Global democracy needs global consciousness !
I am starting this thread here as I am not sure about the concrete policy solutions that I could advance - I believe that to move toward a global democratic system of any kind people should feel a stronger sense of commonality/shared humanity compared to what we have right now. People tend to feel close to fellow nationals (think about when there's a tragedy, media always report "x people died, y from [country in question]" which I always found horrible) and normally also to people that look/sound similar to them. It would be fundamental to move this to another level - we should feel as connected to people living on the other side of the planet as to people living in our continent so to trigger positive interventions such as a global social net or similar. This does not have necessarily to happen before a global democratic institution is built - In the case of the European Union, the sense of Europeanness is still in the making 75 years from its founding - but if present, it would greatly help its effectiveness. What do you all think?
following yesterday's online brainstorming, for me a key question in any global governance is "How do we create a strong feeling of belonging"? In other debates I saw the idea of basic needs being a priority and so on, and I completely agree. But we also need to create an emotional link that is very strong. How? Is it through direct services or a shift from national identity to global?
Global identity is the key. This is our home, we are all "roommates" on earth. We cannot judge our success as people by power over others, but by cooperating with others for solutions. A Team Earth mentality, but who is the opponent? "We are all in this together" but what is the common struggle?
(yes, I am upvoting my own proposal ahah)
I had written a post on democracy in 2020 in my blog. Democracy has a fundamental problem: Homo sapiens is not a democrat, but a social egoist. His main drive is his own survival and that of his group. Something like humanity finds little interest. Nature gives us nothing that would speak for a democratic system. Like human rights, democracy is not a law of nature. It is the result of a long history of culture, with countless wrong turns and dead ends. A general democratic consciousness cannot be conjured up in a short time. Read the whole blog post here:
https://mondialists.blogspot.com/2020/06/democracy-is-not-natural-law.html