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been promoted in numerous revolutions, but it can only be
achieved when it is agreed upon and not by violence.
The noble goals of many revolutions have never been achieved.
The defeated were killed and the winners took over power and
used it for personal ends. In essence, only the ownership of
material goods was transferred.
Why do people fight for more material goods?
The main reasons are to secure their future, to have higher living
standard than the others, to sooth their own vanity or to get
something that was previously unattainable.
A person must be in tune with the social relationships. New vistas
and values open when these relationships develop. Sometimes a
hasty change does not yield good solutions and destroying old
values does not give good results. Human reason has to be
developed and used to get to the right solutions for a truly better
life.
In the future, ownership will definitely give up its primary position
in people’s minds but proper conditions have to be created.
Acknowledgement of the whole by the entire society is the first
step that should be made.
Nowadays, there are prisons or correctional facilities, but
different kind of education is needed to bring positive results.
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