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every citizen of the world Original: "Weltbürger." An Enlightenment ideal referring to a person whose loyalties are to humanity as a whole rather than a single nation. must also find everything extremely important that can bring about a revolution In this context, "revolution" refers to any profound change or major upheaval in social order, not necessarily a violent political overthrow. in any of these areas.
Almost all peoples of the earth have laws, constitutions, systems, and institutions that are modified by great events, managed by certain people, and—according to the course of the world—improved, worsened, or changed; and a good citizen contributes, as much as his intellect, heart, and situation allow, to working on all these things for the benefit of the whole in his own age. Therefore, where states exist, people have united for a common purpose, and whatever weakens or divides this connection causes, more or less, a revolution in what is important to the citizen of the world.
If, therefore, besides public institutions, secret societies geheime Verbindungen: groups like the Freemasons or Illuminati that operated outside public view also exist among members of the state, then it is worth the effort to know whether these ever: