The Downfall of Western Societies ?

The downfall of the western societies, concomitant by the economic success of the stock corporations.

A discussion about the collapse of modern societies and its origin is held currently in many western European countries. Riots of Arabian migrants in France , violent students in Germany, break apart of the traditional families, the care of elder and disabled people ,all this are questions ,which affect the public discussion.

Especially in Germany, where a huge unemployment in the most parts of east and some in the west alarmed the society. But nearly at the same time the news are announcing a new record for the numbers of unemployed people, the speaker of a great stock corporation is glad to announce gains of all departments and looks forward to some further dismissals.

Values which applied one generation ago are today unknown or no one   might remember to them.

Kids are growing up without learning to respect each other, egoism is on the agenda. The thresholds for violence are going down rapidly. Schools with overstrained teachers are only a place of keeping and a training camp for new practices of bodily harm and heavy insults.

The society is looking to this speechless, shocked but with no any idea of an answer.

Meanwhile managers are trained in being successful, effective and undeviating. Experts of the world of economy are explaining that the globalisation costs it price. And this price has to be paid by the inflexible one.

The human being as a disturbing, expanse factor? Services with no server? An Upper-class that needs the middle - and under-class as its doormat?

A third world that doesn�t exist anymore in the minds of the politicians ? And if it exists, then as a market that must be squeezed out.

As you might realise , many words for a fast �taverne poster , but a theme that is close to my heart . and I hope komnenos isn�t to draconic with my English.

 

one might say that the western society is decaying because its "too free", parents and governments have lost the hold over the young, and these young people have to grow up and lead the western scoiety. I doubt however that Asia will get the upper hand anytime soon, mainly because the East can not survive without the money and the market of the west, the first to crash being China...too many goods no one to buy,

anyway thats my ominous version of the future

Originally posted by Kalevipoeg The only threat to the West is that it is going to be overrun by Asia, in physical numbers(population) and also in economic influence and power. The West is holding its old-time power and glory while Asia is rapidly gaining more and more power and glory. I wouldn't mind an Asian dominated world in some way, they have always been the smartest of us all.

Edited by Winterhaze13 - 27-May-2006 at 19:42

Knowledge and technology - and capital - spread too fast for any geographical area to stay dominant for long in the future.

I think that at this juncture in history Western Society is entering the end of history itself, the posthistoric world where liberal democracy has turnt us into, for better or worse, men without chests.

Originally posted by steven I think that at this juncture in history Western Society is entering the end of history itself, the posthistoric world where liberal democracy has turnt us into, for better or worse, men without chests.

Originally posted by gcle2003   I guess Odin should know. And be worried.

I think that civilizations (if the whole west can be termed as a that in the first place) approah a time whereby they must either reinvent themselves or die. I don't think what has been dubbed very losely as the "West" has reached that stage yet.

Throughout history there are times when one or more nations are so powerful that they are more in danger and eventually cause their own downfall. It doesn't seem like it's going to change anytime soon because the great saying goes: "History repeats itself."

In our times, it all just depends on who has the most powerful bombs and who those nations think is the most powerful to try to take over. Whether their plan backfires or not determines the fate of others, leading to wars which has repeated since the dawn of time.

I personally think that the first nation that someone will try to take over is the US, it's just a matter of time before yet another civilization falls. However nessessary it is for other nations to expand, I hope that no more wars come from wanting power.

Of course, it is only a hope because as long as humans walk, they will want power, and there will be war, desease, death and downfall.

Well today it is known for a fact that the population of humans is reaching saturation levels in this planet.  Free trade and the technological explosion of this last century have given us people in the West a pretty good life, materialistically speaking. We advertise our products and life in many different media outlets and the people of the East aspire to be like us because they think we are more "progressed" than them. The question is has modernization and globalization  made our life more meaninful by continually destroying the traditional views on life of each nation? I don't think so...