NATION-STATE

the theme of the new book i have begun is to me more fundamental than global warming or overpopulation. it is time to redefine and rejustify the concept of the nation-state:

there is only one excuse and one rationale for anything beyond anarchy as an organizing principle of humans and that is the pursuit of justice. peace is not a goal. peace is the natural outcome of reciprocal justice and unless and until that becomes the bounding principle of every state on this earth and every action taken in the name of that state, we humans of earth will have failed to secure a viable future.

which means to say, pretty much, since the idea that states all over the world will somehow reform themselves without coercion is without evidence, we are likely doomed as a species unless a world government can emerge with controlling oversight of nation-states.