Are you in favor of a world government?
Today our planet is divided into about 190 different sovereign nations. Each of them must grapple with challenges of security, trade, economic viability, resource shortages, health care, education, poverty, ethnic tensions, and more.
For centuries now, visionary cosmopolitan thinkers have argued that the best solution to governing a global human family is a single world government. Pragmatists say that approach would be unwieldy at best and most likely a disaster.
But what do you think?
We’ve just posted a new IEET poll (see sidebar) asking for your opinion. Here are the answers you can select:
- Yes, we should have one world government.
- Yes, but sovereign nations should persist within a framework of overarching international authority.
- No, the status quo is fine.
- No, I’d like to go back to strong nationalism, i.e., ditch the UN.
- No, I prefer anarchism, the complete elimination of the state.
Please cast your vote!
Mike Treder is the Managing Director of the IEET, and former Executive Director of the non-profit Center for Responsible Nanotechnology.