1949 - M Nabuco - World Government as a Goal http://www.scribd.com/doc/3293993/1949-M-Nabuco-World-Government-as-a-Goal There are two ways in which this might be accomplished. One would be through a liberal system of economics, and that would require a sort of world understanding which would abolish cus- toms duties and other difficulties. The other would be by central government. World trade and commerce cannot re- main forever throttled. If man's po- litical wisdom does not lead us to a free flow of goods, man's practical needs will. I believe that practical forces vitally at work today would impose upon all governments of the world such an un- derstanding; for the central agency necessary to carry out this kind of work would be of such magnitude that it would amount to world government. There are those who believe that now is the time for the establishment of world government, or at least for the adoption of definite measures toward that end. Others, and there are many, reject altogether the possibility of its achievement. A realistic appreciation of the circumstances leads us to dis- count both the enthusiasm of the first group and the skepticism of the second. The movement originated by Mr. Clarence K. Streit is gaining the sup- port of many men of thought and ac- tion, and its development can undoubt- edly exert considerable influence on the time factor insiderable influence on the time factor in the trend toward world government. Granted, however, that the approach lies through democracy, the very concept of that system has to evolve; it could not be possible within a structure, of which the Greek de- mocracy was the prototype, wherein an "elite," however great or however small, held the reins. That would be the only sort of world government we could have for the present.