The Advantages of a World Government

The Advantages of a World Government 

In this essay, I will defend the thesis that the creation of a world government is highly desirable for the human race. Several reasons have convinced me of this, since I believe that the creation of a world government would bring great advantages, including world peace, total freedom of movement, the end of world hunger, the end of colonialism, the end of slavery, the disappearance of xenophobia and racism in mainstream society, the end of sex discrimination, the end of ethnic discrimination, as well as allowing the implementation of truly effective responses against global threats such as global terrorism and climate change.

I must emphasize that, by writing this essay, I do not aim at convincing those who do not wish to be convinced of something that constitutes a departure from their familiar set of accepted political ideas. I know perfectly well that there are many people who are not willing to accept the ideas that I propose in this essay. They are too emotionally dependent on their normal political conceptions to accept the bold ideas that I put forward in the Republic of Men. I write this essay instead for those who who are willing to think about the world that surrounds them and consider any proposals that might lead to the creation of a better and fairer world order.

To this day, at least to my knowledge, no one has dared to propose a theory with similar implications as those of political humanism. I wish to go beyond the mere hypothesis of a world government. I will defend why it must be created, how it should be created and how it should work once it is created. In other words, I wish to create a theory that proposes a total revolution in world politics.

I can distinguish between two types of men. The first is the nationalist man, the second is the political humanist. The first believes in the nation and the second believes in Man. I'm a humanist and therefore I call my theory political humanism.

Political humanism is founded upon the belief that every men are born equals, and that they should be treated as such. I believe that we all belong to the human species, and that nations are nothing more than artificial creations, that by their very nature separate a species that in fact should be united. There are historical reasons that can explain the existence of nations but the present time no longer requires their existence. Therefore, a new and better kind of political entity must come into existence, one that respects the fact that all men belong to the same fundamental unity, humankind. I believe that it is time to relinquish our old political allegiances, and admit a new one. It is time to start regarding the planet earth as our home, our common home, and forget nationalist grudges. Nationalist feelings should be replaced for one which is much nobler, the love for humankind. When people stop feeling part of one specific nation, they will be free to accept a new identity, and consider themselves to be true world citizens. These world citizens will see how nations are obsolete, and how the greatest improvements to our conditions could be provided by a new Republic of Men. The merits of a World government, I believe, would be so many that in the future, men would look behind and consider the founders of the new order to be the greatest heroes in history.

Wars between nations would no longer happen. If there were no nations, they could not wage war at each other. All national armies would be dissolved and a world army would have to be created in order to defend the integrity of the new world republic.

Borders would disappear. All men would be allowed to travel, study, work and live in any part of the world. Passports and visas would no longer be necessary, restrictions to immigration would no longer be enforced and all men would have the freedom to choose where they would like to lead their lives. There would be total freedom of movements for every man and woman in the planet.

A Republic of Men would also bring an end to world hunger. There are enough resources at our disposal to feed the whole population of the world several times, and yet thousands die of hunger every day in the poorest places of the planet. This cannot be accepted and it is completely unnecessary.

The world republic would have enough resources to provide every man, woman and child the minimal provisions in order for them to live their lives with dignity. This would represent the end of misery for many millions across the world that currently do not have enough to eat. The Republic would have the resources and the will to extinguish hunger and it would do so. Meanwhile, nations continue to wage war against each other, using precious resources to commit mass murder, instead of using those resources to save lives.
The war of a universal republic would be against the common enemies of humanity, such as misery and hunger.

The creation of a Republic of Men would also bring an end to Colonialism. For centuries, the most powerful nations have colonized and exploited the weaker peoples. Colonialism has been the predominant policy of the world powers for the last five hundred years and its practices perfectly illustrate the undesirability of a future made of competing nations. The only way to avoid the reiterate exploitation of some peoples by others is to create a World State capable of providing safety to every man in the planet.

Currently, two of the greatest evils that torment the human race are racism and xenophobia. Although nations can try to fight racism (although so far they have been mostly unsuccessful) the very existence of nations promotes xenophobia. Only a World State would have enough power to prohibit the discrimination of people based on their origin or ethnicity and enforce such a prohibition. On the other hand, anyone who adopts political humanism will consider every man to have the same rights, no matter their ethnicity or place of birth. The political humanist is a natural enemy of racism and xenophobia.

Finally, the war against climate change requires a stronger response than the nations are capable of providing. It is an obstacle that can only be surmounted by a united humankind. The inability of countries to stop destroying the world and to set in motion any effective plan to fight global warming is a conclusive proof.

For all these reasons, I believe that we should consider a shift from Nationalism to Humanism. And after accepting the fundamental ideals of political humanism, it will only be a matter of time before every man in this planet also accepts that it is time to abandon a world of nations and to embrace the idea of a Republic of Men .