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From: cliff@unmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Meta-government
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 02:48:18 EST
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> All the countries of the UN have already agreed to human rights accords
> equivalent to your restrictions imposed by the meta-government, Cliff.  Most
> of them just ignore them because there is no enforcement power.  How do you
> suggest the meta-government enforce its rules?  (If it doesn't, it is no
> different from today.)

I know surprisingly little about the UN, could you please reproduce some text
and the name of the appropriate document that supports your claim.  To refresh
memories, here is my meta government desire:

>>>	National governments may not kill their citizens and
>>>	People may emmigrate at anytime assuming another National
>>>	Government is willing to accept them (this includes incarcerated
>>>	criminals).

Remember, killing citizens includes death penalties.
Emmigration at any time includes convicted criminals.

Enforcement?  Just let a country get its act together
and smoke the remaining countries with a sufficiently
higher standard of living, lower crime rate, non-troublesome
unemployment, etc.  The difference will be so dramatic
that all the non-citizens will have quite a bit of incentive
to join the coalition.  "We will bury them :-)"

				--Cliff