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is presented as a whole, but a state is only a part of the whole.
The existence of separate states has been the cause of massive
atrocities. Nationalistic, racial and religious conflicts were
imposed based on theories of diverging interests. The state was
presented as a necessity for the protection of its people.
Progress in such a set-up is impossible.
So far, good life has not been the goal of any society and the
main reasons behind this have to be revealed and shared.
People always desire progress and development and the
freedom to act creates a feeling of satisfaction in them. The
creation of personal benefit brings only short-term pleasure, while
a permanent state of satisfaction can only be achieved in the
whole.
The harmony in mutual relations makes people happy. However,
today’s social relations do not give freedom of creativity to
maintain such harmony. The human mind is preoccupied with
existential issues. Survival in the modern world affects human
reasoning. Reality is being relativized. It is in someone’s interest
to impose problems in people’s lives, whether in the immediate
surrounding or in the state.
Be it rich or poor, everybody loves the state in which they live,
but because of the imposed problems, people unconsciously
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