On: The need for world government

[chii]

> Cultural differences will require that different populations operate and behave differently

so you have local/regional government, responsible for local and regional policies. But global policies would be controlled by a global gov't.

[mpfundstein → chii]

sounds a lot like Russia

[Garvey → mpfundstein]

Or the US with Federal and State law

[kiliancs → Garvey]

Or pretty much everywhere, with a whole gradient of levels of autonomy.