Divorce rates are soaring, and more children grow up in a single parent families.
In the USA and other developed countries obesity is on the rise not because we can’t find wholesome food, but because we use food to compensate for another lack, which food can’t satisfy.
Poverty and hunger are increasing. According to official measures of poverty, in the year 2003,
12.5 % of the total USA population lived in poverty- 31 million individualks, of whom 12 million were children; risked hunger or face food insecurity. 2 million children suffered from actual hunger.
Water shortages are becoming rampant around the world. Today 1/3 of the world’s population
lives under nearly catastrophic condition because water shortages.
The environment in which we live have passed the point of no return, and the earth is doomed to become a vast desert. (The Revenge of Gia, Penguin Books, 2006)
The population of richer countries suffers more degenerative diseases than people in poorer countries.
Illegal Drugs abuse increasing. 42 % of USA population admits to having used drugs at least once in their lifetime. Europe has 3.5 million known cocain users, many of whom are people with higher education.
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