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Jared Diamond's Societal Collapse Theory - Coggle Diagram
Jared Diamond's Societal Collapse Theory
Climate Change
Due to climate change, glaciers and snow are melting which impacts the global mean sea level. If sea levels drastically increase soil used for agriculture will be detrimentally affected.
A change in weather pattern is also caused by climate change. If weather drastically changes daily, humans will have a hard time adapting to these changes which could result in death or decrease in population.
Once again, unstable weather patterns like heat waves, storms and droughts affects animal habitats, animals that humans need for food and other sources.
Relationships with Friendly Societies
Canada is America's largest crude oil supplier supplying an estimated 25%. This established a stable supply and demand relationship between the U.S. and Canada since this energy source will always be needed.
The U.S service and goods defecate with China. With China currently being the county's largest trading partner, there is a mutual profit of $659. 8 billion.
Mexico is America's biggest agricultural exporting partner. In 2018, American average a total of $19.2 billion in importing fruit, vegetables, alcohol, snack foods, and processed fruits and vegetables.
Relationships with Hostile Societies
61% of Iran's citizens view America's role in leadership poorly. In addition to this, the U.S. has not had a diplomatic presence in Iran since the Islamic Revolution in the late 1970's.
In 2011 Egypt forced raided three U.S. based agencies working to promote and fix foreign affairs overseas. Egyptian support was reduced from 31% to 19% from 2009 to 2011.
Relations between Russia and America are so challenge because of the way they each value and view society's order. Russia shares more communist views on leadership while America does not.
Human Impact on Earth
Factories and major corporations that burn fossil fuels are the biggest contributors of carbon dioxide emissions. America is dependent on burning these fossil fuels for energy since it makes up 81% of our energy source. This mass consumption is what causes pollution which leads to global warming
Human technology used for agricultural purposes is the main cause for man-made erosion.
According to a study, humans are at fault for 46% of trees that have been cut down from 1990-2016. Deforestation speeds up the affects of climate change because trees absorb carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses.
Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Factors
In order to reduce the speed of green house gasses from rising, an investment of $300 billion will need to be made in order to buy another 20 years of time to find a solution to global warming. If global warming continues at it's current rate, it'll be 7 years until its affects are irreversible which means society as a whole is on the brink of extinction
By not building up a tolerance to different races and religions, chaos will follow and destroy the stability within society.
As seen with the pandemic , the virus caused many people to either lose their jobs or live off of the bare minimum to get by. With less and less people working, there will be less consumption of product which could lead to more economic downturns