World government proposals would eliminate authentic politics by overawing peoples

Evidence

The presently popular liberal notion of a World Government is based, like all liberal notions of political power, on the same concept of individuals submitting to a central authority which “overawes them all,” except that nations are now taking the place of individuals. The World Government is to overcome and eliminate authentic politics, that is, different peoples getting along with each other in the full force of their power. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2217

Categorization

• DEFINE: Arendt’s distinction between ‘authentic politics’ (peoples engaging one another in full force of their power) and central-authority submission is a core conceptual distinction to carry forward.
• XREF: Connects to Arendt’s broader critique of liberal political power in The Human Condition and to the scaffolding notion of how power is theorized. — connects to: A genuine world economy would dissolve the nation state — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 241