Social Pathology

Wall Street Protesters Have a Point: Inequality

Nigel Barber | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Religion, Social Trust, The Spirit Level, Social Pathology, Income Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News
Nigel Barber

Occupy Wall Street protesters may have a diffuse agenda for change but they are upset about the same problem -- unequal distribution of income that is dragging our society down.

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America's Continuing Empathy Deficit Disorder

Douglas LaBier | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Politics, Mental Health, Social-Pathology, Empathy, Materialism, Selfishness, Healthy Living News
Douglas LaBier

Our collective overemphasis on the importance of wealth and status has lead to the decline of empathy. It's a bona fide emotional disorder in our times -- in effect, a "social psychosis."

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Why is the USA Screwed -- Maybe Forever?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Obama, Social Pathology, Conservatives, Divorce, Gay Marriage, Progressives, Moral Breakdown, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

We've been pretending that somehow our society is exempt from everything human beings have learned about the need for order, structure and moral taboos.

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