.@sapinker Utopian. Neglects a prime benefit of national sovereignty (clear responsibility) and a prime danger (violating individual rights)
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What about the long(er) term? Are we moving TOWARDS a kind of global society (though not there quite yet)?
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@SheaBigs84@sapinker Someday there'll be one. But today certain states have the most effective known institutions of social cooperation. -
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@SheaBigs84@sapinker Throwing away those institutions now is literally the most harmful thing humans could do short of global genocide.
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End all that we can which divides us, including nations and religions. Promote humanism and togetherness on this 'Pale Blue Dot'.
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Insane ramblings. Every positive achievement we owe to current systems. Experiment with your own cult.
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1) What's insane about it. 2) Which cult would that be?
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Ending nations ends the fabric of what currently supports fiscal and social success like the world has ever known before.
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If you think the USA is a social success......
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@balajis Notes for a Manifesto on the role of the state/nation level polity:http://technooptimist-blog.tumblr.com/post/91963952250/notes-for-a-manifesto …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Sure there is https://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism … … No kidding. Read Rothbard and the others.
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@newscientist social "science"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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only interplanetary war could glue the world together
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probably not. I think nation states have proven to be a fairly effective way of running a society.
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@newscientist Let people identify with nation of choice. Born in a French Canadian's body but identify as Austro-Hungarian.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It's called Globalism.. it involves stripping us of our liberties.. Agenda 21 is the end game.. Google it.
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@newscientist abolishing countries likely means abolishing a diversity of peoples, and most people would fiercely resistThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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argument has some merit but should you care to parse the visual msg of article's lead graphic you may note equally valid rebutal.
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