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vive are “stronger” and better, and those structures that don't were
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But as has already been emphasized, spiritual values and their
preservation represent the principal element in the progress of soci-
eties. In societies where the spirit of cooperation and solidarity is
strong, where people approach one another with compassion and
respect, economic difficulties in circumstances can easily be over-
come in a spirit of togetherness. But where human relations have
disappeared, and people lacking any compassion and understand-
ing regard everyone else solely as rivals, many more destructive ef-
fects began to arise, even if there is economic progress. Therefore, all
individuals in a society need to produce solutions to raise the qual-
ity of life and well-being, to bring about an environment where peo-
ple can enjoy not just economic but psychological security.
Obviously, that can only happen by living by religious moral val-
ues. As has been proved countless times, no movement or ideology
incompatible with religious moral values can ever provide the well-
being, peace and security for which people long.

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From the 19th century onwards, Darwinist capitalists main-
tained that only the rich and powerful had the right to
live and that the poor, the weak, the crippled and
sick were “useless burdens,” establishing oppres-
sive systems in a great many countries. In this
climate of ruthless competition, it was seen as
perfectly justified to exploit, oppress, intimi-
date, frighten, injure and even kill people. No
forms of immoral or illegal activity were pre-
vented or condemned, since these were regarded
as “compatible with the laws of nature.”
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