What do you think of the idea of a global government?

Arguments for:
1) End of all the wars.
2) if the same instance is in charge everywhere, presumably no place would be left behind, thus reducing inequalities and poverty worldwide, and all the issues that derive from it.
3) the possibility to tackle global problems rather than having the situation where every government acts as if it's someone else's problem (for instance global warming).
4) as everyone becomes citizen of a same state, there would be less drive for nationalism, isolationism, indifference, and seeing foreigners as threats rather than our equals.
5) as the law would be the same everywhere, no space for dictatorships, which would mean more freedom for a lot of current countries.
Arguments against :
1) if the central government is messed up, the whole world is messed up.
2) the more central governments are, the more remote from citizens they tend to be, and as such leaning more towards authoritarianism.
3) complicated to implement in practice.

@FC-in-the-UK
If humans continue to be so selfish and power hungry, that won't be a good idea. Having a centralized gov means a group's direction will be clearer, but it also means the individuals matter less.
So I am against it as long as I am not in charge because only the wishes of the ones in charge get respected with centralized power

A global government could include the oceans!!

We have disputes concerning water, but usually laws are made depending on when one sets foots on land (asylum seeking for example).

What happens when you are being mistreated in region A, but you try to go to region B? Could a one world government govern different regions without a civil war?

So the resistance would unite and the war will happen at macro level

@MacgruberManeuvers said in #3:
> A global government could include the oceans!!
>
> We have disputes concerning water, but usually laws are made depending on when one sets foots on land (asylum seeking for example).
>
> What happens when you are being mistreated in region A, but you try to go to region B? Could a one world government govern different regions without a civil war?
Since there would no longer be countries or borders, people would be absolutely free to go wherever they want... But also since all regions would be treated equally, presumably no one would have to leave their home for a different country.

Unless the global government is the Imperium of Man, don't even bother asking.

Lichess won't let me type a two-character answer, so here's the long form:
No. No no no no no. No-no. Bad. No. Hiss. Bad. Bad. Very bad. No. Nope. Bad. No. For the love of John Saxon, no!

@clousems said in #8:
> Lichess won't let me type a two-character answer, so here's the long form:
> No. No no no no no. No-no. Bad. No. Hiss. Bad. Bad. Very bad. No. Nope. Bad. No. For the love of John Saxon, no!
Ok

Why is this world's human population managed so brutally ?

Why is there such a focus on war, famine and disease ?

Why are there so many good questions ?

And so few good answers ?