MAN IN THE MODERN WORLD

co-operative way. In the former case the new world order will be
based on inequality and on domination by force, in the latter on
equality and on mutual help. In regard to colonies, nationalist
imperialism, however enlightened, was inevitably tainted with in-
equality, exploitation, and forcible domination. The alternative is
to treat the colonial peoples as human beings like ourselves, to be
guided, helped, and developed toward future political and cultural
equality; the responsibility for this rests not on the few colonial
powers, but jointly on all the advanced nations. Once this alterna-
tive is chosen, all else is a mere matter of machinery and will follow
in due course.

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