The Problem Of Meaning Today Is The

When Profits Are Pursued By Geographic Interchange Of Goods, So That Commerce For Profit Becomes The Central Mechanism Of The System, We Usually Call It "commercial Capitalism." In Such A System Goods Are Conveyed From Ares Where They Are More Common (and Therefore Cheaper) To Areas Where They Are Less Common (and Therefore Less Cheap). This Process Leads To Regional Specialization And To Division Of Labor, Both In Agricultural Production And In Handicrafts.

A State Is Not The Same Thing As A Society, Although The Greeks And Romans Thought It Was. A State Is An Organization Of Power On A Territorial Basis.

The Argument That The Two Parties Should Represent Opposed Ideals And Policies, One, Perhaps, Of The Right And The Other Of The Left, Is A Foolish Idea Acceptable Only To Doctrinaire And Academic Thinkers.

The Basis Of Social Relationships Is Reciprocity: If You Cooperate With Others, Others Will Cooperate With You.

The Hope For The Twentieth Century Rests On Recognition That War And Depression Are Man-made, And Needless. They Can Be Avoided In The Future By Turning From The Nineteenth-century Characteristics Just Mentioned (materialism, Selfishness, False Values, Hypocrisy, And Secret Vices) And Going Back To Other Characteristics That Our Western Society Has Always Regarded As Virtues: Generosity, Compassion, Cooperation, Rationality, And Foresight, And Finding A Increased Role In Human Life For Love, Spirituality, Charity, And Self Discipline.