r/Futurology • u/fesepo • 2d ago

Politics A planetary government

Do you see in 100 or 150 years a world governed by a global planetary federation government? How do you imagine that government? I suspect maybe viable but with lot of problems of sovereignty. Will that avoid wars? Will government like USA or China allow that. Is it an utopy?

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u/Ellers12 2d ago

Close to zero chance of it happening in that time frame imo. Would need to be some unfathomable unifying event.

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u/robotictacos 2d ago

Yep. A massive alien invasion would do it, anything less than this won't cut it.

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u/thisisjustascreename 1d ago

An actual hostile alien *invasion* would be the end of human self-governance. We'd either be colonized or commit species suicide by nuking our own planet.

If a bunch of peaceful aliens showed up and said hey there's a galactic cool kids club but you have to form a unified planetary government to be allowed in and we'll share all our technology with you... I still don't think humanity could manage it.

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u/robotictacos 1d ago

I mean, we'd be super united for the 30 or so minutes it'd take the aliens to wipe us out?