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Paupp 06 (Terrence E. Paupp is is an international law and human rights scholar. He holds a BA degree from San Diego State University, a Master of Theological Studies from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and a JD from the University of San Diego School of Law. Has served as professor of philosophy and international law at Southwestern College, National University, San Diego City College. National Chancellor of the US for the International Association of Educators for World Peace and has been serving as a Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) since 2006, “Exodus From Empire : The Fall of America's Empire and the Rise of the Global Community”, pp. 29, 2006-11-20)//LF
All empires rule by fear. Fear is usually engendered by the possession of immense military power and the power over life and death that are associated with it. Military power exercises a primordial hold over the reptilian part of the brain that is characterized by aggressive behavior without reflection.15 On the other hand, the course of building a Global Community that is committed to the realization of nonviolence charts a path that seeks to create humane forms of governance—demonstrating the power of the higher faculties of the human brain. The movement towards a Global Community is one that is cross-cultural. It does not seek to divide the world into “haves” and “have-nots.” It seeks distributional justice in economics and in the realm of political decision making. The rise of Global Community is an expression of humanity’s collective desire to build a world of shared norms and common understandings within and between peoples. Shared norms and common understandings about what constitutes genuine security will be a critical first step and an ongoing process. In this critical regard, “the way to security lies less in achieving greater technological sophistication than in working toward a transformation of the spirit of our relationship with our potential adversaries.”16 With such a focus, it will be possible for the architects of the rising Global Community to begin their various tasks with the acknowledgement of our mutual vulnerability and common humanity. As the historical path of South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy demonstrates, the rise and eventual realization of Global Community, within a world of progressive national communities, is guided not by fear, but by love, empathy, and a firm commitment to practice inclusionary forms of governance. The rise and eventual realization of Global Community liberates people from their isolated roles, cultures, and political affiliations. Its promise has the capacity to reveal a common citizenship not only with other people in distant lands, but those in close proximity to our own condition.