ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses that whether the goal and its associated strategy would be likely to reduce or eliminate state crime. The military is central to the power of the state and also a key instrument of some of the most horrific state crimes, including war and genocide. The vision of world government is flawed as a direction to challenge state crime. Perhaps more promising for the prospect of world government is the process of European unification, in which economic and political controls are gradually ceded to central bodies. Self-organized networks are networks of stamp collectors, computer enthusiasts, engineers, and advocates of world government. The chapter examines five possible goals or visions of a world without states-namely, communism, world government, small size, libertarianism, and anarchism- and strategies for achieving these goals. The Gandhian vision of sarvodaya or village self- management, falls squarely within the anarchist tradition.