# Who Wants a One-World Government? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 1, 2001, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555 "2001-08-01T23:31:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hansel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@hansel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hansel)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/1 "2001-08-01T23:31:05Z")
This question occurred to me while reading [**this thread**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80066), in which the OP asks for specifics about an impending one-world government, complete with black helicopters and daughter-raping UN soldiers. Has any group or demographic ever come out in support of a one-world government? Has anyone ever seriously suggested that unifying the world under a single legislative body is even remotely possible within our lifetimes? It’s a plausible idea, looking thousands of years in the future to a time when world culture is far more homogenous. But who has suggested that it’s possible now, and that it would be good thing? Note that I posted this in General Questions, not Great Debates, because essentially, I’m looking for cites here, though anecdotes are welcome. ---
**Author:** ![MrDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MrDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDeath)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/2 "2001-08-01T23:44:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hansel \* > \*\*Has anyone ever seriously suggested that unifying the world under a single legislative body is even remotely possible within our lifetimes? It’s a plausible idea, looking thousands of years in the future to a time when world culture is far more homogenous. But who has suggested that it’s possible now, and that it would be good thing? > \*\* It’s certainly far from impossible. Who would have thought, sixty years ago, that France and Germany would send members to the same parliament? Who’s to say that before I die I won’t elect my first MWP? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/3 "2001-08-01T23:51:32Z")
It’s possible, but certainly not a good idea, IMO. Still, the original question stands: who actually thinks that a One-World Government would work? ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/4 "2001-08-01T23:52:06Z")
_[mental religious hijack]_ Sorry, but if you don’t know then you may find it interesting that… the antichrist will be into one-world government in a big way. And currency, etc. It’s a kind of reverse Babel thing. It’s also why many folks round my way are twitchy about the Euro, although if you ask me the Euro will just be… well, the Euro. There’ll be plenty wrong with it without blaming the devil. I’m not worried though. I have a Friend who’s promised to sort it out. ;j But then… I don’t suppose that’s what you were looking for… _[/mental religious hijack]_ ---
**Author:** ![hansel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@hansel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hansel)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/5 "2001-08-01T23:56:24Z")
I’m aware of the role the OWG plays in the fears of fundamentalist Christians and Michigan militias. What I’m asking is if anyone has ever seriously advocated that such a OWG would be a good thing? I’m not talking about wishy-washy debating bodies like the UN or the EU, I mean an organization with at least the same power over an individual’s life as, say, the American government. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/6 "2001-08-02T00:19:48Z")
Most people who talk about a One World Government these days are talking about a totalitarian One World Government, to which almost everyone except the people in charge of it (Napoleon? Genghis Khan? Alexander?) I’d have no problem with a democratic (or if you like, democratic republic) world government. In fact, I think it would make more sense than splitting people up into 170+ national governments. I’d be in favor of a democratic world government. (but I don’t think it could happen for a very long time, unless the Independence Day Aliens show up) ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/7 "2001-08-02T00:21:27Z")
Oops. That should read: “…except the people in charge of it (\) would oppose it.” ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/8 "2001-08-02T02:17:53Z")
The [World Federalist Association](http://www.wfa.org/) promotes the idea of a world federal state. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/9 "2001-08-02T02:46:14Z")
There’s also the [United Planetary Federation](http://www.upf.org) (apparently AKA or FKA the Unified Peace Foundation), which despite a rather Trekkie feel is apparently an actual non-profit group world government group. [Monty Python]And now for something completely different![/Monty Python] And don’t forget the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who wants an [“automatic theocracy to rule the world”](http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Talks/sunmyungmoon73/SM730517.htm). The subject of world government also came up on a Christian Reconstructionist e-mail list I was lurking on. There seemed to be a general consensus that the idea of some sort of a decentralized world federal government wouldn’t necessarily be a bad idea _per se_, once Calvinistic Christian commonwealths implementing Old Testament law had been universally established. (According to the late Reconstructionist author David Chilton, “The Christian goal for the world is the universal development of Biblical theocratic republics, in which every area of life is redeemed and placed under the lordship of Jesus Christ and the rule of God’s law” – [_Paradise Restored: A Biblical Theology of Dominion_](http://freebooks.entrewave.com/freebooks/docs/html/dcpr/Appendix_A.htm)) So we seem to have a variety of world governments to choose from here. ---
**Author:** ![Oystaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@Oystaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oystaman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/10 "2001-08-02T02:54:07Z")
It’s kinda like extending the world alliances even further. Can’t see it happening in our lifetimes though. The Kyoto Protocol is a worldly government thing. (If USA decides to join in ) ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/11 "2001-08-02T03:14:01Z")
This may be a dense semantics question, but why would it be called a One-World Government rather than a One-Government World? Or maybe one World Government? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/12 "2001-08-02T13:06:42Z")
Isn’t the ultimate goal of free-traders the establishment of one set of rules regarding business? It’s already been done in most of Europe, NAFTA is slowly expanding, and other areas are looking towards eliminating export/import restrictions. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@The\_Mick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mick)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/13 "2001-08-02T13:43:08Z")
a one world government gives too much power to our leaders. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![MrDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MrDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDeath)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/14 "2001-08-02T19:06:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Mick \* > \*\*a one world government gives too much power to our leaders. > > 'nuff said. \*\* And a sixth-of-the-world (China, India, population-wise) or quarter-of-the-world (the U.S., GDP-wise) government doesn’t? Where does one draw the line? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/15 "2001-08-02T19:13:07Z")
Besides, we won’t be able to join the United Federation of Planets until we have one world government. And we all have to wear the same clothes, too. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/16 "2001-08-02T19:14:44Z")
I want a Twelve-World Government. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/17 "2001-08-02T19:14:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Where does one draw the line? In Great Debates. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/18 "2001-08-02T19:20:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*Besides, we won’t be able to join the United Federation of Planets until we have one world government. And we all have to wear the same clothes, too. \*\* This just reinforces my conviction against it. I just don’t look good in jumpsuits. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/19 "2001-08-02T19:34:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lyllyan \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > > \*\*Besides, we won’t be able to join the United Federation of Planets until we have one world government. And we all have to wear the same clothes, too. \*\* > > This just reinforces my conviction against it. I just don’t look good in jumpsuits. \*\* Not to mention we’d all have to get prosthetic surgery to make our noses and foreheads look different from any other planets, preferably in a goofy looking way. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555/20 "2001-08-02T19:38:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > \*\*This may be a dense semantics question, but why would it be called a One-World Government rather than a One-Government World? Or maybe one World Government? \*\* Venus is a world and Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Pluto plus the others are too, so I propose: **Federated Nations on Earth** or **United States of the Earth** which would of course be called the **USE** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-one-world-government/74555.md?page=2)