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    Federations among politically distinct peoples are benefi... — Carmelics
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    Federations among politically distinct peoples are beneficial because they prevent wars among member units and protect against external aggression.

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    • 1.Portions of mankind not disposed to live under a common government are prone to war among themselves.
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    • 2.Federations reduce the number of weak states, thereby reducing the temptation for external aggression.
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    • 3.Federations end wars and restrictions on commerce among member units.
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    • 1.Kant argued in 'Perpetual Peace' that a world federation risks becoming a despotism that suppresses internal dissent more effectively than separate states could.
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    • 2.The consolidation of power in federal institutions creates new sites of domination that can prosecute wars against member peoples rather than preventing them.
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    • 3.Historical federal unions—the antebellum U.S., the Soviet Union—demonstrate that federations can coercively suppress secession through internal military force.
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    • 1.Rousseau contended that confederations among unequal peoples tend toward hegemony, where dominant members exploit weaker ones under the guise of collective security.
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    • 2.The premise that federations reduce external aggression conflates the interests of the federal unit with the interests of constituent peoples, who may face new imperial threats from within.
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    John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), in chapter 17 of Considerations on Representative Government (1861), recommended federations among “portions of mankind” not disposed to live under a common government, to prevent wars among themselves and protect against aggression. He would also allow the center sufficient powers so as to ensure all benefits of union—including powers to prevent frontier duties to facilitate commerce. He listed three necessary conditions for a federation: sufficient mutual sympathy
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