Re: human rights and national sovereignty/ is an oxymoron

In a message dated 4/30/99 5:16:16 PM, wwagar@binghamton.edu writes:

<<
> what is needed is a democratic and legitimate world government and a
> process of world law that is just and has the power of enforcement.
> that is a long-term goal to be sure, but we will not have justice or
> peace until that goal has been made real.
> 
> chris chase-dunn
> >>

I just jumped in here by chance, but how sad, to encounter such a hopelessly, 
uninformed and naive statement. All governments corrupt. If they are not 
corrupt now ( which they all are), they will be. You know, "Absolute power 
corrupts absolutely". So, if you want a quick route to world totalitarianism 
set up a "World gov't.". No, there is only one real solution, IMHO, the 
opposite of what exists today, 180 degrees. That means the end to all 
sovereign entities. Sovereignty is what should not be tolerated, much less be 
promoted. 

Sovereign entities are responsible for war, humger, and torture. Yet you 
tolerate them and accept them, take them for granted just like the air you 
breathe. What is the bridge from here to there (violence to justice)? Laying 
the groundwork for self-sustaining, mutually co-operative, non-sovereign, 
consensus-based, small communities is the proactive, grass-roots way, which 
the progressive community hasn't figured out yet. Because idiocy rules in 
every group and throughout the world. That is why I expect this to be largely 
ignored. But every once in a while, the swine are fed pearls.

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