Reply #10: It's one of the few clear paths to world peace and human unification.

[cigsandcoffee]

You know - one human family.

Countries will be less inclined to go to war with other countries that they share an economic interest in, there will be greater and more frequent paths of communication between people in different nations, and everyone's standard of living, domestic infrastructure, and access to goods and services should improve.

That's the Utopian version of it, and the realities of making it happen aren't nearly so pleasant or immediately rewarding. But the goals are certainly noble and ideal, or at least they can be - it's not something I would discount out of hand.