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What do you think about a united word without borders?
Posted by ZAKON • 5/15/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Tags: borders, earth, Opinion, politics, Thought, united
Please start, I am really curious about the opinion of the people.
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I like Borders, but without it, I could probably find what I wanted at Barnes and Noble...
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Books-a-million? -
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There's still Amazon!
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Sounds groovy.
In theory, great.
In practice, not so much.
The tendency, over the last four thousand years or so, has been for the largest administrative units on Earth to get larger: and there's nothing to indicate that the trend has stopped.
Realistically, I doubt that there will be one big unit any time soon. A more likely scenario is that, in a few more centuries there will be fewer than a half-dozen very large units.
Style of governance and cultural differences will, I think, be a barrier: what works in China probably wouldn't work so well in North America, for example, or vice versa.
Somehow, I don't think this sort of response was quite what you were looking for. -
How I feel about it is not what comes to mind. When I read this I wonder how it could be achieved.
Given that the most pervasive forces in societies all over the world are religious beliefs, national pride and politics and that they have all been used as a basis for conquest, pillage and genocide, and, given the fact that we humans have being killing each other over these issues for millenniums, I don't forsee a united world without borders in the near future.
Moreover, as it's now transnational corporate greed working hand in glove with governments of all kinds all across the planet to control the distribution of the basic necessities of life, as well as, wealth and power, I'm not expecting to witness a massive consciousness shift any time soon.-
You bring up a good point timethief... regarding "beliefs, national pride and politics". If you replace national pride with economics you have the "three-legged stool" that Rick Warren talked about in the following 3 minute, 54 second video when responding to the Davos question:
youtube.com/watch?v=je2FDmsrxiA
The powers that be are actively working to unite the world into one common Religion, one common Nationalism or Economic Unit and one common Government to eventually (probably sooner than we think) be led by one man. My personal beliefs prevent me from commenting further on this topic in the General Forum as it would be better served in the Religious Group Forum. -
Yes, OutsideMyBrain, the world without borders will one day be more than a slogan. We are headed in that direction and will eventually achieve a world under one government, religion, & currency, lead by one man.
Wait and see.
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No thanks.
My personal space bubble is larger than most buildings I've been in. I would love to buy my own piece of land and shoot anyone who come near it uninvited.
Preferably an island with great white sharks swimming all around it. Failing that, a castle with a mote filled with crocodiles. Not alligators, they are too small. Crocodiles.-
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...lol ... you sound like me on a PMS day ... lol
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Seeing as how "people" dislike other "people", no borders would just mean more chaos and mayhem. -
I think it would be a beautiful thing, but I sure wouldn't want it today. It may happen someday, but it will be a long, long, long time. -
hmmm...sounds good in theory, but people are so diverse I think it would be a nightmare to organize...so I don't think it would be very practical ... not unless everyone had the same opinion on basic things like human rights, for example. -
Only if I were in charge, otherwise no thanks! -
Ya - What she said
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No wait a minute - If she is in charge - I can't be - and that won't work!
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Foolish silliness. I'm Gaia, the Green Earth Goddess, I am.
And, don't you two ever forget it. -
I won't forget it - I will just give it no never mind - and go on my merry way of earth-rulering
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I'll let you both think you are in charge so you do all the work.
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While I am in charge - You will be doing the work - I will be laying back and enjoying it (wait thats innuendo - different thread)
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A united word? Huh?-
ya - Its like a word without a contraction
cannot - is not can't
See
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And, you can't not love me, right?
Oh, you'd better forget about the laying around part because I'll be enlisting Anok's services to ensure 'voluntary' compliance with the work code.-
no contractions or it will be the skinny dipping pool for you!
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I will be glad that I won't be around when it happens. For it to happen, there would have to be a lot of compromises between different groups. Things like democracy, communism, and autocracy would reconcile, and the picture I see of this reconciliation would not be pretty. I like my freedom. The size of a bureaucratic one world government would be staggering. The sheer size would create corruption on a massive scale. Scale by its nature, creates problems. I am not sure how they could reconcile the administrative problems without seriously curtailing peoples rights. -
Sounds like a totalitarian nightmare to me. -
As a nomad, I would be at a loss without Duty Free. -
yeah...and who's in charge, that's the big question
Hitler had a similar idea
They are working on it at the moment -
Given the historically piss poor ability of governments to manage countries with a few millions of citizens, why on earth would we want to let them have a go a a few billions?-
Good point.
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The European Union, I would tentatively suggest, is a micro version of what can be achieved on a Macro scale. It aint perfect but for those within it, its borders are something which are becoming less and less significant with each year that passes.
Co-dependency is the key - once you need someone bad enough you'll share and then if you get intertwined enough, you simply can't let go. Those who drew up the blueprint for the European Union in the late 40's and 50's knew precisely what they were doing and why - and they weren't Europeans. Europe has America to thank for the Union. America knows how to make a world without borders happen, but doesn't need anyone else bad enough (yet) to make it happen...
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Shit no. Remember the Soviet Union.....prefer a small community I can connect with. Maybe we are ready for Europe in todays age of modern whatsits, but steady on.
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being able to easily waltz across a border carrying a few dirty bombs with intent of nothing but distruction....somehow i don't think that would be a good idea.
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