In this Western point of view, evil and sin were negative qualities; they arose from the absence of good, not from the presence of evil.

It never occurred to anyone in a responsible position that Germany and Russia might make common cause, even temporarily, against the West.

It is this power structure which the Radical Right in the United States has been attacking for years in the belief that they are attacking the Communists.

Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs.

Instead, there were a variety of controls of which some could be influenced by bankers, some could be influenced by the government, and some could hardly be influenced by either.

In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures.