Who's Afraid of A World Government?

"...not so long ago the idea of world government had greater influence in the United States. Amid the enormous destruction unleashed by World Wars I and II, American Presidents successfully championed the establishment of the League of Nations and, later, the United Nations as instruments to curb the narrow nationalism that traditionally had led to war."

- Dr. Lawrence S. Wittner

A Modern Utopia by H.G. Wells

Given the obvious failures of mainstream political figures and the weakness of the United Nations at present, the whole 'One World Government' thing seems decades away. Still, people seem scared by the entire concept.

Early in October, 1945, twenty renown Americans (including physicist Albert Einstein) called for a "Federal Constitution of the World." The concept became that of transforming the United Nations into a world government. Many national organizations endorsed this idea.

However, by the time that the Cold war became the Hot war (in Korea) the whole idea had cooled enough for the movement to stall. So that in the United States what remains today of the world government movement is comprised largely of Citizens for Global Solutions.

Terms like 'utopian ideal' have been handed down by historical commentators of the twentieth century. In this concern, utopian means an idea far-off or generations away - not beyond imaging or far-reaching - but never an empty delusion incapable of guiding political activism.

However, there are still a few who find the notion simply more than intriguing. For those of us who long for a world state and a world government to be established, there is no doubt in purpose minds that it has to come to fruition eventually...


So, who's afraid of a world government?

Not I! And not any organization I'm willing to become part of either.