Unrelated to the article: I like the "U" but not the "N". I'm hoping that if we get to ever have a world wide office of any kind, that it will represent "people" instead of "nations". Nations go to war. People are either (1) (ab)used to fight them in name of their nations, or (2) merely trying to protect themselves. The number 1 mostly happens while somehow convincing people of number 2.
Anyway I wish for a "UP", United People, to arise from the ashes of the "UN". Yes, a people movement.
So world government? Some of the most powerful people on the planet have been openly advocating for such a system for quite some time. If such a system is created, I certainly wouldn't expect it to be in the interest of "the people". Any time you consolidate such power, it is naturally co-opted by those who already have power. Perhaps advanced ledger technology can help keep things relatively democratic but this all sounds very dangerous.
I agree. But then I see problems on this planet that cannot be solved locally.
And.. How flawed it's implementations until now may have been, I still believe in democracy as the best possible option. The "ledger tech" you mention is what could be used to keep the democracy direct (instead of representative). The thought of a world wide digital referendum on some issue, with proper cryptographic underpinnings, this makes sense to me.
I think the UN is somehow a step towards a one-world-gov't as OK'ed by the "most powerful"; they like the nations as that where they have their power vested, so the UN will protect their interests in the end.
The "United People", as I proposed, should actually reduce their power and put in the hands of the people.
Anyway I wish for a "UP", United People, to arise from the ashes of the "UN". Yes, a people movement.