8) Thought question: A disagreement between states of the United States concerning the rights of states vs. The authority of the national government led to the Civil War. State governments were forced by war into a sub- servient position. What might happen if national governments ceded their authority to a world government by international treaty?

A one world-government could be a positive outcome for manking, but also a negative one.

It could be positive in the sense that it would allow a better coordination to solve global problems like climate change or world poverty. In fact, one of the problems of climate change is that the solutions need to be on a global scale, and countries do not agree on them.

It could be negative if only a few nations take control of the world government, and use it for their benefit, instead of the global benefit.