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Originally Posted by 411314  1. Do you think we will ever have a world government? - Why or why not?
- If so, what system do you think it will be? Why?
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No. Unlike the present U.S. administration, I recognize that there are profound elemental differences in societies and cultures that have developed over thousands of years, and that any attempt to instantaneously imprint them with the U.S. version of christianity or democracy is doomed to failure. The only situation which I can even begin to conceive would lead to a "world government" would be a superpower so super that no other country would stand a chance of prevailing against it. Fortunately, the last attempt on the part of any country to achieve such world dominence utterly failed with the death of Adolph Hitler in a bunker somewhere beneath Berlin.
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Originally Posted by 411314 2. Do you think a world government would be a good thing or a bad thing? - Why?
- What system would you prefer a theoretical world government to operate under?
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The only universal system of government that could possibly be "good", given the available choices, would be run by a benevolent despot, i.e. some hypothetically honest, incorruptible individual who has the best interest of the masses at heart, and who acts in that best interest, eschewing any opportunities for self-aggrandizement that would conflict with that ideal. If you know of someone who even begins to qualify, I will welcome your submission. Given the present mechanisms for achieving high government office in any nation I'm aware of, I'm out of ideas.
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Originally Posted by 411314 3. Which do you think is the best democratic system? |
I think the present system in the U.S. is as good as any other form of government. The form of a government is less important than the laws it passes and whether it acts in the best interest of its people.
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Originally Posted by 411314 4. Do you think a ceremonial monarch is a good or bad thing, or does it matter? |
Neither good nor bad inherently. If having one brings in more tourist money than it costs the government, it's probably a good thing. On the other hand, I don't see a perpetual celebration of such a stilted class system as particularly desirable in a democracy.