Nov 16, 2018
Many SF novels feature a World State encompassing the entire Earth. Such imagined states can have various origins. This is not surprising, since advocacy for World States (from persons on the Left,β¦
Still, even if World States prove as mortal as any other human institution, itβs not all bad. Nobody would want the unpleasant sorts of World States to last forever, and the idealists can get lot done in two or three centuries. Plus, the example of China and Egypt suggest that as long as people believe in the concept, utility, and legitimacy of a World State, periods of disunity might be followed by periods of unity.
