Comments on: A Microfederalist Manifesto http://thri.ca/archives/356 Veritas Pulchritudo Est. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:27:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Joseph S. http://thri.ca/archives/356/comment-page-1#comment-10174 Joseph S. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:33:35 +0000 http://www.thrica.com/?p=356#comment-10174 Who guarantees open boarders? What prevents them from raising a military to declare war on others? Or gaining nuclear capability? What about allegiances among groups of states? An "overarching institution to assure open borders" requires military and/or economic power. Without such powers it cannot act because economic and diplomatic solutions will fall on deaf ears. You can't control a belligerent state's economy, nor can you speak softly because your not carrying a big stick to back it up with. (Theodore Roosevelt reference for those who were wondering) This creates a catch-22 situation. Give the powers to the institution and it can rule over the smaller states. Don't and individual states can corrupt the system quite easily. That having been said, with the exception of *completely* open boarders, we live in that world today. Anybody could theoretically move to another state or country. Its not done in mass because most lack the financial ability to move, or the benefits of staying put outweigh the losses. Interesting side note: Of the 195 widely recognized sovereign nations not a single one (to my knowledge) has a completely free market economy. Human desire to artificially control things seems very powerful. Its also a driving force for innovation. Who guarantees open boarders? What prevents them from raising a military to declare war on others? Or gaining nuclear capability? What about allegiances among groups of states?

An “overarching institution to assure open borders” requires military and/or economic power. Without such powers it cannot act because economic and diplomatic solutions will fall on deaf ears.

You can’t control a belligerent state’s economy, nor can you speak softly because your not carrying a big stick to back it up with. (Theodore Roosevelt reference for those who were wondering)

This creates a catch-22 situation. Give the powers to the institution and it can rule over the smaller states. Don’t and individual states can corrupt the system quite easily.

That having been said, with the exception of *completely* open boarders, we live in that world today. Anybody could theoretically move to another state or country. Its not done in mass because most lack the financial ability to move, or the benefits of staying put outweigh the losses.

Interesting side note: Of the 195 widely recognized sovereign nations not a single one (to my knowledge) has a completely free market economy. Human desire to artificially control things seems very powerful. Its also a driving force for innovation.

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