we humans can only evolve, socially, so far before we recede in understanding like a wave washing back into the sea.

I don't see a very bright future for our species.

I'm very serious about this issue, yet I'm optimistic. I'm not even sure why. It's like why do we heal? The body heals itself. It sucks to get hurt or sick, so that's where the serious part comes in. And the thing is, these topics are decades old. I went to the first earth day. I became just as disgusted by lack of deep discussion on real issues as what the article above mentions. The world's population is on another part of the planet. We've isolated from all of the suffering that's being caused by our acts and lack of acting. We buy bombs. We've got the resources. We being all nations. I found the article a bit frightening. I almost didn't post it because who needs more headaches. Haha.

The problem with the current nation-state system (properly, the "Westphalian System" after the treaty that originally created them) is that it defines a nation by borders and lands instead of by people. If you are a member of a people that has the misfortune of being included within another nation-states borders, you will be deemed an outsider and lack representation in that nations government.

The Wesphalian nation-state concept has been blamed for everything from late-era colonialism (expanding the territorial borders of the nation state to increase its power) to the Holocaust.

He argued for a "non-Westphalian democracy" that would allow states, or even cities and regions, to shift their loyalties between national governments as they see fit. If Canada offered Seattle a better deal than Washington DC, Seattle could realign the entire city to be part of our northern neighbor. If America wanted to keep Seattle, the national government would be forced to make it an even better deal. This would force the national governments to be more responsive to people across the country or risk losing them. The result is better representation and a more democratic way of life.

What you just wrote can sound scary if the wrong people were making the decisions.

I'm seeing how complex this is now. How people think and act. What inspires those things.

Essentially the human on our planet need to govern themselves together. Many issues affect all of us - whether it is global climate change or global corporations.

For the same reasons that national governments were more effective than local governments in dealing with large scale problems and issues, international governance will be more effective with global issues than national governments are.