William H. Gates is worth around $80 billion, so people tend to pay attention when the Microsoft founder says something about the way he thinks the world should go. Now, though, Gates might be in the midst of stirring up some controversy, as the multi-billionaire said recently that the problems of the world are so big that we might all be better off with a global government; the sort of statement that’s sure to make the paranoid set quite antsy.
This week, The Huffington Post pointed to a recent interview Bill Gates conducted with the German publication Süddeutsche Zeitung, in which Gates lamented the considerable troubles facing the global community. “We have global issues,” Gates said. “The way we manage the world is not hyper efficient.” Gates’ solution: “a kind of global government.”
