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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
logically incongruent.
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Nope.
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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.
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I could say the exact same thing about the Federal Gov't. There is no authority over the U.S. beyond the Federal gov't which holds it accountable in the realm of it's governance over the States which comprise it.
You seem to be concerned with some type of dictatorship aspect of an umbrella state. Is the Federal gov't a dictator over the States? Only as much as the U.N. would be a dictator over the Nations.
If you were really concerned about the dictatorship of a single governing body - how do you explain the U.S. push to police the world? Is that not even more of a dictatorship than an organization comprised of representatives of each nation? The U.S. foreign policy is actively engaged in world-wide governing and it is immune to external consideration and it is not comprised of the people it is governing. Classic dictatorship. This is why I see nothing but pure hubris from the anti-UN, pro-US crowd. They do not want democracy - they want U.S. control and attempt to label it "democracy".