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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
I dont believe in grand conspiracy theories... but it wouldnt be a bad thing if it were true.
One world, One order, One Government... a long time ago Thomas Hobbes wrote that the only way to save mankind from itself and from endless war was for all to be equally powerless before the great leviathan, a state so powerful that it would be able to subdue the aggressive nature of humankind.
Nothing in history that has happened since has made me feel Hobbes was any less right.
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Now, maybe I'm not mental powerhouse here, but there is no way that scenario implies equality, as the great leviathan would also be composed of people, correct? Unless you have some artificially intelligent robots, or aliens to run the government (state) then you will still have people under the thumbs of other people. And Hell, we don't even have ONE government in this country. The larger entity is always made up of smaller ones, and they don't always tow the same line......
There is no Utopia, I'm afraid. I guess the only path to true equality for all is if we were all dead and rotting.....
Inequality is just part of the human condition, as is violence and greed. Luckily for us that isn't the whole picture, correct?