Bauman says we have to prepare for
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e crushingly toilsome leap from the ‘imagined totalities’ of nation-states to the ‘imagined totality’ of humankind.
The EU, he says, is valuable because it is at least an attempt at going in that direction.
All of the problems we are facing today, Bauman says, are globally produced and it is a waste of time to look for their solutions locally.
Let’s hope that the transition from many imagined communities to just one will not cost us as much as the nation-state did.
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“Let’s hope that the transition from many imagined communities to just one will not cost us as much as the nation-state did.”
Of course it will. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Massive social reorganization tends to coincide with massive loss of human life. And remember that many of those in the kinds of organizations that have decided to dispense with the nation state are on record saying there are far too many people in the world.
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\\ And remember that many of those in the kinds of organizations that have decided to dispense with the nation state are on record saying there are far too many people in the world.
Which organizations?
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Google “population reduction quotes”.
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Nobody can “decide” or “not decide” to dispense with the nation-state. I mean, they can do it but it will not have any impact on anything. The logic of events has dictated the erosion of the nation-state. There are no specific people to blame.
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Yes, let’s hope the local governors keep the various systems in line, or MEP Darth Vader will have to leave a garrison behind … 🙂
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