Quote Originally Posted by Kagemusha View Post
US waged a terrible civil war that prevented it from splitting in two.
Yes, but I am of the understanding that there's a lot less chance of another civil war happening in the USA any time soon. At the same time, I do not believe that there is something to be "overcome" in order to achieve world peace. Rather, I think of it as something that is a very real possibility, but not something that humanity will necessarily end up with; and even if it does, it would by no means have to stay that way.

The federalist argument seems to continuosly be that together we are stronger. Well if the target is to create as large federal state as possible. Why dont we all just apply to become states of the United States, which is a democratic federal state? Or is there some rational behind that idea, like that the US is too far, which smells like regionalism, or in other words nationalism.
The previous paragraph should have made my current views a bit clearer, but I still want to specify that my personal views are not pro EU, or pro some whatever great federation. What matters to me, is individualism, and that a state should have as little control over its citizens as possible. This is a question I ponder alot over; it is hard to unite theory and reality..
Naturally, such a view would mean I oppose nationalism, warfare etc. It wouldn't necessarily mean that I am wishing the world should become one giant state, of some kind, ASAP; though of course, if this happened all voluntarily, and that the culture of the world was pretty much all the same in every country; the chances of war would near zero.