A hefty meal in Mang Jimmy’s can really put your mind to work. As a habit, while dining with friends (Pow, Jay, Nelson and Maida), we usually discuss various serious topics and eventually leading to intense, productive and healthy arguments. Two weeks ago, we had that moment again in Mang Jimmy’s and my mind was not spared to explore the subject on politics and the modern way of viewing political theories (I mean of modern way here is that not just mere qualitative political science but more of quantitative one). Of course, the discussion was still qualitative. But behind my verbal mind I couldn’t stop thinking of several questions that I believe are very relevant to the current political situations of the world.
1. Is politics still cultural nowadays? Is it still dependent on the cultural set-up of a system having that kind of political situation? I understand that politics, shall I say “government” or “system of governance” is usually an off-shot of socio-cultural (including religion) set-up of a group of people. But, does this definition still hold true to the current economic set-up of the world? Maybe to some countries but with the advent of globalization somehow, in someway, politics is creating its own body of science independent of cultural aspects. I have to explore this aspect deeply to get a satisfying answer.
2. Is one-world government possible without dissolving cultural and social diversities of the world? I am not sure if dissolution (dissolving) is the right term here. But, is it possible to have one-world system of governance and at the same time retaining the cultural and political differences of the world?
3. How can we express a heterogeneous system through one homogenous equation? Or is it possible for a heterogeneous system to have one or several homogenous aspects?
4. What do you mean by Confederacy? Or Confederation? (For those who are watching Star Trek or Star Wars I believe you can relate to this). Or is the United Federation of Nations possible?
5. Can this political framework be applied to our current political-economic set-up?
Hopefully, I can answer some of these questions.
** On side note, I read from “Back-Reaction,” that Physics is not transforming to Philosophy nowadays but rather it is starting to explore social sciences. It has already proven its importance in Chemistry and it is beginning to have a stronghold on Biology. I believe it is time for us to extend physics to economics, sociology, psychology and even political science.
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