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this “problem” also hints at a more welcome reason why making progress on global governance will be slow sledding. 

Even in the EU – the heartland of law-based international government – the idea remains unpopular. 

The EU has suffered a series of humiliating defeats in referendums, when plans for “ever closer union” have been referred to the voters. 

In general, the Union has progressed fastest when far-reaching deals have been agreed by technocrats and politicians – and then pushed through without direct reference to the voters. 

International governance tends to be effective, only when it is anti-democratic.

The world’s most pressing political problems may indeed be international in nature

thanks, Harold. 

Gideon's a clever writer and fellow, trying to be on the main team while indicating some sympathy with the serfs. 

Yet in this paragraph he quite lets it out of the bag: global government advances best in the totalitarian mists that it intends to disperse globally, the smog of an increasingly concentrated hi-tech oligarchy uber alles. 

Strobe and his new gal at the UN are quite an item. 

The financial crisis has been very useful to the inner circle of sordid buccaneers.........
take care, be well, -- 

Eugene