I agree with the writer's conclusion.



I fear that the fact that people are still focusing so sharply on the actual individuals taking up positions, carefully selecting them based on personal, national interest, shows that we are still far off where we should be.



We evolved into a global, integral system which means each individual and nation has become like cogwheels in a global machine, or like cells, organs of the same living body.



In such a system the optimal function, health of the collective is primary and any personal or national calculations, interests are secondary.

In such an inter-connected system the only personal quality making someone suitable as a leader is their capability of nullifying their personal calculations, interest for the sake of the collective.



In an ideal integral system the higher someone is on the ladder, more transparent, silently "serving" he/she is.



I understand it does not happen overnight, and it is a hard, gradual path we do not even have historical experience, precedent for, but at least our intentions, aim should be in the right direction.



We can like it or dislike it, protest or go willingly, but we live in a global, integral system which obliges us to adapt to it. The system is not going to change, only we can.



The "full throttle" integration many still fear is our only foundation for a predictable future.