In article , Mike-
says...
This apparently dangerous tendency is now rampant all over the Western
world.Unemployment is running ever higher, economies are slumping,
governments waste time and money trying to control things outside their
power, or lining thweir own pockets, and all the while, crime and other
problems are increasing rapidly. Trade unions are losing all their political
clout, and globalisation advances every day.

The world population is steadily increasing, and more and more resources are
getting close to the "bottom of the pot". The Western world is living far
above its means.

.....dogs and cats, living together....

Seriously, western world is definitely living above it's means, but much
of the rest is rather melodramatic. At least in the US, crime has been
dropping fast, population growth in the western world is slowing (some
areas of Europe are already worrying about their populations
decreasing).

- Ken