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Originally Posted by OpieCunningham
If there's no value in a world-wide democratic body, there's little value in a Federal-level democratic body.
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logically incongruent. there must not be a single unified authority over all mankind because it will not be accountable to any body other than itself. having nation-states has its weaknesses, but it does ensure that there isn't a single governing body who is immune from external considerations.
there is a clear difference between different sizes of competing states and having only one umbrella state.
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