Societal collapse

The bubonic plague arrived on Genoese merchant ships in the mid-1300s, ravaging major European cities and wreaking havoc on anyone who was unfortunate enough to be within a few feet of an infected individual. The black death, as it was later known, plunged Europe further into the dark ages, leaving knowledge and cultural pursuits to rot with the numerous plague victims. The bubonic plague was so devastating to European society because of the divisions it caused both physically and culturally…

language, and individuals would have a certain amount of difficulty communicating to one another. Society as it exists would collapse without proper communication. Communication needs grammar, therefore, on every level of it’s existence. Existence needs grammar, as rapid societal shift occurs when society lacks it. Primarily, grammar’s absence facilitates a rapid societal shift, since grammar creates a common language. Commonality among language fosters common ideas, and identities among people…

beliefs. One of the worst things that he has done is sign the Religious Freedom Act, which enables discrimination of LGBt members in businesses. The infamous homophobic has also stated, “societal collapse...brought about following an advent of the deterioration of marriage and family”(Drabold). By societal collapse, I can only assume that he means the less strict reinforcement of homophobia in modern churches, schools, and homes. All in all, Mike Pence was a questionable choice for running mate,…

perfect society, and many “utopian” societies have seen some success, utopia will forever be an impossible fantasy because humans are far from perfect, the perfect societal structure does not exist, and no previous…

Consequences of White-Collar Crime White-collar crime is a widespread problem which have resulted in significant financial loss to victims. A few well-known white-collar crime case made headline to aware of the seriousness. They are Enron collapse in 2001, WorldCom financial fraud in 2002, Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme in 2008 and Leman Brothers scandal in 2008. These frauds all linked to large amount of money. According to Friedrichs (2009), the financial damage result from white-collar crime in…

the study and analysis of why some societies collapsed is the only way for us to avoid making the same mistakes and suffering the same fate. He has developed a five point framework that allows him to understand the different factors that led to the collapse of a specific society. The first point is human impact on the environment, human inadvertently destroying the resources they depend on. The second point is climate change, having the climate become noticeable…

The most explicit of these differences is in what they find to be the underlying causes of the collapse. For Fitzpatrick tsarism collapsed because of a combination of social and economic pressures. Taking the exact opposite stance Pipes explicitly states, “the principle causes of the downfall in 1917 (as also in 1991) were political, and not economic…

decade. The 1920s saw a disparity of growth, with certain areas and towns suffering greatly. The Great Depression eventually resulted from a financial crisis that started in the later half of the decade. The prairies were severely damaged by the collapse of the wheat market, which resulted in high unemployment and extreme poverty. Even with the economic boom that occurred earlier in the decade, urban workers still had to deal with unstable jobs and poor working conditions. The 1920s were a time…

Empire fell 476 A.D (Evans). Why exactly it fell is a matter of debate among scholars though a mix of inter-connected factors is generally agreed upon. The Empire fell to Barbarian tribes who had steadily encroached on its borders. In his book “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive”, Jared Diamond discusses…

deeper level they can see that Russians are driven by love, hope, and pride. Secondhand Time manages to create significant appeals to emotion and allows relatable and true stories of the Soviet Union and its collapse to be shared. Alexievich grants readers an opportunity to see how the collapse of the Soviet Union and the resulting economic instability impacted the daily lives of individuals, and offers an explanation to how those individuals dealt with the massive change and what they relied on…