may have been more New Age political organizing outside the U.S.; [ 148 ] writer-activists pointed to the Future in Our Hands movement in Norway (which claimed 20,000 adherents out of a population of four million), [ 151 ] the early European Green movements, [ 152 ] and the Values Party of New Zealand. [ 153 ] Although these books, periodicals, and organizations did not speak with one voice, commentators found that many of them sounded common themes: Desirable values include nonviolence, diversity, a sense of community, and a sense of enoughness. [ 130 ] [ 136 ] Human growth and development, not economic growth, should be the overarching goal of New Age society. [ 136 ] Ownership and control of institutions is important. But the size of institutions is at least as important. We must move away from big governments, big corporations, and other large institutions to the extent it enhances our lives. [ 117 ] [ 136 ] Global unification is a key goal, but is probably best accomplished by networking at many levels rather than establishing a centralized world state. [ 117 ] The agent of political change is no longer the working class, or any economic class. Instead, it is all those who are developing themselves personally and spiritually – all who aspire to live lives of dignity and service. [ 118 ] Evolution is to be preferred to revolution. However, the forces of evolutionary change need not be a statistical majority. A "critical mass" of