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71:1.2 The early states were small and were all the result of [[conquest]]. They did not [[originate]] in [[voluntary]] [[associations]]. Many were founded by [[conquering]] [[nomads]], who would swoop down on [[peaceful]] herders or settled [[agriculturists]] to overpower and [[enslave]] them. Such states, resulting from [[conquest]], were, perforce, stratified; classes were [[inevitable]], and [[class]] [[struggles]] have ever been selective.

71:1.2 The early states were small and were all the result of [[conquest]]. They did not [[originate]] in [[voluntary]] [[associations]]. Many were founded by [[conquering]] [[nomads]], who would swoop down on [[peaceful]] herders or settled [[agriculturists]] to overpower and [[enslave]] them. Such states, resulting from [[conquest]], were, perforce, stratified; classes were [[inevitable]], and [[class]] [[struggles]] have ever been selective.

71:1.3 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States northern tribes] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:7._DISPERSION_OF_THE_COLORED_RACES American red men] never [[attained]] real statehood. They never [[progressed]] beyond a loose [[confederation]] of [[tribes]], a very [[primitive]] [[form]] of [[state]]. Their nearest approach was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois Iroquois federation], but this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois#Grand_Council group of six nations] never quite [[functioned]] as a state and failed to [[survive]] because of the [[absence]] of certain [[essentials]] to [[modern]] national life, such as:

71:1.3 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States northern tribes] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:7._DISPERSION_OF_THE_COLORED_RACES American red men] never [[attained]] real statehood. They never [[progressed]] beyond a loose [[confederation]] of [[tribes]], a very [[primitive]] [[form]] of [[state]]. Their nearest approach was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois Iroquois federation], but this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois#Grand_Council group of six nations] never quite [[functioned]] as a state and failed to [[survive]] because of the [[absence]] of certain [[essentials]] to [[modern]] national life, such as:

*1. 71:1.4 Acquirement and inheritance of [[private]] [[property]].

*1. 71:1.4 Acquirement and inheritance of [[private]] [[property]].

*8. 71:1.11 Decisive [[conquests]].

*8. 71:1.11 Decisive [[conquests]].

71:1.12 The red men were too [[democratic]]; they had a [[good]] [[government]], but it failed. [[Eventually]] they would have evolved a [[state]] had they not prematurely encountered the more advanced [[civilization]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#80:9._THE_THREE_WHITE_RACES white man], who was pursuing the governmental methods of the Greeks and the Romans.

71:1.12 The red men were too [[democratic]]; they had a [[good]] [[government]], but it failed. [[Eventually]] they would have evolved a [[state]] had they not prematurely encountered the more advanced [[civilization]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#80:9._THE_THREE_WHITE_RACES white man], who was pursuing the governmental methods of the Greeks and the Romans.

71:1.13 The successful [[Roman]] [[state]] was based on:

71:1.13 The successful [[Roman]] [[state]] was based on:

71:4.3 And this [[progress]] in [[the arts]] of [[civilization]] leads directly to the [[realization]] of the highest [[human]] and [[divine]] goals of [[mortal]] endeavor—the [[social]] achievement of the [[brotherhood]] of man and the [[personal]] [[status]] of [[God-consciousness]], which becomes [[revealed]] in the [[supreme]] [[desire]] of every [[individual]] to [[do the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]].

71:4.3 And this [[progress]] in [[the arts]] of [[civilization]] leads directly to the [[realization]] of the highest [[human]] and [[divine]] goals of [[mortal]] endeavor—the [[social]] achievement of the [[brotherhood]] of man and the [[personal]] [[status]] of [[God-consciousness]], which becomes [[revealed]] in the [[supreme]] [[desire]] of every [[individual]] to [[do the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]].

71:4.4 The [[appearance]] of genuine [[brotherhood]] signifies that a [[social]] order has arrived in which all men delight in bearing one another's burdens; they [[actually]] [[desire]] to [[practice]] the [[golden rule]]. But such an [[ideal]] [[society]] cannot be realized when either the weak or the wicked lie in wait to take unfair and unholy advantage of those who are chiefly actuated by [[devotion]] to the [[service]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness]. In such a situation only one [[course]] is [[practical]]: The "golden rulers" may [[establish]] a [[progressive]] [[society]] in which they live according to their [[ideals]] while maintaining an adequate [[defense]] against their benighted fellows who might seek either to [[exploit]] their [[pacific]] predilections or to destroy their advancing [[civilization]].

71:4.4 The [[appearance]] of genuine [[brotherhood]] signifies that a [[social]] order has arrived in which all men delight in bearing one another's burdens; they [[actually]] [[desire]] to [[practice]] the [[golden rule]]. But such an [[ideal]] [[society]] cannot be realized when either the weak or the wicked lie in wait to take unfair and unholy advantage of those who are chiefly actuated by [[devotion]] to the [[service]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness]. In such a situation only one [[course]] is [[practical]]: The "golden rulers" may [[establish]] a [[progressive]] [[society]] in which they live according to their [[ideals]] while maintaining an adequate [[defense]] against their benighted fellows who might seek either to [[exploit]] their [[pacific]] predilections or to destroy their advancing [[civilization]].

71:4.5 [[Idealism]] can never [[survive]] on an evolving [[planet]] if the idealists in each [[generation]] permit themselves to be [[exterminated]] by the baser [[orders]] of [[humanity]]. And here is the great test of [[idealism]]: Can an advanced [[society]] maintain that [[military]] [[preparedness]] which renders it [[secure]] from all [[attack]] by its war-loving neighbors without yielding to the [[temptation]] to employ this [[military]] [[strength]] in offensive operations against other peoples for [[purposes]] of selfish gain or [[national]] [[aggrandizement]]? National [[survival]] demands [[preparedness]], and [[religious]] [[idealism]] alone can prevent the [[prostitution]] of preparedness into [[aggression]]. Only [[love]], [[brotherhood]], can prevent the strong from [[oppressing]] the weak.

71:4.5 [[Idealism]] can never [[survive]] on an evolving [[planet]] if the idealists in each [[generation]] permit themselves to be [[exterminated]] by the baser [[orders]] of [[humanity]]. And here is the great test of [[idealism]]: Can an advanced [[society]] maintain that [[military]] [[preparedness]] which renders it [[secure]] from all [[attack]] by its war-loving neighbors without yielding to the [[temptation]] to employ this [[military]] [[strength]] in offensive operations against other peoples for [[purposes]] of selfish gain or [[national]] [[aggrandizement]]? National [[survival]] demands [[preparedness]], and [[religious]] [[idealism]] alone can prevent the [[prostitution]] of preparedness into [[aggression]]. Only [[love]], [[brotherhood]], can prevent the strong from [[oppressing]] the weak.

==71:6. THE PROFIT MOTIVE==

==71:6. THE PROFIT MOTIVE==

71:6.1 Present-day [[profit]]-[[motivated]] [[economics]] is [[doomed]] unless profit motives can be augmented by [[service]] [[motives]]. Ruthless [[competition]] based on narrow-minded [[self]]-interest is ultimately destructive of even those things which it seeks to [[maintain]]. Exclusive and self-serving [[profit]] [[motivation]] is incompatible with [[Christian]] [[ideals]]—much more incompatible with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus teachings of Jesus].

71:6.1 Present-day [[profit]]-[[motivated]] [[economics]] is [[doomed]] unless profit motives can be augmented by [[service]] [[motives]]. Ruthless [[competition]] based on narrow-minded [[self]]-interest is ultimately destructive of even those things which it seeks to [[maintain]]. Exclusive and self-serving [[profit]] [[motivation]] is incompatible with [[Christian]] [[ideals]]—much more incompatible with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus teachings of Jesus].

71:6.2 In [[economics]], [[profit]] [[motivation]] is to [[service]] motivation what [[fear]] is to [[love]] in [[religion]]. But the profit motive must not be suddenly destroyed or removed; it keeps many otherwise slothful [[mortals]] hard at [[work]]. It is not [[necessary]], however, that this [[social]] [[energy]] arouser be forever selfish in its objectives.

71:6.2 In [[economics]], [[profit]] [[motivation]] is to [[service]] motivation what [[fear]] is to [[love]] in [[religion]]. But the profit motive must not be suddenly destroyed or removed; it keeps many otherwise slothful [[mortals]] hard at [[work]]. It is not [[necessary]], however, that this [[social]] [[energy]] arouser be forever selfish in its objectives.

71:8.16 Sponsored by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

71:8.16 Sponsored by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

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