spite of the fact that individual civil liberties have been gained
(p336). Some multinational corporations doing business
globally have revenues equal to the gross national income of
entire countries (pp 212-214). The demand for raw materials
for manufacturing can harm third world nations, producing
“…the rape of the environment” as well as outright war (p339).
This exhaustion of land and water resources is growing in
peripheral nations, destroying the environment for the benefit
of the corporations. It is a redistribution of wealth from the
third world to the core industrial nations (p 210). In human
terms we see a shift from rural living to urban living, as those
in the peripheral countries move to the cities to work in
factories (p 210). This shift sees communities transforming
from Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft (p 119-121). Gemeinschaft
refers to a rural community where most people know each
other, almost to the point of being family. People deal with
each other personally, and there is a genuine caring for each
other and “a sense of togetherness” [Think “Andy Griffith” or
“Mayberry”]. As urbanization occurs, Gesellschaft is seen. That
is characterized by people feeling less connected to the
strangers they live among, there is less feeling of belonging to
the group and self-interest is the rule. Rather than social