard them here first!)...

1)  Jerusalem will be declared an International city -- replacing Geneva as the home of the world government.
2)  The UN will relocate there once that happens -- or as a part of that happening.

The nerd in me is going to come out now... there will never be a complete government speaking for the whole world unless we run into someone else out there who is not human in which case we'd need a unified voice for dealing with them.  Also, until some bug eyed tentacled thing shows up at our door step, humanity will never be able to see that our similarities far outreach our differences.

Iron Sun 254 wrote:

Also, until some bug eyed tentacled thing shows up at our door step, humanity will never be able to see that our similarities far outreach our differences.

So you were hoping for Hillary to win?

Interesting spin...

Seabird wrote:

Oooooh... Careful. That sounded almost conservative.

NPB - Your distinctiveness will be added to our own.  Resistence is ...entertaining but fleeting.

Charles Taylor wrote:

Over the course of our history on this planet, do you think humanity is trending towards a unified, global civilization; perhaps towards a grouped governance?  Do you think it's likely that in 2 or 3 thousand years there may only be one government?  Or perhaps none?  What do you think will succeed nationalism?  Are we already in the preliminary stages of it?

Local differences should always drive some degree of home rule.  The interesting question is whether there is any way to resist the trend we've seen in the U.S. of growing Federal power at the expense of the States.  That trend argues strongly against any sort of world governance that goes beyond what we currently see between Canada and the U.S.(easy document requirements to cross boundaries, fairly open trade, common treaties.)

As a practical question, how would we have to amend the U.S. Constitution to yield any authority to such a global government, and wouldn't that in and of itself be an incredibly difficult thing to justify?  I have a difficult enough time justifying why people in California have so much influence over my life here in Ohio, through the U.S. Federal government.  Extending that influence to Thailand makes no sense to me.

Strong Federal government even within the U.S. is difficult to justify, unless you're stamping out something like slavery.  On a world scale, I'm all for stamping out slavery, without submitting free nations to the influence of those governing less free nations, or even submitting free nations to the influence of people less accustomed to ruling themselves well.