>However, I would submit an opinion that a third option exists, creating a global village (no states), then there is no need for inter-state violence. This, I h

>However, I would submit an opinion that a third option exists, creating a global village (no states), then there is no need for inter-state violence. This, I hope in some very distant future will happen, similar to a single living body made of various organs, a global civilization will emerge, having local culture and information exchange, as well as a global means of communication (single universal language and protocols). I suppose, this is also somewhere in the stratosphere. As well as something that's already been tried over the past 30 years just as you've described: the World Wide Web.