Americans: If you could vote to join an EU-style organization

[Virginiá]

No way. I don't understand this obsession with moving toward a world government. I'm all for cooperation between countries, and frankly the US needs to show more respect to our Latin American neighbors than we do, but concentrating the government's power further from the people will only make it less responsive to their needs.

I've always enjoyed the thought of humans in the future as a space-faring civilization that effectively functions as one country, possibly a federal republic. I think the further we want to advance as a species is dependent on how closely we can work together, instead of constantly fighting and competing with each other.

Though as it stands right now, given the current state of some of our neighbors south of the border, I have little interest in an "American Union".

[Virginiá]

I've always enjoyed the thought of humans in the future as a space-faring civilization that effectively functions as one country, possibly a federal republic. I think the further we want to advance as a species is dependent on how closely we can work together, instead of constantly fighting and competing with each other.

Though as it stands right now, given the current state of some of our neighbors south of the border, I have little interest in an "American Union".

     So Star Trek? If we are going to become spacefaring in any real sense then, at minimum, a stronger UN with diplomatic and military powers is probably necessary. If we encounter hostile alien species, then not being able to present a united front might be the end of us.

Hah, yeah actually I guess that would be it. I just don't see any way to get to the kind of future I dream of without consolidating like that. I suppose it's possible for various parts of the world to group into their own "unions", and we could spread throughout the solar system, but we are highly likely to end up fighting at one point or another. We are better off operating as 1 society rather than many.

This may never happen, though. In fact, it's probably one of the least likely scenarios for our future.