Chapter 6: Effective Governance and Big Country Growth

Although the development of human civilization can be divided into ancient and modern societies, its internal foundational structure is consistent: they are the accumulation of wealth, the improvement of order and the happiness of the people. Labor makes the growth of wealth possible; order makes it possible for the wealth to benefit the people. Labor turned apes into humans, and the establishment of order transformed humans from savages into civilized beings. It was in this process that societies were born and developed. So far, the most successful work is the state, a political community. Engels said that state is a summary of civilized society. The mission of politics is to create orderly public life to satisfy individuals and society’s common development. It can be said that humans’ greatness lies in their creation of politics; meanwhile, humans’ happiness also rests with politics. This is true for individuals, and true for societies and states too…