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Why Not World Government?

A reader submits this photo taken at the Henry Ford Museum. It’s the usual story: more centralization was needed in 1787. But look at the argument they make: the states were levying tariffs on each other, making their own laws, and creating their own money, so a single political unit had to be placed over them. Wouldn’t the author of this statement be forced, by the same reasoning, to combine all the countries of the world today into a single government?

Unlearn the Propaganda!

  • Jim

    That happens to be a place I go to quite frequently, although I don’t always go to that exhibit. It’s nice to know that someone else who goes to that museum shares my views. I wonder if they’ve noticed how Lincoln-centric the place is. If you ever go, just stick with the exhibits on cars, trains, agriculture, engines, or whatever temporary exhibit is there.

  • Richard

    When the author wrote that this new government would have ultimate power, was that a good thing or a bad thing in his or her mind?

  • Matt

    no, because there isn’t a world government. if there were a world government, then obviously, it would be necessary for our survival, and without it, we would all live in caves.

  • Luke Sunderland

    Good God Tom! Don’t give any ideas!

  • Luke Sunderland

    I meant – “Don’t give them any ideas!

  • http://twitter.com/EdShrugged Ed ODonnell

    Don’t give them any ideas!

  • At Odds

    Wouldn’t they want one world government to reduce or rid redemption on debt and commodities? Therefore, eliminating the argument (in their minds) for commodity monies. Not logical but would be inline with the rest of their arguments.

  • http://www.facebook.com/oakshield Diego Augusto

    “this just wasn’t going to work”, gotta love these kinds of sentences =/