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The Supreme State will also have total control of world resources (energy sources, raw materials etc.), which will no longer be a prerogative of nations [53]. (51:3) This is an extremely important novelty for a macro-economy and world politics. This new concept is destined to upset classical laws of economy and to eliminate the arrogance and military political power of those nations that are rich in resources. If we can remember history of even the more recent colonialism, we can't ignore that the true aim of colonial invasions, was nothing less than the possibility of taking possession of the riches of those colonized countries, such as petroleum, gold, precious metals, coal. But other riches also exist that produce industrial and power colonialism; territorial strategies, predominant positions, gas, uranium, energy, seas, forests, agriculture [54]. (51:4) Baha'u'llah provides for this through a new law: that the Earth's resources be managed by the Supreme State so that by removing them from the iniquitous rule of the strong, conflicts for their possession are eliminated, minimum levels of dignity are established in order to abolish extremes of wealth and poverty and there is a more fair distribution of riches.
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