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It is pointed out that while states are based on national identity, big cities are heterogenous in their ethnic & social composition, which is exactly what gives them the advantage over states in today's cosmopolitan & global world. The intellectual strength & innovative creativity are the foundations from which the economic & cultural strengths of big cities arise. Cities are the laboratories at which the future organizational forms of human civilization are being developed & tested. Historically, the city precedes the nation-state, however, this antiquity does not prevent the city to represent today a more modern formation of social life than the traditional state. Authoritarian state governments mistrust big cities because they are complex & difficult to control, & also because megacities are interested in being cosmopolitan more than peddle chauvinism. The principal difference between a state & a city is that the latter is built on commerce & organization & thus can better meet the economic needs of its residents & respond more quickly to their everyday needs. In many states, there is a certain degree of alienation separating big cities from the rest of the country, often manifested in outlook, attitudes, morals, or ideology differences. Z. Dubiel