This is a matter not only of a culture of work, but also of broader economic culture. This means preserving and expanding the richness of cultural diversity through the appeal to a shared basis of values, and it means an understanding of and allegiance to the common good. Such pluralism stands in contrast to the reductionism and relativization of values, as well as to the sectarian mentality in which one's own convictions are an absolute to be imposed on others. The achievement of this type of pluralism is not possible without interfaith dialogue. And such dialogue is not possible unless religion is cleansed at the same time of nationalism and sectarianism, and unless it is freed from political conditioning.
True dialogue has a purifying effect, and there is a positive feedback mechanism.
Even coming up with such an overall plan, let alone putting it into effect, seems today like pure utopianism. Nevertheless, the process must begin, even if it begins in a small circle of sober-minded madmen and madwomen. We can count above all on the third and fourth estates, the press and the non-governmental organizations, which have far more interest than political parties in working towards the common good, and not on winning and exploiting power. What we see most often on television is young people throwing stones and soldiers, also young, shooting at them. This murderous game is all the more dangerous because it poisons the young with hatred, and it is the young who will decide the future.