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Extraterrestrial Contact: Unity Versus Globalism

Monday, February 27, 2012 12:48

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If you have read this blog for a while you know that I make frequent references to the need for the United Nations to take the lead diplomatic role in extraterrestrial First Contact. I don’t believe that First Contact has occurred and I don’t know when, or if, it might ever occur. I do think we need to contemplate the matter, so that if it does occur, we at least have a general framework for response.

Part of my argument has been that humanity is moving into a new era, with or without First Contact. The era is one of global interdependence and unity. Technology is bringing nations and blocs of nations closer together. It is drawing us closer in many different ways and those ties grow stronger every day. Ultimately, this is an important concept for the consideration of First Contact. Global unity means that perhaps, humans could speak with one voice in a First Contact situation. Global unity provides focus for moving forward After First Contact.

I’m not saying that we are there yet, but we seem to be moving in the direction of global unity. Recent economic challenges have highlighted global interdependence and perhaps brought world economic systems closer together. I heard an analyst on CNN calling for Europe to welcome Asian investment in the same way that many Asian nations have been welcoming Western investment for decades. Calls for China to step in and help to prop up the fragile European Union would have been rare even just a few years ago. There is a realization that countries as different as China and France have common bonds that can be strengthened, providing benefits to both nations.

There are those who would call global unity another name for globalism. Globalism is the term most often used by conservative thinkers who are worried about the rise of international government. They see global unity as potentially harmful to the United States, as it would leave us as one nation in many, rather than the global superpower leading the way. Fear of an international government is an extension of fear of big government. If big government on a national scale is bad, the size and weight of an international government would be very bad, or so the thinking goes. I don’t disagree. Big government can at times be stupid and oppressive. It can diminish human endeavor and bind us in ever-growing bureaucracy. It can take away the power of individuals to join together at the most basic level: neighborhoods, churches and community associations. Does this sound like an extreme view on my part? Take a look at China, where entire neighborhoods are bulldozed to make way for business development. Local community organizations in China are viewed as a threat unless they are controlled by and connected to the government. American conservatives see this and wonder what will happen to our democracy. Would an international government wield such enormous power that it would negate cultural individualism and community choice? Would the scale of world government exasperate all of the worst aspects of big government? Perhaps. It’s a reasonable and understandable concern.

The fear of globalism is lead by fringe groups in the United States, often tied to Christian ministry groups. It is interesting because it’s an area where the right and left come full circle, as do many libertarian views. Many anti-globalists believe that big government and big business are working together to take control on an international level. Probe Ministries is just one of the many Christian groups taking this stance

If you then check out the group Conservative Action Alerts and you can see the slow movement towards the mainstream. Then view this statement on CNN by Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul and listen to the audience reaction to his concerns.

Fear of globalism is creeping its way into mainstream conservative thought. Anyone who thinks it will not be a significant American issue in coming years, with or without extraterrestrial contact, is naïve.

I would argue that there is a significant difference between global unity and globalism as perceived by libertarians. Global unity merely means that we are able to make decisions as one civilization and respond to the challenges that need a global response. A national response, or in reality many national responses, to extraterrestrial First Contact would be ridiculous. It would be disjointed, confusing and perhaps even dangerous. Extraterrestrial diplomacy would need to be carried out by one world body with the involvement of all nations. The only group currently capable of doing such is the United Nations. Giving the United Nations the power to handle diplomatic relations with extraterrestrials is not the first step toward world government. It is a logical reaction to a significant challenge.

There will be those who are afraid that extraterrestrial First Contact will lead humanity to a place where cultures and national identities are lost in a rising tide of universalism. This does not have to be the case. There is no reason why humans can’t have global unity for the challenges that require a global response, while still maintaining national governments and cultural identities. I think we have seen a renewed emphasis on localism in the world. People realize that some of the best things in life happen at the local level and economies of scale are not always the best for human quality of life.

This may sound like an esoteric discussion now. In the wake of First Contact, I would imagine it will be one of the concerns in human reaction. It’s important to be able to separate genuine worries about the impact of a massive world government with what would be the realities of First Contact. Global unity is the only possible answer to the challenges presented by First Contact. Thoughtful conservative voices would need to lead the charge in the effort to separate global unity and global response from the fear of globalism.

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Comments

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Anonymous

United Nations………….RIGHT!
Name one thing they have not screwed up.
They are as corrupt as the rest of the world they supposedly represent.
And Globalism you can shove that too.
It’s bad enough each country has to deal with their own
corrupt gov,now you want a corrupt world gov’t.
Go sell your pie in the sky to all the pie in the sky
Hope and Change people.Can’t believe this was posted on this site.

Feb 28, 2012, 8:57 am 0 Reply
Uncle Nobby

The UN……….you must be on drugs or something, the UN is nothing more than the lapdog of the global elite, the bastards that have reduced this planet to economic slavery, whilst they bask in their ivory towers, watching the world fall apart. Your post demonstrates how far out of touch with reality you are. Go check out whats left of Libya for a better understanding of the UN and it’s works.

Feb 28, 2012, 11:12 am 0 Reply
antigray

First contact came a long long time ago. The contact was prehistoric, meaning before we could even write the history of it. Once we could write about events in books such as the Bible, our continuing contact with these “aliens” was recorded. For everyone’s information, UFOs are not all flown by true extraterrestrials, the majority of them are owned and operated by our advanced Repto Sapien cousins, who share the Earth with us as their ancestral home world. They are historically cited in about 80 places in the Bible, being described as a SERPENT THAT WALKS UPRIGHT ON TWO LEGS AND IS AS TALL AS A CAMEL (8 FEET TALL). There are statues and temple paintings of them in nearly every ancient society. This has nothing to do with “religious beliefs.” It is a proven historical and archaeological fact. That’s why I wrote a book showing all of the real world evidence.

Publisher’s site to order my book in paperback or Ebook

booklockerdotcom/books/1417dothtml

WARNING reveals a frightening alien agenda, a long-term program of social domination and periodic controlled genocide. Mankind is now in great danger. We have a terrible problem to overcome. Resolution requires international solidarity, then forcible negotiation with the aliens.

Some artwork from my book. Click on each image for larger view:

http://picasaweb.google.com/antigray45/Artwork02

Art Greenfield

Feb 28, 2012, 12:26 pm 0 Reply
Ozzie_Thinker

The UN is a two sided (and two faced) beast, but that’s different discussion.

In relation to the government “coming clean”, they can’t. Firstly, they know our REAL history. Secondly, they know ET’s agenda and third, they are capitulating with ET.

Does that mean government is working “for” the people? What do you think?

Feb 28, 2012, 4:33 pm 0 Reply
Anonymous

I BEG YOUR PARDON??? THE GOVERNMENT WORKING “FOR” THE PEOPLE ??? …SINCE WHEN!? I KNOW, I GOT YOUR MESSAGE… I ALREADY KNOW HOW THINGS WORK ON THIS PLANET, WHAT H.B. ARE LIKE… SO, IF ET COMES TO US, I WILL STAY ON THEIR SIDE… THIS TIME, I WON’T CHOOSE THE DEVIL I ALREADY KNOW BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE OTHERS CAN BE “THIS” CRUEL…

Mar 1, 2012, 12:11 pm 0 Reply
Anonymous

Poor, poor aliens. Could they be so naive?
Any and every powerful state would attempt to deceive, abduct and sequester them. Therafter they would be waterboarded – or whatever tortures an alien – until they either went mad or had told all they could. Their tortureres would return mercilessly as new questions and paranoid mistrusts occurred to them. When they were of no further use, they would be judicially murdered, in case they fell into hostile(!) hands. Then back engineering would start as necessary.
Can anyone truly think it could be otherwise?

Mar 1, 2012, 3:51 pm 0 Reply
Odinski

Crop circle=Cuidado con los portadores de los falsos presentes y sus promesas rotas…
beware the bearers of false gifts and broken promeises

mucho dolor pero aun hay tiempo
much pain, but there is still time

crean que aun el bien esta ahi afuera
believe
there is still good out there

nosptros nos oponemos a los engaños
we oppose the decievers

el conducto se esta cerrando
the conduct is closing

Mar 1, 2012, 4:23 pm 0 Reply

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