Origin

Worried Earthlings (WE) is the informal network of concerned Earth citizens who originated the United Earth Initiative. Building on the work of thousands of thinkers, both historic and contemporary, WE articulated the moral and structural necessity of democratic global governance and developed the core ideas underlying this project.

WE have chosen to remain anonymous due to security concerns and to foster a culture focused on our shared planet and the global society, rather than on individuals. WE are convinced that the exaggerated and cynical individualism of our time, along with obsolete and anachronistic tribalism and nationalism, has become a structural trap. Seen together, these dynamics obscures the fact that many of the forces shaping individual lives now operate globally, without democratic control. Global democratic governance is necessary precisely to protect individual freedom and local societies against these forces.

The United Earth Initiative is established to develop and facilitate the institutional pathways required to create a genuine democratic geopolitical system on planet Earth, capable of resolving the current global crisis and laying the foundation for a peaceful civilization.

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