| I have only skimmed the article from Wired, but I gather that the need for technological regulation is what gives you hope for a New World Order. I think that you are missing the main point, which is that a substantial degree of cooperation on various issues does not obviate the need to achieve the preconditions for true union. There is always an international elite that shares certain cultural norms and can function across borders, and that elite will be called upon for various tasks, but until various historical animosities and anomalies are worked through, there will be many impediments to a democratic, multi-polar, world government. The Age of Imperialism is dead, and the developed countries, including the United States, will not assert themselves to the degree necessary to impose a World Order. If we will not do it, it will not be done, quite frankly. The EU is still struggling to gain general acceptance of the euro, a real United States of Europe is probably a century away. As soon as the Soviet bloc disintegrated, history reasserted itself with a vengeance: Ukraine and Belarus, which had the most "fraternal" ties with Russia, bolted the Union; the Baltic States asserted independence; Slovakia and the Czech Republic had their "Velvet Divorce"; the Caucasus erupted with separatist movements; and Yugoslavia descended into chaos. No, Mark, all of this is not likely to be worked through in your lifetime.......... |
