It sounds maybe a bit cynical, but it can be said that the postwar Western order (or more precisely, the Western public support otv in direct for it) based on rapid economic growth. Over six decades, the Western economies are almost consistently beat new records otv in direct in production, while charging huge mountains consumerist goods. All this served population pasigrožėjimui, pride, pleasure, comfort and safety. Materially if Westerners were better equipped, and probably more satisfied with their lives than people living in other states or in any other previous period.
Western otv in direct elite by the wealth of the strongest argument proving the free market and liberal democracy advantage against other political ideologies. Liberal thinkers otv in direct thought, especially after the Cold War, their ideological victory over the ideas of social solidarity is a landslide and eternal. Such triumph of good mood was reflected in the famous Francis Fukuyama (Francis Fukuyama) book "End of History and the Last Man" in 1992. author has argued that the West's victory over the Soviet Union marked a new era. According to Fukuyama, liberal democracy has shown that it is best able to meet people's material needs and, therefore, deserved to be the final form of human government. Sad to admit it, but nevertheless it is likely that a higher proportion of people more concerned about their personal economic well-being than the high spiritual values. Such a spiritual uplift of the masses, what we have seen in the Movement, but rather is a beautiful exception persisting relatively short, especially if the latter then not associated with improvements in material well-being.
As Fukuyama argued, in fact, and could have been. Nationalism is perhaps also the egalitarian socialism and other collectivist ideologies are extinct from the Europeans for centuries the political sky, where post-war pleasure Festival is extending for at least one generation.
But in 2008. global economic recession, the very deepest since the Great Depression (1929-39) for the first time more seriously undermined the confidence otv in direct of the general population of eternal economic development perspective. This crisis - widespread poverty, banks and even sovereign defaults as well as popular discontent, growing into general strikes and riots, for example. Greece - showed what actually damaged the foundations otv in direct of global capitalism. While the globalists argue that the current problems are only temporary, they have good reason to believe that the global economic otv in direct system looming to physical limits to growth, especially in terms of energy resources. From now on, it is likely that the Western world's economy further development will become increasingly difficult to implement.
The most notable achievements of the post-war lies in the material / technical subjects, but not spiritual. For centuries, the development otv in direct of natural sciences neįsivaizduojamam paved the way for the exploitation of natural resources in the nineteenth and especially the twentieth century in the second half. Any previous period in the history of mankind has not such a great physical otv in direct energy needs of the people, as the industrial revolution period. Achievements of this period, often causing exaggerated pride in themselves, are associated with tremendous physical energy consumption. This conquest of space, intercontinental flights, unlimited use of the car. Globalized world is now operated by one billion cars, circulating otv in direct 69 million kilometers of roads. And this number otv in direct is constantly growing. China alone every month in an increase of one million.
Eloquent example - oil. The average of 2000-2012 m. jumped six-fold - from about $ 20 per barrel to 120 U.S. dollars. Lithuania, this phenomenon is associated with a painful otv in direct 5. per liter price of gasoline.
Paradoxically, the alleged benefits of globalization, and as soon as it becomes imminent downfall cause. Free trade, foreign investment, open markets otv in direct - these are the factors involving hundreds of millions of new producers and consumers in the global economic system. Previously, however impoverished Chinese, Indians, Brazilians and others, are now massively buying cars, fashionable dress, opting for a more spacious apartments and traveling around the world. Increased consumption increased demand for raw materials (especially oil) and raised their prices so that further growth is becoming increasingly difficult to implement.
However intrusive thought arises that the globalist dream included otv in direct 2.5 billion Chinese and Indians in the globalization process has been a huge mistake. From where to get the raw materials such grandioziniam project? Only the first serious attempts to motorized Chinese has caused massive energy price spikes. And the process only just begun. Currently, only every 17th film travels by car, while the second is a statistical Lithuanian is motorized. All indications are that the Chinese government and is assisting a foreign corporation is going to continue otv in direct the country's motoring program. By the way, some economists
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