Cosmopolitanism Is Inevitable

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Cosmopolitanism is inevitable because the hand of providence will push us this direction and what will happen essentially is as society becomes more democratic, then states will be less inclined to go war; states could go to war with whatever reason they like, essentially they were ruled by monarchs. Kant says in democracy “you have to convinve the population that you are going to be and that it is in your best interest to go to war. Therefore, this will be harder to do and will less likely to go to war and moves toward perpectual peace”. However, the political problem is the interconnection of people will be harder for states to justify going to war with other people. As population are growing and we are becoming more interconnected, he

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