My latest at PJMedia VIP. Everyone should want World Government to fix Climate Change and to obtain Global Justice, right? That’s what all the visionaries tell us. But nothing could be more dangerous.
The Conqueror and the Prophet
Imagine you are teaching high school and ask the question: “Who has more authority: the World Government Summit or the World Economic Forum?” What answers would you expect to get? Probably that whatever authority these had it was not enough. World government is one of those evergreen ideas that was popular in both ancient times and in science fiction but never realized in the present. As an historical concept it has taken many forms, from the Chinese “all under heaven” to res publica totius orbis, the “republic of the whole world.” In sci-fi “well-known examples include the ‘World State’ in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the ‘Dictatorship of the Air’ in H. G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come, the United Nations in James S. A Corey’s The Expanse, and United Earth (amongst other planetary sovereignties and even larger polities) in the Star Trek franchise.”