There is no justice in this world. Maybe there will be same in the other world. Our relations are far from just ones. I am speaking of mankind in general.
The riches of the earth are divided unequally in a manner that this is in direct contrast to justice. Whoever does not see this, is blind. One half of humanity lives in great poverty, many die of hunger, a small part of humanity, however, possesses immense wealth. What can be done?
In no way any revolutionary steps can be taken. Probably only the Marxist revolution is worse than the present world order. Bloody revolutions brought about terrible evil. So many innocent people lost their lives and suffered in jails. There was attained equality in poverty, which did not go for the ruling elite.
A new world order cannot be established by force or violence over innocent people. No good can grow on such basis. Force brings about force and evil brings about evil. The opposite of justice has happened. New injustice occured. Thereby the level of human conscience fell still lower than it was before.It should be raised if we want to create a juster socienty. A new social order cannot be created from above downwards, with decrees or force. It can only be established from below upwards, by raising the general level of human conscience. Only when human conscience has reached a level when people would be ashamed to live in such an unjust socienty, they will really start to change the world.
This new world will not be a communist society, such as the Marxists tried to establish, neither will it be a pure capitalist order, which represents a basis of the present world order. Man can accept market legislation as promotor of economic development and of higher efficiency, however, he cannot accept its logic as basis of the society order, at any rate not as basis of a just society order. If on this step of material development a part of our time should be dedicated to economic activities - as workers, entrepreneurs, directors, officials - this does not mean that the entirety of our mutual relations has to arise from these working and economic relations. Also, these relations should be human to a high degree and not inhuman as often at present.
On a high level of conscience it will not be necessary that someone had a salary fifty times higher than an ordinary worker so that he could efficiently operate as an entrepreneur or director. Material motivation cannot be the basis for everything. To a person having a high level of conscience, non-material forms of motivation will be more important. Harmony of relations between people will be of primary importance. The individual will not be able to sleep soundly having a high salary, if in his enterprise there worked children or people in non-human conditions and having a payment not enabling them to lead a normal life. Such state prevails in the present world.
I do not propose a rapid transition from the present state into a world of greater justice. This would be a revolution planned and carried out by someone, who would undertake an impossible task. What we can do are little steps from day to day, from one situation to another one, having in mind that our working relations and material relations must be based on human dignity, that gradually everybody should be guaranteed a normal living. Although at present international competitiveness we, within a short term, cannot essentially change the material conditions of the plurality of people, a lot can be done for better human relations in enterprises, in different profitable and non-profitable activities. The material state and the possibilities of people for a normal living can be improved through different social activities - state and voluntary activities. Winthin the international frame we have to raise the development and the humanitarian aid to a great part of the world living in need. With awareness, with little but directed staps. we can gradually change the world into a juster world without the necessity to demolish the present systems, creating chaos in a manner that was done by revolutions in the beginning. However, there is required awareness and a critical mass of people. It is our aim to attain this within the frame of our Movement.
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