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Sk8eM dUb
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Then what is your definition? Perhaps we agree.
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Essentially the right for a government to be independant of the rest of the world. The right of a government to represent/control it's people. North Koreas right to enslave its people.
Sk8eM dUb
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You're only begging the question. If you're not independent then youve given up some control. Some aspect of life is controlled by people outside your country. Exactly what I said.
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I am talking about government, and you were bringing up people. Yes I want governments restricted. That doesn't mean people are restricted.
Sk8eM dUb
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If a government is not "of the people" then what is it? Answer: of SOME people. Same as globalism.
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Not every nation has democratically elected leaders...

Did you even think before posting that?
Sk8eM dUb
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Yes. I'm saying that what you advocate for is exactly that - an unelected system of defacto royals. A global dictatorship.
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... their representative. This would likely be s con session so that non-democratic nations can choose how they wish. Some nations could make it an elected position.
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How do you come to that conclusion? I never said anything about an unelected system. I talked about each nation sending a representative, with each nation deciding how they choose
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a less contentious/obvious example would be legality of drugs. some places outlaw alcohol & others allow it. One ‘rule book’ forces everyone to the same set of rules.
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Not so much one rule book, but a global constitution limiting governments different rule books.
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This was the purpose of the constitution + bill of rights. Limit what gov can do.
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Yes, and we could use them on a global scale to give reason to come down on the harsher governments. Like North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Israel.
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point being, it didnt work for the US. gov expanded anyway.
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& before you say these would just be basic rules (no murder) gov always grows. US started with limited set of rules & look where it is today.
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Oh I get that it would likely expand its powers over time. By then we would likely be facing such global issues that people would want that, just like the US government.
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people want expanded state power for their pet issues. it always gets out of control & ends up punishing castes of people for petty minor things (eg personal use of drugs like weed
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Or requiring thousands of hours of experience & thousands of dollars for a license to braid hair. Or allowing MPAA & RIAA & patent trolls to run wild. Punishing whistleblowers.


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