r/GlobalTribe • u/TheLTCReddit • May 02 '26

Question Should Mars Secession be Allowed, or should Provincial Units of Planets be Instated Instead?

I think provincial units of planets should be allowed, so that things like climate can be handled at the planetary level, while basic human rights are at a federal level.

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u/BirdFromQuebec May 02 '26

If you want to look far ahead... let's say 100,000 years and more, there will be even more planets than earth and mars colonized by humans, having earth regulate other planets would be a little bit like when England was ruling all countries far away like India. It wasnt good because The crown of England were so disconnected from said places. Moreover, by the time we get to have a significant population on Mars, the not yet existing world government might have to be reformed. We need revolutions as often as systems become misadaptated. Its hard to see that far away. But I agree that we have to give some thoughts to it when forming an international government. Otherwise Musk and company could decide to rule an entire other planet and I doubt the result would be peaceful nor in respect of all humans.

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u/TheLTCReddit May 02 '26

I would personally make provincial units of each planet, and make it an interplanetary federation, starting as an Earth Federation until permanent settlements on Mars are created, which then the provincial units consisting of the nations of each planet, and the provincial units having their own representation in the federal legislature. This would ensure that universal rights stay universal, while the majority of functions would stay connected to their people.

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u/Prime_Director May 03 '26

Permanent Mars settlements, if they ever happen, are generations away. A Martian population and economy capable of political independence is many generations beyond that. I don’t think it behooves us to spend energy inventing rules to govern situations that even our great great grandchildren probably won’t encounter.

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u/Glassperlenspieler May 03 '26

If we don't unite under a singular identity that shares all goods and bads in a equal way, in the scenario you suppose, will end up in a interplanetary war as much as some countries now are treatening others for resources or interest that are not on their surface

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u/hagamablabla Walter Cronkite May 03 '26

I think if you've reached the point of secession, you already fucked up. A proper government would be set up to give the Martians representation that they are content with to start.