The Relation between Politics and Globalization

 Political globalization refers to the formation of a global political system. Political globalization is sometimes seen as internationalism. Internationalism is not against nationalism. Nor is it insisting on the abolition of the existing sovereign state. It would not be internationalism if it were to deny nationalism and sovereign states.

 It is unlikely that the world government that will emerge will need a more detailed organization in form than it is now. Since the United Nations was born at the height of internationalism, the world government's prospects were much contained in the UN organization. 

 Regardless of the shape, the formation of a global government means expanding public nature at a global level. Any civilization In any society, sustainability is based on publicness. It is public nature to impose restraint on the action of power, whether physical or capital. No civilization or society can last long without restraint and in a state of overflowing power. 

 Absolute human rights and absolute freedom are fantasies like humans are completely free from the fetters of natural conditions. When people fell into that fantasy and forgot the principle of public nature that has protected society since civilization, the powerful group could wield power without any checks, resulting in all kinds of "modern" tragedies, including large-scale wars. 

 We must abandon our fantasies and accept restraints. The question is how to accept some form of restraint. If we don't find a suitable way, the new system with expanded publicness may feel like hell, and if we find a suitable way, we will be able to pursue our own satisfactory survival and lifestyle while keeping human nature. What is clear for now is that excessive obsession with fantasy will have the worst consequences.

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