Originally posted by FreeSpeaker
I just can't see what people are trying to hold on too.EVERY civilization runs its coarse and ends up in history books.What is wrong with trying to
unify world laws and commerce?It will happen someday,and if it doesn't I will assume its because we are all dead.
I may sound nice and conveinient in theory, but to achieve it would require all the nations to give up a key part of their sovereignty. It dilutes
the democratic right of the citizens.
Would an American really like the 450 million europeans to have equal say in how the US is run? or the 1.5 billion chinese? Democracy just doesn't
work so well when it tries to represent too many people. The US already suffers from this to an extent, and it's the key reason why various European
states rejected the euro and the European constitution.
Government, to be relevent, fair, and effective, must, to an extent, be local.
[edit on 29-4-2007 by nowthenlookhere]