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It is abundantly clear that the material benefits of modernization and Westernization are unfairly distributed to the people of the planet. Industrial capitalism has been built upon the violence of conquest, genocide, slavery, debt and bondage. Extermination continues today, especially that of indigenous and ethnic people. Inequality and exploitation lead to tension and conflict. Although many conflicts are expressed in ethnic terms, the underlying issues are often class based and rooted in the social structures of the global economic system. As social disparities and resistance increase, people have to be managed more and more through violent repression. Thus, we have a situation where the global economy is predominantly a military economy and the world's leading nations are producing the weapons perpetuating the situation. The common agenda of different social movements must be firmly placed on a non-violent and spiritual path. This is the only way they can overcome the violence and destructiveness of the dominant world order.

Das Ideal der Menschenrechte ist mittlerweile von weltweitem Interesse und Gegenstand verschiedenster Interpretationen und Anwendungen, was überall zu Konfrontationen führte. Es ist zu einer Faustregel für Individuen, soziale Klassen und Nationen geworden, die Menschenrechte zu predigen und gegen sie zu handeln. Und das mit einem starken, aber rigiden und sektiererischen Bewußtsein auf allen Seiten, richtig zu handeln.