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Rejecting the premise does not invalidate the argument. It’s at least possible for a world government to be reasonably run.



Where's the evidence? This thread is decrying the response of one of the world's largest governments. Good thing the rest of the world doesn't depend on the US CDC or we'd all have a big problem.

One world government doesn't look like some utopian committee of experts making perfect decisions each time. It looks like Trump and Xi but multiplied by a million.


I am not saying it would generally be a good idea. Obviously it could be a terrible thing. However, considering the best possible option out of all possible futures as a theoretical exercise it would look like something else.




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