The most pressing societal problem in the United States is the emphasis that is put on productivity and valuing human lives and human dignity in monetary terms. This emphasis is the cause of many other societal problems such as depression and bullying, which of lead to the ultimate effect of death. This cycle of abuse due humanity infatuation with monetary gain creates rifts in society between the young and the old, husband and wife, parent and child; these rifts cause the loss of human dignity within the workplace because of the greed of the owner or managers as well as in the home due to basic necessity and ambitious desires An example of a loss of human dignity due to monetary is the living conditions and wages of workers in Indonesia who work for Nike in their sweatshops. In a documentary featuring Jeff Ballinger and his crew, Jeff exposes the living conditions (barely-living conditions) of the Indonesian workers, and their …show more content…
There is only one answer and that is rewriting the very framework that civilized society has stood upon since its beginning. In short, the only options that are available, global dictatorship, nuclear removal of the human race and starting anew, or mind control; but these unethical means and would increase other exploitations such as the loss of human dignity mentioned earlier, which means that there is no guaranteed way to phase this flaw out of our culture, beside leaving the future in the hands of younger generations, who would have been taught by the last or second-to-last generation before them, which means then that change actually starts with every individual human to take a stand and understand their basic rights and of those around them, and then teach those values to pupils who may not want to listen or are not allowed to