The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.

What remains constant for me, during the last 15 years, has been the conviction that the cold war was a calamity for the entire world, and that it can be justified by no consideration of theory, nor by any supposed national interest.

This radical transformation of world power relationships reflects primarily in the case of both the USA and the USSR the growth of the productive forces.

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