This twentieth century has been a p

This twentieth century has been a period of terrific dynamism. Perhaps the last fifty years have seen more developments and more material progress than the previous five hundred years.
Man has learned to control many of
the scourges which once threatened him.
He has learned to consume distance
.He has learned to project his voice and his picture
across oceans and continents lie has probed deep into the secrets of nature and learned how to make the desert bloom and the plants of theearth increase their bounty
.He has learned
how to release the immense forces locked in the smallest particles of matter
.But has man's political skill marched hand-in-hand with his technical and scientific skill? Man can chain lightning to his command-can be control the society in which be lives?
The answer is No
!
The political skill of man has been far outstripped by technical skill, and what liehas made he cannot be sure of controlling.
The result of this is fear. And
man gasps for safety and morality
.Perhaps now more than at any other moment in the history of the world, society, government and statesmanship need to be based upon
the highest code of morality and ethics
. And in political terms, what is the highest code of morality? It is
the subordination of everything to the well-being of mankind
. But today we are faced with asituation where the well-being of mankind is not always the primary consideration. Many whoare in places of high power think, rather, of controlling the world.Yes, we are living in a world of fear. The life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear.Fear of the future, fear of the hydrogen bomb, fear of ideologies.Perhaps this fear is a greater danger than the danger itself, because
it is fear which drives mento act foolishly, to act thoughtlessly, to act dangerously
. . . . All of us, I am certain, are united by more important things than those which superficially divide us.
We are united, for instance, by a common detestation of colonialism in whatever form it appears. We are united by a common detestation of racialism. And we are united by a common determination to preserve and stabilise peace in the world
. . . .
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DHIA PREKASHA YOEDHA

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Ikhtisar Marhaenisme – Pancasila DHIAPREKASHA YOEDHA
We are often told "Colonialism is dead." Let us not be deceived or even soothed by that. 1say to you,
colonialism is not yet dead
. How can we say it is dead, so long as vast areas of Asiaand Africa are unfree. And, I beg of you do not think of colonialism only in the classic form which we of Indonesia,and our brothers in different parts of Asia and Africa, knew.
Colonialism has also its moderndress, in the form of economic control, intellectual control, actual physical control by a small but aliencommunity within a nation
.It is a
skilful and determined enemy, and it appears in many guises
. It does not give up its loot easily. Wherever, whenever and however it appears,
colonialism is an evil thing, and one whichmust be eradicated from the earth.