134:5.8 The [[difficulty]] in the [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] from the [[family]] to all [[mankind]], lies in the [[inertia]]-[[resistance]] exhibited on all intervening levels. [[Families]] have, on occasion, defied their [[clan]], while clans and [[tribes]] have often been [[subversive]] of the [[sovereignty]] of the territorial [[state]]. Each new and forward [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] is (and has always been) [[embarrassed]] and hampered by the " scaffolding stages " of the previous [[developments]] in political [[organization]]. And this is true because [[human]] [[loyalties]], once mobilized, are hard to [[change]]. The same [[loyalty]] which makes possible the [[evolution]] of the [[tribe]], makes difficult the evolution of the supertribe—the territorial [[state]]. And the same [[loyalty]] ([[patriotism]]) which makes possible the [[evolution]] of the territorial [[state]], vastly complicates the evolutionary [[development]] of the [[government]] of all [[mankind]]. | 134:5.8 The [[difficulty]] in the [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] from the [[family]] to all [[mankind]], lies in the [[inertia]]-[[resistance]] exhibited on all intervening levels. [[Families]] have, on occasion, defied their [[clan]], while clans and [[tribes]] have often been [[subversive]] of the [[sovereignty]] of the territorial [[state]]. Each new and forward [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] is (and has always been) [[embarrassed]] and hampered by the " scaffolding stages " of the previous [[developments]] in political [[organization]]. And this is true because [[human]] [[loyalties]], once mobilized, are hard to [[change]]. The same [[loyalty]] which makes possible the [[evolution]] of the [[tribe]], makes difficult the evolution of the supertribe—the territorial [[state]]. And the same [[loyalty]] ([[patriotism]]) which makes possible the [[evolution]] of the territorial [[state]], vastly complicates the evolutionary [[development]] of the [[government]] of all [[mankind]]. |