NEGATIVELY SOCIAL INFLUENCES OF SOCIAL CHANGING

Negatively Social Influences of Social Changing



Negatively Social Influences of Social Changing

Compared to the society fifty years ago, the current society has been roundly changed. The economic system is more advanced, the interaction of countries is more frequent, and the science has become more developed. However, there are many negative influences, which are caused by social changing in the society. The aggravating gap of wealth, the increasing selfishness of the contemporary people, and the unprecedented pressure which is caused by these people, are the ones that causes the most negative effects in the society.

One of the negative aspects of social change is the growing wealth gap. In the modern society, wealth and rights are controlled by a small group of people which includes businessmen in the field of energy, sources, and weapons, politicians in the global power, lawyers and doctors. They lay down the rules of the society and in big nations like the United States, wealth is highly concentrated among a relatively few hands. As of 2010, the top 1% of households (the upper class) owned 35.4% of all privately held wealth, and the next 19% (the managerial, professional, and small business stratum) owned 53.5%, which means that just 20% of the people owned a remarkable 89% of the privately held wealth, leaving only 11% of the wealth for the bottom 80% (wage and salary workers). In terms of financial wealth (total net worth minus the value of one's home), the top 1% of households held even a greater share which was 42.1% (G. William Domhoff, Wealth, Income, and Power). The upper class lay down the rules of the society and strives for their own benefit. Their children attend elite schools, get a good education, earn good degrees and get decent jobs after graduation. According to a study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, only 1.6% of Americans receive $100,000 or more in inheritance. Another 1.1% receives $50,000 to $100,000. On the other hand, 91.9% receive nothing (Kotlikoff, L., & Gokhale, J the Baby Boomers' Mega-Inheritance: Myth or Reality). Nowadays, as the commercial trades are more than ever before, the running of the economic system is much more rapid than fifty years ago, and due to the historical superiority, the harbor cities have more trades than the inland cities because shipping has been the most common method of transportation since two hundred years. Numerous studies show that the wealth distribution has been extremely concentrated throughout American history, with the top 1% already owning 40-50% in large port cities like Boston, New York, and Charleston in the 19th century. It was very stable over the course of the 20th century, although there were small declines in the aftermath of the New Deal and World War II, when most of the people had jobs and were able to save money. There were progressive income tax rates, which took money from the rich, in order to help with the government services ...