I made an offhand (and offline) comment recently linking U2's lead singer Bono with proponents of a worldwide government. I haven't studied this too much or chatted with Bono about it, but actually just made an inference from some perusal over at Wikipedia. So here it is:
The Wikipedia article on Federal World Government notes that "the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is often referenced as the best expression of the most fundamental values motivating FWG supporters." The Wikipedia entry about Universal Declaration of Human Rights notes that "U2 projected the UDHR onto an enormous screen after performing their song 'Running to Stand Still' during their Vertigo 2005 world tour concerts. Their presentation also included individuals from around the world speaking selected articles of the UDHR."
So all that to say that I don't know Bono's take on the pros and cons of worldwide government, and his interest in the UDHR could be completely different from that of supporters of a Federal World Government, but I would tend to doubt it.
Sadly, I'm pretty sure that Bono won't be able to bring peace to this rock, as much as I'm sure he'd like to do so. And he can't walk on water, either.
filed: world.politics
The caricature of Bono walking on water is from this blog.
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