How Western Civilization Could Collapse Summary

In the BBC article How Western Civilization Could Collapse by Rachel Nuwer, I both agree and disagree with some points.For one, I completely agree with the concept that western society is going to collapse unless we, as a society, does something to prevent our own demise. Yet, the points that Nuwer provides aren’t all necessarily true (in my opinion). For example, Nuwer states, “Also paralleling Rome, Homer-Dixon predicts that western societies’ collapse will be preceded by a retraction of people and resources back to their core homelands.” [1] Western societies “failing” economies are much more successful compared to other civilizations, say the Middle East. Our “poor” is what many other countries consider fortunate enough to obtain. So, although I believe western society will fall; it will not fall due foreigners migrating to “better” states.

I also do not believe that “By 2050, the US and UK will have evolved into two-class societies where a small elite lives a good life and there is declining well-being for the majority.” [2] Although, government today plays a larger role than it should, the people of western civilizations will never let one specific group gain control. There are too many people, too many strongly opinionated people (each with different views of how the country should be run) to ever let one group rule. As a matter of fact, I believe the actual tension between groups and the splitting of so many parties is a factor to western demise, rather than a small group affecting the country on such a large