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Originally Posted by TheBig3
Taking both of your posts into account with the response.
1. I don't want a global leader either. But we're going to get one. I don't personally see a reality where that doesn't happen. It's always been the case, and I don't see when it ends.
That said, if we're going to have one, this is better than the alternative reality.
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It ends with global resistance to the tyranny of a global government. The US is destabilizing global order more than anything, just because they're the status quo doesn't mean that other leaders would be worse. It takes a Messiah complex ingrained with psychopathy to become a global leader, and if anyone who attempted to become such a leader was rejected instead of embraced because someone could be doing the same thing but "more evilly", then maybe we can actually do away with a disruptive police force.
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2. I 100% agree with local authority ruling assuming there's no super-state authority involved. In the US our States frequently punish one community over another through funding mechanisms and educational benefits. If we find a way around this, and it's a competition for residents based on policies, then yes. 100% agree.
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Incentivizing cooperation and disincentivizing unhealthy competition is one of many approaches for this.
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3. The military thing goes back to my first point. I'm not "down with it" but I'm also not down with having to have a job. Unfortunately, this is the time in which I'm alive.
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A global military status quo actually sounds like a great reason to reject it and the idea that it's the only way that the world can function.
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4. Again you're welcome to your opinion. That's fine by me, but so we're clear I don't know how I would have demonstrated any moral position, and I certainly don't think I'm better than others for one reason or another.
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Then don't call em stupid!