A question to understand the minds of members.
If you have absolute unlimited power over the Earth and everything on it, without consequence, what would you do?
Would you be just ruler acting with equity or would you be Pharaoh, unleashing your innermost dark desires upon the mere mortals of the planet? Or would you just go around destroying everything for fun? Be honest.. what would you actually do? No limits.
If I was in charge of the whole world...I would do the following things in phases.
1) I wouldn't bother with democracy at first bcuz that takes power away from me and shares it with the ppl to an extent. In order to carry out my plans I would need to hold on to that power. So I'll be ruling with an iron fist like a dictator.
1.1) Eliminate loopholes with which the rich ppl and rich corporations avoid paying billions of dollars worth of taxes. Each person/corporation within a certain tax bracket must pay their fairshare of taxes. I wouldn't tax them excessively...based on various factors, tax percentages would be adjusted so no one is excessively taxed.
1.2) Stop defense expenditures around the world. The borders are temporarily set with no country invading another...with the fake promise that I'll get back to this later and resolve border disputes peacefully. With billions flowing in from the above two steps, this will give me enough capital get started at the following.
2) Implement a population control measure...get the best estimates of the earth's carrying capacity based on our current understanding...and introduce laws to control the overall population.
3) Relax immigration laws so I can move ppl around where necessary in accordance to how much labor is required in what area/country. With this I'll be able to introduce collective farming at the world scale using satellites to determine what would be best to grow where.
4) Start an international(UN like) organization that would work like Monsanto. It would research and produce seeds that increase yield and are drought/insect resistant, etc. There wouldnt be any hurdles for farmers to be able to use these seeds unlike the hurdles involved with private companies.
5) This kind of coordination at the world scale to increase food production would surely increase it considerably. Next up will be price control. The price will be controlled according to each nation's average wealth(how rich or poor its ppl are on average) while also taking into account the cost of farming(for example a farmer in US would cost more than a farmer in India). The prices will be higher for food in some countries and lower in others...the end goal would be to lower them as much as possible so that more and more ppl can easily afford it around the world.
6) At the same time as the plan for lower food prices is being executed...another plan for affordable housing would be carried out. More money would be pumped into prefabricated houses(the parts are made in factories, shipped to the destination and assembled). For this I would utilize countries with cheap labor and if it's done at world scale, it would bring down the prices even more. These government houses will be used for the poor who don't have houses, or live in slums. Since they can't pay for the houses, in return they will have to work a certain number of years. From their pay, the government(me?) will keep a cut, which would be somewhat of a large chunk. They will get the rest. Since their pay would be low to start with(since they will be mostly uneducated/unskilled labor), and it will be further reduced by government(me) keeping a cut...they will be given food subsidies. In addition they will be given free education/vocational training if they choose to follow that path to move up. Their children will also get free education based on my next steps below. So at the very least their needs will be met...they will have food and a roof over their heads.
7) Team up with companies like Intel/Microsoft and others from around the world to mass produce cheap but tough(less prone to breaking) laptops. These companies can earn tax breaks if they choose to team up in this effort.
8) Also now that I'm running the world...instead of each country launching its own satellites for things like GPS, internet, etc. There will be an international organization(like NASA) that would launch satellites not just for the benefit of one nation...but keeping in view the entire world. This would increase internet coverage around the world.
9) For regions that still would lack internet coverage...companies like Facebook/Google and others would also be offered tax subsidies if they can implement their own ways to increase internet coverage.
10) With increased internet coverage, those cheap laptops from step 7 would be used to give to schools and students that don't have it. A combined curriculum up to the high school level will be created that will be accepted around the world. An online school will be created. It would have videos of lectures on each subject, on each topic within those subjects. So it will be like a student is in class even without being in class.
11) A public service method will be introduced. For students in school, in addition to their classes, they will have to do a certain number of hours of public service. One method they can do public service is login to an online chat service(on that online school website) and answer questions. This way a student in high school in China, who is good at math, can help a student in Nigeria.
12) There will be stateboard like exams internationally in order to graduate high school. Additional steps will be taken to make schooling(actual school buildings with teachers) free where possible...at least up until high school.
13) Once the above education steps are accomplished, education up until high school will be declared mandatory. Also english(which is already the most spoken language in the world) will be part of the curriculum.
14) With food/shelter/education needs taken care of and population steady...slowly over decades, the standard of life will improve around the world. Over the next few decades the countries that are still lagging behind, will be focused on more to propel them forward even if they have to be incentivized. The end goal would be to close the gap among all countries as much as possible.
15) Once the gap is close enough...I will introduce one currency...for the entire world. ppl will have a certain amount of time to get their previous currencies exchanged.
16) UN peacekeepers role will be increased. Each nation must provide a certain percentage of trained men. They will be used as an international police. Instead of these trained men coming from the armies(since armies will be disbanded as pointed out in 1.2, they will be picked from the police forces.
17) Open the borders...and create an EU like system...where yes there are still separate countries...but ppl can travel freely between them. If economically all nations are close enough to each other, it wouldn't cause any major influx of population from one country to another.
18) Then over decades of this kind of globalization and mixing...borders would lose the importance they currently have...and with that I'll never have to fulfill my fake and impossible to fulfill promise of resolving border disputes.
19) If I'm still alive having accomplished all this over a very very long time...I'll try my very best to create a democratic world government that's free of corruption and won't be overstepping it's boundaries. I'll try to keep it fair in terms of representation of all nations...and retire to some scenic quiet countryside to live out the rest of my days...hopefully without any regrets, dreaming that world remains united and borders lose their meaning entirely.