Curiously, the potential of a federal world union cast in the mould of a heterogeneous mix (e.g. In the framework of the Wave Theory of Toffler, such an institution, if constituted along lines similar to present-day nation states, would represent the very archetype of the Second Wave writ large.
Discussing the book in a later interview, Toffler said that industrial-style, centralized, top-down bureaucratic planning would be replaced by a more open, democratic, decentralized style which he called “.” Despite the forecast of the obsolescence of the order of nation-states, and the rise of super-national entities, what was not forecast was the emergence of a world political union cast in the form of the United States of Earth. To a large extent, this has already emerged with the rise of the, though it has not yet congealed in the form of a fundamental revision of the constitution of any state. A transformation of the very character of democracy, itself, from rule-by-periodic polling at the election booth, toward a more direct interaction between the government and its populace. However, these aspects were discussed in greater depth in and somewhat deemphasized in The Third Wave. It would include the progressive hemming-in of national economies and of nation-states under a growing network of super-national organizations and affiliations e.g. The assault on the nation-state from above would include the rise of powerful non-national entities: NGO's, multinational corporations, religions with global reach, and even terrorist organizations or cartels. The autonomization of Wales and Scotland in Britain of Nunavut and Canada the frequent incidence of separatist movements, the dissolution of Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, the USSR, Ethiopia, the emergence of microstates, such as East Timor. It would include the rise of regional interests and the progressive devolution of the nation-state itself e.g. Secular), the Islamic world (fundamentalist or traditional vs.
The assault on the nation-state from below would include both the gradual loss of consensus, such as has characterized the politics of the United States in the 21st century, as well as political turmoil in China (largely split amongst lines), Israel (orthodox vs.
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