"And now for a world government", Financial Times

Swinging Green Tablet · 12-09-2008, 03:39 PM

Columnists Gideon Rachman wrote "And now for a world government", Financial Times Dec 9 2008:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a03e5b6-c...077b07658.html

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"In general, the Union(ref. EU) has progressed fastest when far-reaching deals have been agreed by technocrats and politicians – and then pushed through without direct reference to the voters. International governance tends to be effective, only when it is anti-democratic.

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"The world’s most pressing political problems may indeed be international in nature, but the average citizen’s political identity remains stubbornly local. Until somebody cracks this problem,..."

Go local

12-09-2008, 03:39 PM	#1
Swinging Green Tablet Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 8	"And now for a world government", Financial Times Columnists Gideon Rachman wrote "And now for a world government", Financial Times Dec 9 2008: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a03e5b6-c...077b07658.html In the bottom... "In general, the Union(ref. EU) has progressed fastest when far-reaching deals have been agreed by technocrats and politicians – and then pushed through without direct reference to the voters. International governance tends to be effective, only when it is anti-democratic. and... "The world’s most pressing political problems may indeed be international in nature, but the average citizen’s political identity remains stubbornly local. Until somebody cracks this problem,..." Go local