Comments by "Alan Friesen" (@alanfriesen9837) on "The Truth about Job-Taking Machines, Globalization, and Mexican Trade | Robert Kaplan | Big Think" video.

Mr. Clockwork, so many people are always worried about a world government and there is legitimate concern about whether that government would be a good government or not but there would be many advantages to a world government. It would almost certainly reduce and likely eliminate the instances of war and it's effective horrors. It would eliminate "off-shoring" style tax evasion, it would eliminate the risk of nuclear annihilation and it would provide a legal authority to which all people could have recourse. Their would be no evasion of jurisdiction for hackers, tax cheats, embezzlers, traffickers, fugitives or other ne'er-do-wells. The entire planet's resources could be focused on non-conflict related priorities like poverty elimination, climate stabilization and space exploration to name a few. Of course whether or not it would be a good government would depend on whether or not the government was strong, largely uncorrupted and had the interests of the people at heart, but that's the case with any government. Of course people who are satisfied with their current states government (both with the way the government works and the influence the government carries in the world) are unlikely to want to risk the kind of change that would usher in a global government so it's really unlikely we'll ever see a truly effective global government, but we shouldn't be inherently afraid of one, so long as we take measures to ensure that it governs well.
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