I think cultural and ethnic identity are very real and probably the reason why there could never be one world government.

I remember when my daughter was a child, she befriended another girl newly arrived from the disintegrated Yugoslavia. Whenever we mentioned the girl's original country, she was always first to maintain that she was "Croatian". It was very clear to us that the child identified as Croatian and nothing but Croatian.

Regarding the EU and Eurozone, it seems that monetary union really isn't enough to unite these countries. Without some kind of overarching control, individual countries have been free to spend and borrow at will. It's been more of a union of economic convenience than anything of deep and enduring significance.

Exactly, Poirot, that's why I emphasized that I was talking about the EU and not the Eurozone.
What the EU has shown, is that cultures and countries can form close ties and agree on things like product and safety standards, road rules, easy movement of people, standards of human rights, etc, yet still maintain their cultural identity.
Eventhe most ardent EU supporter in, say, Denmark or France, would never desribe themselves as Europeans. They'd be a Dane or French.
This is the model we should promote; close cooperation with no loss of identity.
Australia and New Zealand could easily do this with major benefits.
Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au

Sonofgloin,people like Pericles and WmTrevor are agents of dis-information.They know the reality as evidenced by their acknowledgement of Bilderberg Group,Club of Rome,Council of Foreign Relations etc.

In 1913 the US Federal Reserve (a private cartel of banks) took control of all the money creation in the USA.This meant that they owned all the increases in production + inflation which they loaned back to the US people as debt.It was a counterfeiting operation that had the double whammy of stealing the people's wealth via money creation and giving it back as debt.In 1914 the income tax act came into play to pay for all this debt.

The same thing happened here in Aust.With the instigation of the Commonwealth Bank in 1911,it created some of the money to equal our increases in productivity.That scumbag Billy Hughes scuttled the power of the Commonwealth to create any money for the people.Billy Hughes changed parties like his underware and was a big suck up to the Royal Imperialists.In 1915 the income tax act was instigated to pay for war reparations and interest to international banksters.

This bunch of criminal thieves and war mongerers are about to meet their nemisis.People all around the planet are becoming aware.We are the real producers of wealth and creativity.The financial criminals are nothing more than worthless parasites.

Dear Arjay,

There is one problem. Wm Trevor and Pericles, those agents of disinformation seem more reaonable than you do.

davidf,try entering into a debate about this criminal finance system,then you will have credibility.

Arjay,

Regarding this nemesis.

Can you tell us what form it will take?

As far as I can see, those who are taking part in The Occupy Movement don't seem to know what to do with their movement - as if they're waiting for someone to tell them what to do (twelve years of schooling will do that to you : )

When's the action going to start?