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mechanization by print and by road led to the acceptance of
national unity. Let us not forget that nationalism was a mighty
invention and revolution that, in the Renaissance, wiped out
many of the local regions and loyalties. It was a revolution
achieved almost entirely by the speed-up of information by
means of uniform movable types. Nationalism cut across most
of the traditional power and cultural groupings that had slowly
grown up in various regions. Multi-nationalisms had long
deprived Europe of its economic unity. The Common Market
came to it only with the Second War. War is accelerated social
change, as an explosion is an accelerated chemical reaction
and movement of matter. With electric speeds governing
industry and social life, explosion in the sense of crash
development becomes normal. On the other hand, the old-
fashioned kind of “war” becomes as impracticable as playing
hopscotch with bulldozers. Organic interdependence means