Moving Forward

Moving Forward? Why is it that the majority of societies have some predetermined notion of where they want to end up in the near, but not immediate, future? Most, upon hearing this query, would instantaneously retort it is obviously part of human character for man to endeavor to better himself. This drive to become more and more civilized, they would say, is what has made the United States the powerful force that it is today. …

…possible to say that one period in the history of a society accomplished nothing. The freedom lies in arguing whether certain events produced positive or negative results. Works Cited and Consulted Diacon, Todd. Millenarian Vision, Capitalist Reality. London: Duke University Press, 1991. Meade, Teresa. “Civilizing” Rio. Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State Press, 1997. Skidmore, Thomas, and Peter Smith. Modern Latin America. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Stepan, Nancy. “The Hour of Eugenics”. London: Cornell University Press, 1991.