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It is easier to believe that the President of the United States of America become the " guardian of the world " but that is not the position which people recognise as true, on the contrary they strongly oppose it. The opposition movements do not, however, offer solutions as an alternative to this position, they are therefore left to a position of protest creating higher tensions and insecurity. The inhabitants of the planet are aligning along three different positions: " those in favour ", " those against " and " those in a neutral position ". But none of the three categories offer solutions other than the " come and join my group ". Religions and its " leaders " do not provide a great deal of help in creating a different vision from that which they impose upon each one of their faithful. A partial vision, stating that the entire and complete truth is only held by each one of them and that others are only semidivine or human expressions. This exclusivist vision brings about the creation of fronts made up of millions of people confronting fronts made up of other millions resulting in the development of the idea of a titanic clash between the great religions for the posession of the truth and of the masses of this planet. Amongst these individuals belonging to religious communities the idea is taking ground that Satan is getting hold of part of the world and that this part of the world has to be punished. Religious extremism, wherever it comes from, only creates a greater divide which in turn, is the only truth and that all other truths need to be deleted even if it means using violence and bringing about death. I believe that the period which we will face will see a recrudescence of mass violence and the increase of terrorism, under all of its forms, including that of terrorist attacks of great impact. Huge countries are bordering into this state of being. India has by now overtaken the billion mark in terms of its population and sees such a high number of its citizens in such a state of abject poverty that many organizations have given up their task, but the demographic increase in this country is quite extraordinary and no solutions can be found. China is the largest country in terms of population with over one billion and two hundred million individuals, after having abandoned the agricultural and cultural revolution of the 60s, it has taken the direction of a competition which sees it in front of all countries in terms of economic growth. In these last few years with a breathtaking growth of over 8 percent per year, when the great economies of the west cannot do any better than a 2 percent at best. China will certainly be a force to be reckoned with by the entire planet as it could become the largest capitalist country on the planet, with its low cost of labour, if we do not find solutions where material and financial growth are not the only objectives, determined by the influence of the western development model, but rather we include the awareness of a different kind of growth where spiritual and interior values of these masses of individuals are developed and safeguarded. The heads of state of this first millennia are being confronted by great problems and even greater decisions. But the greatness of the decisions taken with common sense must be accompanied by the greatness of ideals.
(10:1)
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