What does the failure of social integration mechanism mean?

The failure of social integration mechanism refers to:

First, the rise of extreme social thoughts.

In recent years, the mainstream western society has a conservative tendency on issues such as trade, immigration and religion. In some European countries, right-wing parties are growing. For example, the far-right British National Party won a seat in the European Parliament for the first time. The Greek far-right "Golden Dawn Party" won a large number of seats in parliamentary elections. These right-wing forces even openly use violent means to intimidate and crack down on immigrants.

Second, the degradation of social mobility.

The main reason is that the polarization between the rich and the poor has intensified, the middle class has shrunk, and the healthy flow between social classes has been "solidified". Today, the richest 1% population in Britain has 300 times the per capita assets of the poorest1%population. In the 1970s, 1% of the richest Americans controlled 8% of the national income. By 2007, 1% people controlled 24% of the wealth in the United States, and more and more middle class people slipped to the poverty line.

Paul krugman, a famous American economist and Nobel laureate in economics, exclaimed that "the American dream is gone". He pointedly pointed out that the social mobility, national income and social resource allocation in the United States today are in the "worst period" since the founding of the People's Republic of China more than 200 years ago.

Third, social contradictions have intensified.

Mainly manifested in the increase of "mass incidents". 20 1 1 The "Occupy Central Movement" in developed countries is the best example, and major first-tier cities in the west have been affected to varying degrees. The essence of the "occupation movement" is that ordinary people in the west can't see hope and want to change.

In addition, the United States, Britain, France and even some Nordic countries have experienced many serious violent incidents, shootings or large-scale riots that shocked the world, which is also a manifestation of the intensification of social contradictions. Under the background of social problems, such mass vicious incidents may emerge one after another in the west in the future.

Extended data:

The main dilemma faced by western capitalism;

First, the "imbalance" of economic development

The financial and monetary measures taken by western capitalist countries to get rid of the financial and debt crisis have not been effective so far. The reason is mainly caused by several structural "traps": First, the financial trap.

In the non-crisis state, the high-expenditure and extensive welfare model can be maintained, and once the economy goes wrong, it will immediately become an unbearable burden. But westerners who are used to comfortable life are unwilling to face the reality of suddenly tightening their belts. Whether we can jump out of the "welfare trap" is a major problem that western society must solve in the future.

Second, the political system is "out of order"

First, it is difficult to select talents in western-style elections. Second, the interests of political parties override the interests of the state. Third, the "democratic trap" hinders national governance. There are three prominent problems in western-style democracy today: the gamification of democratic election, the capitalization of democratic operation and the shortsightedness of democratic decision-making. This is the form of democracy, and procedure is greater than substance and content, which hinders national governance.

Third, the social integration mechanism is "out of order"

Fourth, ideological and moral "anomie"

First of all, the moral level of the political elite has declined. Second, the business ethics of large enterprises are inaccurate. Third, social elites have frequent moral problems. These scandals involve official morality, commercial morality and public morality under the capitalist system. They reflect the profound erosion of values and interests of mainstream capitalist society, and also expose the limitations of capitalist "power balance".

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