Of course there have been many attempts to establish a global empire throughout the ages.
https://academic.oup.com/isq/article-abstract/62/4/867/5262391?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Then by the 20th century it even seemed more possible of holding one together.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17400200701523595?src=recsys&
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government#H._G._Wells
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1919/01/the-idea-of-a-league-of-nations/306270/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations#Demise_and_legacy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government#United_Nations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government#Current_global_governance_system
https://utopiaordystopia.com/2015/08/09/why-arent-we-living-in-h-g-wells-scientific-dictatorship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shape_of_Things_to_Come (1933)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Reset (TGR) https://www.weforum.org/agenda/archive/the-great-reset
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/now-is-the-time-for-a-great-reset
It indeed turns out that Covid-19 has become quite the impetus to create a de facto World State of Order or an Earth Empire of Control Grid of Technocracy. https://www.weforum.org/great-reset
https://time.com/collection/great-reset , https://greatreset.com
So will humans still be that free after the full implementation of TGR? Perhaps more like lab rats or mice in a maze.
https://humansarefree.com/?s=666
Apparently, its better to have the human herd constantly tracked and monitored now even more than cattle and other livestock. https://home.solari.com/?s=666 This is obviously not what a free civilization would want, but it fits right in with what a global A.I. control system would want.
