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The problem is, what is a democratic global government? Larger states dominate smaller states in democratic governments all over the world simply because of num
by bobthepanda 3y ago
The problem is, what is a democratic global government? Larger states dominate smaller states in democratic governments all over the world simply because of numbers of votes. Having yet another layer of elections over it doesn't really make much of a difference.
- niij 3y agoPopulation of a nation doesn't necessarily correspond to influence, though.
- CydeWeys 3y agoIn a democracy it does correspond with votes though. Other than one person = one vote, how would you structure a global government?
- adventured 3y ago> how would you structure a global government? We're not going to structure a global government, such a thing is never going to exist and we're never going to have to worry about it existing. Fortunately.
- sangnoir 3y ago> Larger states dominate smaller states in democratic governments all over the world simply because of numbers of votes. At what governance level would this be acceptable for you? The existence of political minorities is invitable. The question is where do you draw the line: street, block, postal code, city, metro, region, state, or nation? When is it ok to dominate others because they got less votes? The same issue is reflected in red states grabbing power from blue cities, with the implication that the state-level domination is A-OK.
- bobthepanda 3y agoI didn't say anything about acceptability. But if grandparent's comment is this > with the EU and California it’s mostly the case where (one of) the largest market(s) is able to set laws that govern the entire world this is not likely to be solved by yet another layer of government.