the biggest threat to the "success" of Communism was the rise of the multi-national corporation..
Actually, the MNC poses a risk to any number of governmental systems, including our own. Corporations are not democracies. In fact, they are almost totalitarian in their structure, with a priviledged few (shareholders) deriving the benefit of their activities. The corporation has no other mission except to build shareholder value and anything that stands in the way of achieving that is either overrun, by-passed, or bought off.
But there is simply no guarantee that capitalism will lead to insuring the human rights of individuals. Capitalism can thrive as easily under dictatorship as it does under Democracy.
You have no idea how contradictory the phrase "world govt. based upon the values and principles of the US constitution" sounds. You also have now idea how truly frightening that "idea" is to the "others" you so casually assume would be in favor of this.
Well..you and others may prefer to view it that way, but I think that is because you have not thought it through fully.
The Constitution is not a document that is exclusive to the US. It was derived from the best examples of republican government that existed in pre-dictatorial Rome, and the newest thinkings by Hobbes and Locke on the issue of personal and property rights.
It is a document that many nations subsequently used as a template for their own constitutions (Spain, Latin America... etc). But alas, without a dedication to observing and preserving those ideas, and most primarily the first 10 amendments, that constitution becomes nothing more than a piece of paper.
The Constitution could provide the basis for a global government just as easily as it has for the US government. It is all a matter of human willpower towards implementing, protecting, and preserving those rights that are provided for. Words are only spots of ink until Human Beings put the meanings they symbolize into action.
It does not mean that the US would be in control of the world, but that merely our rights would be as protected as anyone else's. However, of course, I have no illusions about the power that the US would hold in such a government. Certainly as powerful as California is in the US govt.
But like you and the fall of totalitarianism, I also don't expect to see functional man-made world government in my lifetime.
And I certainly don't see the US giving up our current advantage economically or politically, merely to become subservient to corrupt or dictatorial powers.
Regards,
Ron |
