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not work anymore. Ability to create is no longer a standard,
personal efficiency is relativized.
The world has become a small place in which all economic
relationships are well defined and readily recognized. Demagogy
permeated all the pores of our society. Huge companies look for
states where labor is cheaper in order to have competitive prices
in the global market. This doubles the negative effect –
developed countries lose jobs and developing countries are
inadequately paid. There is discontent on both sides. The owners
of the companies are the only ones who profit from this, but it is a
short-term profit, because the overall purchasing power is low.
The huge competition has to deal with hyperproduction. As a
result, smaller, state owned and private companies cease to exist
because they can not fight for their place in the fierce
competition. These social relations have caused intensive
economic globalization. There is a decline in the number of
manufacturing jobs while administrative jobs are on the rise.
In this chaotic atmosphere, people do their best to survive. Those
who are supposed to bring social progress seem unable to find a
solution. There is no global plan for a global economy, just
shallow and formal theories. The world is descending into chaos
and the good has been replaced by the evil and even legalized.
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