World government

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Attributed ideologies

Various people attribute, though not at times without caricature, the idea of a world government to, often exclusively, and often with false assumptions, ideologies (frequently extreme) such as :

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Nazism

Adolf Hitler attempted to establish a "Thousand Year Reich" that, at the very least, would have encompassed Europe and Russia. It seems probable that had Hitler been successful in this, he would have eventually attempted to conquer the rest of the world. However, he believed that a state was at its strongest when at war, so perpetual or recurring war would probably have been something he would advocate; thus negating the possibility of a complete world government.

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Adolf Hitler - Thousand Year Reich - Europe - Russia

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Neoliberalism

Neoliberals rarely advocate a world government in the classical sense of the word, and prefer instead a single world-wide economic order of free market capitalism. Their aim would be the eventual integration of all countries into this economic order, with the removal of all trade barriers and (in some cases) the removal of all regulations on capitalism. Strands of neoliberal thought influence the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which are the focus of opposition from the anti-globalization movement.

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Neoliberal - Free market - Capitalism - Trade barrier - International Monetary Fund - World Bank - Anti-globalization

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Communism

The communist movement has an ideal of world government emerging from the voluntary co-operation of communist countries, presumably after capitalism has been overthrown. However, in the past, many communist states showed distrust or even outright hostility towards each other (see the Sino-Soviet split between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China).

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Communist - Capitalism - Communist state - Sino-Soviet split - Soviet Union - People's Republic of China

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In particular, Leon Trotsky is famous—and probably foremost among communists—in advocating a "world revolution," as opposed to the single-state visions of Stalin and Mao. His supporters have suffered alienation within the communist movement, however, due in large part to the propaganda of the Soviet Union against Trotsky. They have been making a comeback only since the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Leon Trotsky - World revolution - Stalin - Mao - Supporters

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Anarchism

Although anarchists advocate a world not divided by borders, which they regard as nothing but artificial boundaries, and are generally against nationalism, they do not advocate a world government as such, because government itself is an institution they believe to be violent and harmful. Instead, anarchists propose a world order based on free association and mutual aid, though this may vary depending on the specific branch of anarchism in question (see the main article on anarchism for further details).

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Free association - Mutual aid - Anarchism

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Conspiracy theory

A number of conspiracy theories postulate the existence of a mysterious global cabal that controls the world, or large portions of it, from behind the scenes. Other theories prophecise (or warn of) domination of the world by a single entity, often referred to as a "One World Government".

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Conspiracy theories - Cabal - One World Government

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