On "the New World Order"

There's a grand narrative proliferating in more and more circles these days, especially those of conspiracy theorists.  It goes something like this: corporate, government, and more generally: power interests, are conspiring, colluding, and consolidating to establish one world government: and depending on who you talk to and where and when you talk to them, some kind of global fascist totalitarian dictatorship.  Individuals, mostly conspiracy theorists, attempt to substantiate this reality citing everything from the clandestine operations of the Bilderberg Group, to the consolidation of the European Union (EU), the United Nations, to the implied yet overly sensationalized North American Union (NAU).

As demonstrated by the last paragraph, I have a tentative, yet dated, knowledge of the literature and media peddled by conspiracy theorists who make a profit off the fear generated by such thoughts and potentialities.  I have this knowledge because I myself could temporarily claim to have been among their ranks.  Now, I never really believed their vision to be the true case, but I was, and still am, suspicious and cynical of the power invested in certain positions and individuals.

I set this post aside to discuss "the New World Order."  If you have never come across the term, I invite you to Google it.  Although often lacking credibility and good conscience, there's a significant literature and media surrounding the term.  While briefly researching for this post, I found the Wikipedia page for the concept greatly updated and expanded; it's actually pretty good.

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First off, have we as a global society made progress towards "the New World Order"?

In some ways, yes.  Economically, the globe operates as one messy, yet consolidated bloc.  Information is basically universally available if you have the privilege and resources to access it.  Politically, superpower countries including the United States have a limited imperial stranglehold over much of the planet.

But in many ways, no.  Religiously, ethnically, and culturally we as a global society remain greatly divided.  Our values on a global scale are heterogeneous to such a degree that a man can freely behave hyper-sexually with another man in public in some geographies and get punished capitally for the same behavior, in the same public contexts, in others.  As such, politically the globe remains largely conflicted.

However, although there's much diversity preventing political assimilation, conspiracy theorists often argue that economic interests will establish governance.  They have argued, and continue to argue, that political consolidation can and will occur by force.  To which, I am compelled to contend that people aren't that stupid, nor that cowardly to let that happen lying down.

But I readily admit that I still believe in one world government; that it will happen, eventually.  However, I strongly contend the average conspiracy theorist's vision of this society.  Most conspiracy theorists make a taken for granted assumption that such a society would be fundamentally "bad."  After reviewing a good chunk of their literature in public circulation, I concluded that it just wouldn't happen that way.  In order to establish the fascist society they envision there would have to be a near complete control and regulation of the creation and circulation of information.  I just don't see anyone or group accomplishing this feat.  There's some precedence for such an occurrence, like North Korea and to some extent China, but there's too many institutions and infrastructures that would have to be transformed, sometimes to their destruction, in order to have that control over the planet.  A global fascist dictatorship or kyriarchy/aristocracy would require a control over societal consciousness, and that's nearly impossible for any individual or group at this juncture.

However, I honestly believe that we're approaching the consolidation and terminus of a united planet: a cosmopolitic consisting of a citizenry of the world.  Based on my current knowledge and understanding, the coming society will be some kind of global republican democracy, with former nations serving as districts under a mostly decentralized government, similar to the United States but on a global scale.  I note my own objections to the development of such a cosmopolitic, especially the current global diversity of values.  However, everywhere there are signs of value assimilation, especially the development of fundamentally human morals, such as those I've discussed before.  The ongoing secularization of Islam serving as a shining example.

As such, I welcome "the New World Order."  One world government would put an end to numberless systemic problems.  And could provide humanity with numberless benefits including universal recognition of the dignity of life, universally protected human rights, and, more or less, an end to violent conflict.  I know this may sound madly idealistic, but these are the potentialities of such a society.  For them.