WORLD UNITY AS A GOAL

THE WORLD OF TOMORROW

A world without borders would require a number of modifications to a number of commonplace aspects of society.  Many of these would be improvements.  All would require input from, and decisions by, experts in the respecdtive disciplines involved in each such aspect.  I offer some thoughts, and respectfully submit some suggestions, concerning a few of these.  However, since I am a layman concerning most of the actual subjects involved; and in that I am not certain as to when, how, and in what sequence, these changes might take place; they are merely intended to constitute random generalizations and predictions.





Taxation

A worldwide system of taxation would need to be formulated.  In my opinion, this should be comprised of a uniform schedule of rates, applied to the universal economy, and voiced in the universal currency, that I spoke of in earlier posts (august 23rd to 30th).  It should, hopefully, be a more simple and direct system; absent of the hodge-podge that the American system, for one, has come to typify in recent years. 



Communications and the Media

A single worldwide postal system would come to be established.  Rates would be based upon distance, and expressed in the aforesaid universal currency.  No longer would quality and/or speed of service vary from country to country; instead, a uniform level of quality and performance could and should prevail worldwide.

In a number of places, postal service has come to be privatized.  It seems that a worldwide application of this concept, subject to governmental guidance and supervision, might be adopted.  Private "overnight" delivery services would continue to operate, on a worldwide basis, with fees based upon distance and/or difficulty of delivery, rather than upon countries of origin or destination.  Furthermore, the complications and expenses of customs and other cross-border formalities would no longer exist.

Radio and television stations could be permitted to operateand broadcast worldwide (or as locally as each one should wish).  Initially, their transmissions would be in original native languages.  However, later, they might include simultaneous broadcast in the new universal language as well.  These stations would no longer be voices of, controlled by, or compelled to broadcast material submitted or approved by, national governments--for there would no longer be any such national governments.  And, of course, the aforementioned world governing body should never be permitted to in any way involve itself in, or influence, the content of any broadcasts (except when clearly temporarily necessary for public safety or welfare--such as in the event of an emergency or catastrophe).



Ecology

As has been stressed in recent postings, serious worldwide steps would finally be undertaken to "clean up" our environment, and to prevent the ecological disasters that are presently on the way, due to the current reliance upon "sovereignty" on the part of certain nations as bases for refusal to do what is so clearly necessary.  Furthermore, there would no longer be any "poor nations" needing to sacrifice ecological and conservationist concepts for the sake of needed business activity and/or revenue.



Resources

The world's resources would now be perceived and dealt with on a global basis.  They would be available to all, subject to worldwide regulation; and, of course, private ownership, as appropriate.  Nations could no longer hoard them, withhold them, or make them available to recipients within different nations at varying favorable and unfavorable prices or terms.  This has become particularly prevalent in today's world regarding petroleum and other such energy-critical resources.  In a world without borders, there would no longer be a need for countries having petroleum-producing capability to band together for their common welfare, seeking to defend themselves against perceived enemy nations, by withholding, or charging higher prices for, their petroleum products. 

Agriculture, as well other aspects of food production, would continue to be a private pursuit (as it is presently in most parts of the world).  However, the needs of the world could be considered in a global context, and any shortcomings in production and/or distribution made up for via government, or government-sponsored, support or activity.  No more would there be famine in one country, while an overabundance in another causes the government of that latter nation to pay farmers to destroy some of their crop in order to support prices there.

In short, with a global orientation, hunger of any sort, or in any place, can and will be made to have become a thing of the past worldwide.

Rivers, lakes, and other navigable waterways would no longer be under the control of one or two nations--but, rather, accessible to all, and utilized sensibly for the benefit of all. 

Where irrigation were necessary--or its opposite, flood control--they too could be approached and available on a worldwide basis, with no national borders to restrict programs of establishment and implementation. 

Hunting and fishing, as a business endeavor as well as recreational pastime, could be licensed and permitted on a worldwide basis.  This would always be subject to global ecological and conservationist guidelines; which would need to be determined, established, and modified as necessary, by experts in these fields.

There would no longer be political border lines beyond which one could not range, nor waters which were claimed to be the exclusive domain of a particular nation, and therefore closed to all except natives of that country (or companies to whom licenses had been sold by the national governments thereof).



Housing and Development

Housing standards should likewise be considered and established on a worldwide basis.  Worldwide codes, having variation predicated upon climate and other considerations related to physical and global location, would be established by engineers, architects, and safety experts, regarding housing, buildings, construction, utilities, sanitation, and other such subjects; and enforced worldwide as necessary.

Obviously, development of ideal living and working environments will take time.  But the commencement of such efforts on a worldwide basis will begin to effectuate an eventual end to abuses and deficiencies regarding such matters--which were born of, and are today sustained by, local leaderships and local inadequacies.

The administration of cities could also be undertaken according to universal principles, directed toward the elimination of unhealthy and unsafe conditions anywhere and everywhere.  This would include the resettlement of people now trapped in the worst places, to newer, more advantageous, locations.

Adequate and proper housing for persons with special needs--including the aged, infirm, physically disabled, and mentally challenged--could also be developed and provided for all who require it.  Poverty and homelessness should be made to be a thing of the past.  Steps should be taken as soon as possible to relieve and eliminate both to such extent as should be humanly possible.  Once more, the absence of vast expenditures upon arms and armies would hopefully constitute an opportunity for significant steps to be taken toward such goals.



Education

Worldwide education seems to reuire particular attention.  Appropriate determination and planning for meeting the world's needs should be undertaken, so as to eventually provide for a sufficient quantity of people possessing adequate skills, in all requisite vocational fields, wherever they should be needed.

Programs to provide sufficient and proper education to all the world's children should be a must.  So too should there be worldwide advanced educational opportunities.  This could be coupled with mandatory post-graduate service in the graduates' respective callings.  In short, the object should be to eventually leave no corner of the world in darkness or privation due to ignorance or lack of resources or personnel.

As accessory to education, there should also be established a worldwide system of libraries, and/or other such sources of knowledge and information, comparable to that which presently exists in the more developed regions.  Present and future electronic advances should make this a feasible ambition.  As a universal language began to be accepted and used, such facilities could also include sections containing books and other sources of information in that format as well.



Employment and Labor Conditions

A worldwide system of employment opportunities should be available to all qualified persons from anywhere on earth.  This would be a true blessing--for it would constitute the maximum utilization of the world's educational facilities, manpower, talent, and capability, for the benefit of the entire world. 

There should be a worldwide standardized code of labor and employment regulations, so that employers and employees throughout the world could expect the same requirements, conditions, wages, and benefits.  Although I foresee and advocate a system of free enterprise, wages would come to be more or less uniform for particular jobs, at particular levels of skill and experience--whrereby by reason of the universal economy and currency as is herein advocated, wages would come to be more or less uniformly set in said universal currency.  This would serve to dispose of the reasons for, and thereby put an end to, today's "outsourcing," as well as the widespread occurrence of "illegal" immigration, by people seeking employment opportunities and higher wages in places beyond their national borders.  Pursuant to such a state of affairs as are herein foreseen, it seems that variations in wages or pay scale would depend only upon level of capability, experience, location of place of service, number of hours to be worked, and/or risks involved in the particular type or place of service applicable to that job.

Labor unions would and should continue to exist.  In fact, unions of particular sorts might join forces worldwide, forming single giant "mega-unions" for their trade.  In that wages as well as labor conditions would have thus become much the same across the globe, unions' parameters and demands would probably likewise become similar worldwide.



Medical Standards and Facilities

Worldwide conferences attended by appropriate physicians and other health care professionals should lead to universal medical and health standards, and a universal health code.  A worldwide system of adequate hospitals and other medical facilities should be another goal, and an eventual accomplishmehnt.  Medical, hospital, and other forms of necessary physical care should in time be made to be available to all human beings wherever they may be.  No longer should people in one place have a life expectancy beyond eighty years--while somewhere else, a person is  considered fortunate if he survives past forty.

Input by worldwide medical and health experts could result in the establishment of universal programs for immunization and disease control, as well as a worldwide organ donor and transplant system.

Minimum food and nutritional standards for all human beings should also be a must.  It seems that unimpeded universal efforts can and should conquer all instances of famine, starvation, and illnesses related to inadequate nutrition, wherever they should occur.