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Furthermore, the last 150 years have been characterized by the growth of international organizations which have allowed for the improvement of life both quantitatively and qualitatively. In the last decades these "national" organizations have outlined the problems of a rapidly changing society, problems that the current political systems based on "national" management are not able to deal with and solve. This is, in fact, the critical point of transition that the old system displays in all its weakness. This requires a leap in quality. Therefore, it seems clear that there exists a direction of development from the stone age to modern society, from micro-systems to macro-systems, from nomadic societies to city states, principalities, monarchies, and nations, towards a concept of life organized according to more and more complex macro-systems [4]. (16:1) Hence one can theorize that the world will overcome this "bottleneck" not by perpetuating previous political forms or already experimented economical systems. Only through the adoption of new, adequate, social, economical, and spiritual doctrines, will the world come up with the necessary changes. (16:2) "Certainly, there is no lack of recognition by national leaders of the world-wide character of the problem, which is self-evident in the mounting issues that confront them daily. And there are the accumulating studies and solutions proposed by many concerned and enlightened groups as well as by agencies of the United Nations, to remove any possibility of ignorance as to the challenging requirements to be met. There is, however, a paralysis of will; and it is this that must be carefully examined and resolutely dealt with. This paralysis is rooted, as we have stated, in a deepseated conviction of the inevitable quarrelsomeness of mankind, which has led to the reluctance to entertain the possibility of subordinating national self-interest to the requirements of world order... "
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