Chapter 13
System of Governance
14 min read · 11 pages
My friend gave great assistance. From the description so far, it must have become clear that now, everywhere on the globe, equality reigns. The oppressions that once prevailed in the name of religion, in the name of Brahmin-Rajput-Sheikh-Sayyid castes, in the name of wealth and power, in the name of white and black—how many human beings were crushed under the feet of others for their entire lives—now, even their names are forgotten. Now, man is equal to man, woman is equal to man. Everywhere, the principle of equality in labor and enjoyment is the fundamental mantra. There are no landlords left on earth; no wealthy merchants or moneylenders; no kings, no subjects; no rich, no poor; no high, no low. All the inhabitants of the globe form a single family. All the movable and immovable property of the earth belongs to this family. For the fulfillment of daily necessities, everyone, according to their ability, strives diligently for the production and collection of whatever materials are required. To reduce labor and increase production, the tasks and labors have been divided into many departments. To the people of the twentieth century, the divisions of today might seem strange. Now, perhaps not a single village can produce even one essential item of life without the help of another. Where once a village, besides growing various kinds of grains and vegetables, also engaged in many small crafts, today there is this remarkable village, which, though many times larger in size, population, and expenditure, does not produce a single thing entirely by itself. If it grows wheat, the flour is milled elsewhere; if it grows sugarcane, the sugar is made elsewhere; if it produces milk, the fodder and grain are brought from another place; if it does tailoring, the cloth must be procured from elsewhere. As for the casting and repair of machines, that used to be done elsewhere even before. The entire human society of today is so abundantly supplied with the necessities of life that, had this not been done, it would have required much more time. Today, by working only four hours a day, a person is able to obtain all necessities and spend the remaining twenty hours enjoying the other pleasures of life—when could this ever have been possible before? If machines had not been put to use,
It was impossible to attain such enjoyment, even if all of one’s time were devoted solely to it. The division of labor has also proved beneficial in making the use of machines more advantageous. Some division of labor had existed before as well, but people of the present day have applied this principle in an even broader sense.
In earlier governments, the proportion of destructive activities was greater than that of constructive ones. Whenever a war broke out, it was as if a volcano of destruction erupted.
Before saying more on this subject, it seems appropriate to mention something about the structure of the current system of governance. The basic framework of governance
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