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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (240186)	8/28/2007 5:32:08 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The broad trend of humans over 1000s of years is to go along that line. But it breaks down due to internecine conflict. The USSR was one big thing, but based on force rather than voluntary association, so it fell apart when the shackles loosened. The broad trend of human aglomeration has been via empires. One country is top dog and tells the others what to do. If the top dog country is especially good at empire he will spread his culture to the empire and offer enough benefits to hold the thing together volutarily at least most of the time. The Romans and the British were very good at empire. But it seems to have gone out of fashion. No NUN will work unless it's really a cover for a one-world state. If that's what you want you better begin backing your new top dog, because it sure won't happen voluntarily. I think the EU provides example enough of that. And the EU doesn't even have to defend itself or make foreign policy! It just needs to design tax and trade policy and write a constitution, look at the hash they made of that!