“A one-world government would become corrupt within a decade”
Agree
- Absolute power corrupts absolutely
- No competing systems to check it
- Human nature always trends toward tyranny
- Too much bureaucracy breeds corruption
- History shows this pattern everywhere
Disagree
- Democratic checks could prevent it
- Unity would reduce conflict incentives
- Technology enables better oversight now
- Shared resources reduce corruption motives
- We've never actually tried it
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