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Opening Arguments

Psst, how about a new world order?

For the "Oh, give me a break" file -- in order to head off "climate catastrophe," we have no choice but to have an effective "world government":

A policy article authored by several dozen scientists appeared online March 15 in Science to acknowledge this point: “Human societies must now change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the Earth system that might lead to rapid and irreversible change. This requires fundamental reorientation and restructuring of national and international institutions toward more effective Earth system governance and planetary stewardship.”

Believe it or not, that article was in a blog post at the freakin' Scientific American. They might want to rethink that name -- both parts of it.

Though I'm with those who say, "World government? The United Nations. I rest my case," I can see us evolving into that. Power tends to accumulate and centralize -- that's the lesson of history. There's even a model of how it might work -- our own pre-Constitution Articles of Confederation, the loosest of coalitions that left most power at the state and local levels.

Not saying I favor this, just that I can see it coming.

Comments

bryanjbrown
Tue, 03/20/2012 - 10:05pm

Leo, the elitists have been pushing us that direction since WWII.  How about this open conspiracy from 1973: TWELFTH: We deplore the division of humankind on nationalistic grounds. We have reached a turning point in human history where the best option is to transcend the limits of national sovereignty and to move toward the building of a world community in which all sectors of the human family can participate. Thus we look to the development of a system of world law and a world order based upon transnational federal government. This would appreciate cultural pluralism and diversity. It would not exclude pride in national origins and accomplishments nor the handling of regional problems on a regional basis. Human progress, however, can no longer be achieved by focusing on one section of the world, Western or Eastern, developed or underdeveloped. For the first time in human history, no part of humankind can be isolated from any other. Each person's future is in some way linked to all. We thus reaffirm a commitment to the building of world community, at the same time recognizing that this commits us to some hard choices.

SOURCE:  http://www.americanhumanist.org/humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_II

 

OK Craigster, tell me I made this up!  (BEtter call some high powered handlers in to help you on this one.)

 

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