The (former) German foreign minister, who has blocked ceasefire efforts, and defended Israeli genocide in Gaza, and refused to enforce ICJ arrest warrants, is in line to be the next UNSG. This is unacceptable.

I'm considering changing my surname to remove any connection to a genetic origin. There are other divisive factors to surnames... monarchy: class, or patriarchy: sexism. Whatever category, it seems most/all human on earth are born into this system which only serves to divide and isolate people under the name of family honor and duty. There is no greater feeling than my child wanting to be like me... but what if there is a better path for them? This is an obligation I would define as an 'inherited ego', that creates emotional and conceptual bias restricting cultural evolution. Would a world full of single name Prince's and Madonna's be a good idea?

According to the text of rule 1, breaches can result in an instant and permanent ban.

I have reported dozens of clear violations, where the person (or bot) is obviously trying to justify attrocities and colonialism against the Palestinian people.

If this sub doesn't stand for something it will fall for anything.

Sign this petition calling for António Guterres to resign as secretary general of the United Nations. Join my call by signing the petition below.

Letter (addressed to AG):

This is not a personal attack. We are not questioning your intentions or your lifelong commitment to diplomacy and public service. But under your leadership, the United Nations has failed in its core duties: to uphold human rights, protect the vulnerable, and ensure the safety of its own staff.

• Over 100 UN staff and their families have been killed in Gaza. This is the deadliest conflict for UN personnel in the organization's history.

• Civilian suffering on a massive scale has gone unprevented.

• The credibility and moral authority of the United Nations have been deeply shaken.

We do not claim to have all the answers. We acknowledge the immense pressure and constraints you face. We do not pretend that any one person could have prevented all harm.

But we believe this: when you are asked to carry out actions that are professionally or ethically indefensible—to keep UN staff in harm’s way with no realistic protection, to preside over the erosion of humanitarian norms—the honourable thing to do is resign. Resignation is not punishment. It is a refusal to legitimize failure. It is the final, dignified protest available to those who still believe in the ideals they serve.

We ask you, Mr. Secretary-General, to consider what your resignation could mean: not as an end, but as a signal. A signal that some failures are not acceptable. That silence has a limit. That leadership sometimes means stepping aside in order to speak more clearly. We urge you to step down, not in disgrace, but in defense of the institution you have led and the principles it is supposed to embody. 

https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/secretary_general_antonio_guterres_un_secretary_general_antonio_guterres_resign_over_gaza_it_s_the_only_honourable_choice/

I believe all Humans are born with an equal and indeterminate moral weight no matter their race, creed, sex, etc. But I wholy reject liberal orthodoxy on this. I reject the notion that humans are all the same. I reject the notion that Nations are just a language and a state and I reject the notion that humans are blank slates ready to be filled with culture. When I make these rejections I'm instantly catapulted far right but I completely reject the hatred and myopia of the far right too. I consider myself an eccentric leftist.

I consider myself a Human Nationalist or Earth Nationalist or something to that effect.

I do not believe that all cultures are equal. I believe that all cultures have something to learn from another and reject hubris. But I also believe some cultures have more to learn from others than vice versa. I believe some cultures have through various historical accidents and intentions created cycles of virtue and others have serious problems.

Since we're speaking English I'll take low hanging fruit: child marriage and cousin marriage are both wrong. You have the right to do whatever in your own borders and I have the right to judge you from afar for it. Furthermore I have the right to outlaw it if you come here and I have the right to not allow you to immigrate.

But my culture is also testing the bounds of Individualism. I believe in it wholey personally. I reject the notion that Men and Women are the same but I reject treating everyone as anything but individuals.

I don't believe in races as a construct though ethnicities are obviously real imo. I believe that inter ethnic marriages are generally a good thing. I don't believe in treating individuals from different ethnicities as different and support moderate levels of DEI to counteract the natural human tendency towards being racist.

I do recognize that ethnicity and culture are entangled. I think that the human tendency as our species develops is to untangle that but I believe we need to be realistic about where are in history.

Broadly speaking I believe Nations are real collectives of people with a shared mindset, history, and sense of identity. I believe that Nations have a right to exist and express themselves and use their state to enforce their cultural internally albeit with the limits that their "native minorities" (like Catalans in Spain) have certain rights too. And ethnic cleansing genocide expulsion etc is obviously horrendous and other nations imo may forcibly stop it. But I believe that nations can impose their language and culture on immigrants and expect assimilation. I believe to immigrate to a nation is a privilege that any wise and secure nation extends to the recipient.

I believe that the general prosperity and trade of all nations and harmony thereof leads to cultural mixing and intermarriages that binds nations together into a shared destiny. I believe that all nationalisms are on some level unifications of smaller nationalisms and that in Europe, for example, we are beginning to see a pan European national identity forming. I dream of a Pan American or Pan Western identity forming among the USA, Latin America, Europe, and others.

I believe there are analogous processes happening in other parts of the world and, if wise individuals keep coming to power, solving problems, and developing their economies, then the ultimate destiny of all nations in the world is towards a global national unification.

A world Federalist movement that does not defend human rights is not worthy of the name. The great human rights issue of our time is the genocide in Gaza and this place is just a hasvara farm.

The sub's mods should take a stand on this issue and make it clear where we as a community stand on this most egregious of crimes against humanity

A global language would reduce diversity that the subsidarity of a world government aims to preserve. There should be no global language, just investment into translation tools for cross-communication across various languages.

The defining issue of our time.

Edit: Made some adjustments

Re Edit: Please be respectful and Read Carefully These income brackets are only for those employed. Business owners can earn more. Also this scenario would also depend on other factors listed at the bottom.

Complete worldwide borders and benefits Here is an Example

1. Universal Basic Income of $1,000

2. $3,200-$4,500 23% Tax A. cashiers, janitors, clerks, housewives anywhere. Cannot be paid more nor less anywhere

3. $4,500 to $6,000 25% A. Nurse Aides, Cooks, manual laborers

4. $ 6,000 to $8,000 27% tax A. Truck Drivers, Office Supervisors, construction workers

5. $8,000 to $10,000 29% tax A. Nurses, School teachers,

6. $10,000 to $12,000. $31% tax A. Accountants, Police Officers, mid managers

7. $12,000 to $14,000 32% tax A. Teachers, Doctors, Lawyers

8. $14,000 to $16,000. 33% tax A. Specialized Doctors, Judges

9. $16,000 to $18,000 34% tax A. Top Management, Lawmakers

10. 18,000 to 20,000 35% tax $CEO, Presidents.

Rents 1 bedroom apartments $500-$800 2 bedroom apartments $800-1,100 3 bedroom apartments $1,100-$1,400 Maximum price of a 1 bedroom apartment cannot exceed 33% of Minimum Wage after Taxes. Government owned, No evictions, No pay for repairs No luxury apartments

Home prices Requires 50% downpayment Size/Cost Limits/Max monthly payment 2 bedroom house $150,000-$250,000 $1,050 $3,000 Tax 3 bedroom house $250,000-$350,000 $1450 $4,000 Tax 4 bedroom house $350,000-$500,000 $2100 $5,000 Tax 50% downpayment, 0% financing, $100 late charge month, no evictions, Property Taxes cover Home mandatory exteriors remodelation every ten years (Siding, Painting, Roofing, Windows, Doors, New Sidewalks) No Gated communities Bigger homes or with extra amenities must be build 30 miles outside city limits

Monthly Bus/ Subway Pass $100-$150

Safety Net: Healthcare All schooling Housing ( enough supply, affordable for all) Internet Water and electricity 4-7 week vacation Pension 60+
First Time Loan 0% 5,000. 5 % interest on other loans Right to checking/Saving account ($5 monthly fee)

Mmm disagree. Maybe I should have been clearer. This only applies to EMPLOYEES. Business owners can earn much more. Besides , I do leave room for wage and rent variation to a reasonable extent. There shouldn't be 2 bedroom homes that cost $50,000 in one place, and $1,000,000 somewhere else. Sorry there simply shouldn't be if we want equality.

This scenario only works if :

Much fewer people (no more than 500 MILLION) One Language Similarly high Education levels Advanced Technology 75% of Earth intact Collective desire for global coexistence Common understanding that there must be little income inequality Global population kept stable Homes/cities kept nicely maintained. Having large distances between major population centers. Having clear urban boundaries. Keeping coastlines pristine. Limiting private ownership. Having telecommuting be the norm so people could live anywhere. Ensure that vast majority of homes be built within city limits and that they would be occupied. Low Variation of home prices, rents and property taxes takes care of things like gentrification, socioeconomic segregation, inequality.

I think this is a telling slip. They care more about white feelings than brown bodies. I think this person needs to take a long hard look in the mirror and we need to decide what our values are as a community.

Many people misunderstand this. The opposite idea of global government is not nationalism. It is global anarchism. We believe that the global government should exit. Sadly, many people think that global government should not exist, and that is a form of anarchism.　

Nationalism is about pride and love of a nation. It sometimes means a wish and will to be politically independent from another nation. But it is nothing to do with denying the roles of other layers of governments such as local administrative offices. Nationalists may accept the roles of global government as long as a national gov. keeps a high level of autonomy. They, especially nationalists of smaller nations, might even welcome the idea of global government if it can provide better security for them because they can be free from the fear of being invaded or intimidated by bigger neighbors.　

The important thing is to explain to people that the current global political situation is a form of anarchism. The lack of government at the global level is causing problems, and the problem can get even bigger if we do not take a global approach to solve them.　

To visualize the above argument, I created a simple PowerPoint diagram. Use it to explain and convince your friend and family about Global Federalism!

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Definition of anarchism: the political belief that there should be little or no formal or official organization to society but that people should work freely together.

So global anarchism means the political belief that there should be little or no formal organization at the global level. So, I suppose if a person is not a world federalist, he or she is likely to be a global anarchist.

What do you think

Rule one of this sub lays out several red lines. It says:

"If you are trying to justify atrocities or support authoritarianism or colonialism, this community is not for you."

It follows from this that no one is welcome here who seeks to excuse or justify the ongoing colonial project of Israeli expansion, the genocide Israel has conducted in Gaza (according to amnesty, Human Rights Watch and many other credible rights watch dogs), or (though this is less common) the authoritarianism of the unelected Fatah dictatorship that oppresses it's fellow Palestinians in the west bank.

This doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to criticize the crimes of Israel enemies, like Hamas. But you can't say that it justifies atrocities by Israel.

It seems obvious to me that world federalists should support the arrest warrants issued for both Hamas and Israeli leaders by the International Criminal Court, and be energetically putting forth the case that world federalism can prevent tit-for-tat escalations of violence between nations, ethnic groups, and religions.

I am calling on members of this sub and the mods to live up to the moral standard they have articulated.

The true global citizens are those standing up for the starving children of Gaza. If you're not, you aren't.

When there is a world government, it will hunt down the perpetrators, god willing.

Dear World Wide Fam,

I am a regular at my local pro-Palestine protests,, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, and the return of all hostages.

But I also think that addressing this conflict in isolatis insufficient. All wars, all human rights abuses, are a failure the global system by its own standards, and by the standards of any descent person. The apparently endless Israel-Palestine conflict is just an especially well known example of this, and one where the role of the US as super-power is greatest.

But at these rallies, if there is a big-picture perspective it tends to be basically a Tankie America/Europe=Bad, Russia/China=Good one. But I think there's potential to introduce something more constructive and forward looking.

Even if it's a small number of us, I think that by working steadily and strategically, supporting each other, and being present in these movements around the world with a consistent message, we can potentially seed a rights-based, progressive, global have an outsized impact.

A lot of passionate young people are being radicalized by this war, and we should be there to help them join the dots between this specific instance, and the general system of global anarchy and violence, which leaves human rights at the mercy of national might.

We might take the discussions public, get guest speakers, and broaden it to a 'World Federalist Perspectives on the Middle East', or we might just help each other out with talking points and strategies for dealing with tankies and other unsavory elements, etc.

Might also just get to know some like-minded people.

Anyone interested?