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A Sane Society
How does this translate to how people live, and how institutions are organized: Culture, Politics, and Economics?
FONTS
A Sane Society
Critical Perspective
Truths of Current Civilizational Reality
For the past 100 years we, in the Western world, have created a greater material wealth than any other society in the history of the human race, according to Fromm.
1. 7.2 Billion People living on the Planet.
2. In 2009, 3.4 Billion live in cities, urban popultion is
expected to increase by 84% to 6.3 Billion, in 2050.
3. $1.2 Quadrillion of Global Wealth (Real/ Fictitious).
4. Currently, there are 1,645 Billionaires, of which, 172 are
women. In percentages, means there are 0.00000037% of
the population who are extremely wealthy; 80 people hold
the total combined wealth of 3.6 Billion people.
In that same period, there have been wars and conflicts dating back to 1870, 1914, 1939, 1945 - 1991, 1991 - 2015.
**It would take approximately $3.5 Trillion to eradicate extreme world poverty (e.g. hunger, clean water, housing, medical care, etc.) (J. Sachs, 2006)**
Question of Civilization
Aime Cesaire
DoB: June 26, 1913, Basse-Pointe
DoD: April 17, 2008, Fort-de-France
Poet, Writer.
Was a founder of Negritude movement, as an affirmation of Blackness in terms of culture, politics, and society.
Discourse on Colonialism, 1955
A civilization that proves incapable of solving the problems it creates is a decadent civilization.
A civilization that chooses to close its eyes to its most crucial
problems is a stricken civilization.
A civilization that uses its principles for trickery and deceit is
a dying civilization (31).