Starting in January this year, we published a series of blogs in which we suggested that the Nation State was no longer a viable tool to solve all our problems. Whereby, ergo, only a World Government could address all the world’s real ills. (LSS 8 1 25 et seq; see especially 22 1 25) It’s a tempting thought. But one very astute reader has written in with an opinion, which, frankly, takes us right back to the drawing board. Once again, we are forced to protect their identity and even, they implore, where they live. But here are their thoughts: and they are thought provoking indeed.
While I appreciate the ambition behind calls for a world government, I must respectfully dissent. The brave resistance of the Ukrainian people offers a stark reminder: only a nation-state — with its shared history, language, and civic identity — can summon the kind of loyalty required to stand firm against tyranny.
Ukraine didn’t rally under the banner of abstract globalism. It rallied as a nation. Farmers, teachers, coders, and pensioners took up arms not for humanity in general, but for their homeland in particular. That kind of visceral commitment — rooted in place, memory, and sovereignty — is precisely what a supranational bureaucracy cannot replicate.
Yes, the world faces problems that transcend borders. But dissolving the nation-state risks dissolving the very glue that binds people to collective action. Let’s not forget: resistance begins with belonging.
True. That’s all we have to say. Except it’s back to square one for us at LSS. It’s getting to be a habit.
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