Still, our Christmas wish is for greater commerce, for buying and selling, for production and, yes, for profits. It is that crass but human pursuit of a better life that offers the best hope for a better world.
This Christmas season there is great trepidation that the revolutionary changes taking place in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union have destabilized too much the delicate political balance of power. Yet never was there greater hope that the end result will be a reduction in tension between the East and the West.
Our hope is that by embracing a more democratic process in government, nations that have been enemies will take their place as competitors in an emerging world of international commerce.
It is in the globalization of commerce that our greatest hope for political stability lies. Can anyone who wishes to promote their commercial enterprises really welcome the instability that comes from political tension? Surely those undertakings that thrive on the inhumanities man inflicts upon his fellow man would not be missed.
Greater prosperity is a goal for which all nations strive. Prosperity, in turn, demands greater communication, cooperation and competition. International businesses such as mining can offer great hope and leadership to the process of bringing all the people of the world together in an effort to improve all peoples’ lot.
Some skeptics call it greed. When the pursuit of greater profits goes beyond the bounds of human decency and the unwritten rules of fair play, business can truly be a deadly sin. But seeking profits by doing things better, by employing all our human resources, improving productivity, cutting costs and developing markets is our greatest hope for international cooperation.
There is no perfect model for economic well-being, not Canada, not Japan, not the U.S. or the Soviet Union or East Germany. But each has something to teach the other. If all can reach that common ground of recognizing the chance to gain from others’ experience, we will all be better off.
Trade and commerce are truly the most effective agents of peace. Our Christmas wish is that the commercialization of the holiday season will come to mean more than a hectic retail trade. We hope it can eventually bring peace and prosperity to all.
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