Should the world become one nation?

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Fair point, but it's mutual.  So you can coerce another country and they can coerce you.  We also get cheaper goods.
are you familiar with the opium wars ?
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Imagine Mao, Hitler, or Stalin's reforms on a global scale.
The world would have a 10th amendment, so if one country enacted horrible policies, they don't spread to the other countries unless one of the 2 things happens:

1) The new country voluntarily adopts that horrible policy (unlikely).
2) That horrible policy becomes federal law (which is also unlikely since most countries wouldn't have the horrible policy).


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are you familiar with the opium wars ?
Not too much; what about them?