First, people should open their eyes to see structural sin, which is the very existence of a First and Third World. As long as there's a First World, there won't be peace because there won't be justice or sharing. (Pedro Casaldaliga, p. 243)

Mev Puleo
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First, people should open their eyes to see structural sin, which is the very existence of a First and Third World. As long as there's a First World, there won't be peace because there won't be justice or sharing. This quote is from a statement by Pedro Casaldaliga, a Peruvian Marxist revolutionist. In the article from The Bullet, he speaks about how he believes that people have been blinded by the First World and how they need to open their eyes so they can see the problems in the Third World.

Source: The Struggle Is One: Voices And Visions Of Liberation

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