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people agree to be manipulated by demagoguery and to
succumb to pressures and frauds. Once the establishment

changes, their possession becomes disputable and their position
as citizens and owners becomes uncertain. Constant upturns and

instability are typical of such system of modern volatile human

conditions.

Everybody is a potential victim of demagoguery which has

detrimental effects on democracy. People feel unsafe and
threatened by possible conflicts with neighboring countries. They

are victims of demagogues whose greed has regard for nothing

and nobody but their own personal interests. Conflicts and
unrests are never-ending. Instead of respect and cooperation,

taking care of others and providing assistance as primary human

task, modern ideology encourages envy, hatred and meaningless
pursuit for material gains that destroy spiritual and moral values.

There is no peace in life deformed by constant desire for wealth
and plundering.

This empty life is a sad image of today’s humanity that has taken
the wrong way. Their dignity being broken, people turn against

one another instead of building unity. Existing institutions, like the
United Nations, have either limited authority or are powerless to

accomplish their purpose of unifying and establishing peace.

There are enormous threats to human impotence and

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