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A Concept for Government

By simply applying common sense it is very well possible to develop a fair and workable system for our world government. A system that nobody can possibly object to, and that will end all politics, diplomacies, opposition parties, ministries of defence, wars, etc. and therefore, all secrecy, the arch-enemy of co-operative existence. We know Certainly, scientists should not 'decide', for the obvious risk of their hobby-horses becoming a lethal threat as the first atomic bomb was. Remember that before this first one was exploded, nobody was certain that the atmosphere as a whole would not be destroyed. The risk of staking all life on it was easily decided upon by scientists. The only obvious way then, for our world-government, is Such a setup can work admirably when, as always, common sense is born in mind and is basic for it. We have a thousand centres spread over the planet, perfectly linked up electronically, in which science is being performed, and that have a separate cubicle that serves the world government. We do not discriminate the scientists by bur- dening them with government, in fact, we discriminate nobody at all, the burden of giving advise to governors keeps scientists human. Decisions are not taken by the scientists, only advise is given. The deciders, There is no barter, nobody gets any profit from whatever subject that is decided upon, thus, only the scientific necessity prevails. The scientists study and advise, the (random) citizen decides, a perfect integration of knowledge and conscience. But there is another matter. When things are arranged in such a way, But, as so many 'good' science-fiction writers like Wyndham, Wells, Hoyle, etc. show, very intricate and complex social scientific material is often best communicated in the form of a story (64). Theorising often is too limited. I shall therefore form a little story later on, in which thoughts about this subject of the organization of a world-government are unfolded.
No existing government can become a world government and a world government cannot be a large-scale imitation of any existing government. Wells, The Holy Terror.

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Ven 2007-09-11