Globalization and Deculturalization of the World into Negative Conformity: A quote

"We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture itself. For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal."

 Carl Bernstein, U.S. journalist. Guardian (London, June 3, 1992)

HEGEMON IN THE MAKING: THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF THE WESTERN ELITE POLITICAL CLASS—From Celtic to Roman to Anglo-Saxon/Germanic

Book 1 of 1: HEGEMON  | by Janvier T. Chando

For a Mover of Society, for an Advocate of Social Solidarity, for a Reformer or for a Revolutionary: A quote

"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is apt to spread discontent among those who are." H.L. Mencken





                      

Alcohol Consumption by the Different Countries of the World

Map of Alcohol Consumption Around the World

Pure alcohol consumption among adults (age 15+) in liters per capita per year, 2010^[1]

Country	Total	Recorded consumption	Unrecorded consumption	Beer (%)	Wine (%)	Spirits (%)	Other (%)	2015 projection
Belarus	17.5	14.4	3.2	17.3	5.2	46.6	30.9	17.1
Moldova	16.8	6.3	10.5	30.4	5.1	64.5	0	17.4
Lithuania	15.4	12.9	2.5	46.5	7.8	34.1	11.6	16.2
Russia	15.1	11.5	3.6	37.6	11.4	51	0	14.5
Romania	14.4	10.4	4	50	28.9	21.1	0	12.9
Ukraine	13.9	8.9	5	40.5	9	48	2.6	11.8
Andorra	13.8	12.4	1.4	34.6	45.3	20.1	0	9.1
Hungary	13.3	11.3	2	36.3	29.4	34.3	0	12.4
Czech Republic	13	11.8	1.2	53.5	20.5	26	0	14.1
Slovakia	13	11.4	1.7	30.1	18.3	46.2	5.5	12.5
Portugal	12.9	11	1.9	30.8	55.5	10.9	2.8	12.5
Serbia	12.6	9.6	2.9	51.5	23.9	24.6	0	12.9
Grenada	12.5	11.9	0.7	29.3	4.3	66.2	0.2	10.4
Poland	12.5	10.9	1.6	55.1	9.3	35.5	0	11.5
Latvia	12.3	10.5	1.8	46.9	10.7	37	5.4	10.6
Finland	12.3	10	2.3	46	17.5	24	12.6	11.9
South Korea	12.3	9.8	2.5	25	1.6	2.9	70.5	10.9
France	12.2	11.8	0.4	18.8	56.4	23.1	1.7	11.6
Australia	12.2	10.4	1.8	44	36.7	12.5	6.8	12.6
Croatia	12.2	10.2	2	39.5	44.8	15.4	0.2	11.7
Ireland	11.9	11.4	0.5	48.1	26.1	18.7	7.7	10.9
Luxembourg	11.9	11.4	0.5	36.2	42.8	21	0	11.2
Germany	11.8	11.3	0.5	53.6	27.8	18.6	0	10.6
Slovenia	11.6	10.6	1	44.5	46.9	8.6	0	10.9
United Kingdom	11.6	10.4	1.2	36.9	33.8	21.8	7.5	12
Denmark	11.4	10.4	1	37.7	48.2	14.1	0	10.2
Bulgaria	11.4	10.3	1.1	39.3	16.5	44.1	0.1	11.3
Spain	11.2	10	1.2	49.7	20.1	28.2	1.8	10.6
Belgium	11	10.5	0.5	49.2	36.3	14.4	0.1	10.8
South Africa	11	8.2	2.9	48.1	17.8	16.7	17.4	11.5
New Zealand	10.9	9.3	1.6	38.2	33.9	15.2	12.5	11.2
Gabon	10.9	8.9	2	68.3	11.9	19.8	0.1	11.8
Namibia	10.8	6.8	4	96.7	0.3	0.9	2.1	11.8
Switzerland	10.7	10.2	0.5	31.8	49.4	17.6	1.2	10.4
Saint Lucia	10.4	10.1	0.2	29.7	12.6	56.1	1.5	10.4
Austria	10.3	9.7	0.6	50.4	35.5	14	0	8.5
Estonia	10.3	9.5	0.8	41.2	11.1	36.8	10.9	9.4
Greece	10.3	8.3	2	28.1	47.3	24.2	0.4	9.3
Kazakhstan	10.3	6.8	3.5	31.8	3.1	65.1	0	8.2
Canada	10.2	8.2	2	51.2	22	26.8	0	10.3
Nigeria	10.1	9.1	1	8	0.4	0.9	90.7	11.3
Netherlands	9.9	9.4	0.5	46.8	36.4	16.9	0	9.6
Uganda	9.8	8.3	1.5	9.4	0.1	1.9	88.6	10.5
Rwanda	9.8	6.8	3	11.1	0	0.4	88.4	10
Chile	9.6	7.6	2	29.9	40.7	29.4	0	9.3
Argentina	9.3	8.3	1	40.7	48	5.5	5.8	7.6
Burundi	9.3	6.3	3	24.5	0	0.1	75.4	9.8
United States	9.2	8.7	0.5	50	17.3	32.7	0	9
Cyprus	9.2	8.2	1	40.9	24.7	33.7	0.7	9.1
Sweden	9.2	7.2	2	37	46.6	15.1	1.4	8.7
Venezuela	8.9	7.7	1.3	75.6	0.8	23.4	0.2	8.3
Paraguay	8.8	7.3	1.5	51.1	18.2	28.8	2	9.6
Brazil	8.7	7.2	1.5	59.6	4	36.3	0.1	9.1
Sierra Leone	8.7	6.7	2	6.4	0.5	0.7	92.3	8.2
Montenegro	8.7	4.9	3.9	10.9	47	41.7	0.4	13.3
Belize	8.5	6.8	1.7	67.6	2	30.3	0.1	8.3
Cameroon	8.4	5.8	2.6	63.9	22.1	13.8	0.2	7.7
Botswana	8.4	5.4	3	56	11.8	11.5	20.7	7.7
Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.2	7.7	0.5	44	7.4	48	0.6	7
Guyana	8.1	7.1	1	23	0.3	76.6	0.1	8.6
Peru	8.1	6.1	2	46.8	6.1	47.1	0	5.2
Panama	8	7.2	0.8	69.2	4.6	26	0.2	7.7
Niue	8	7	1	47	1.7	51.3	0	7.7
Palau	7.9	6.9	1	77.7	5.9	16.4	0
Norway	7.7	6.7	1	44.2	34.7	19	2.1	7
Tanzania	7.7	5.7	2	11	0.2	1.8	87	8.1
Georgia	7.7	5.4	2.3	17	49.8	33.2	0.1	6.7
Uruguay	7.6	6.6	1	30.6	59.9	9.5	0	7
Angola	7.5	5.9	1.6	64.3	13.7	17.4	4.7	7.6
Laos	7.3	6.2	1.1	35.6	0	64.4	0	7.5
Japan	7.2	7	0.2	19.2	4.1	52	24.7	7.5
Mexico	7.2	5.5	1.8	75.7	1.5	22.2	0.5	6.8
Ecuador	7.2	4.2	3	67.3	1.2	31.5	0	6.1
Dominica	7.1	6.6	0.5	13.7	7.1	77.9	1.2	6.6
Iceland	7.1	6.6	0.5	61.8	21.2	16.5	0.5	6.9
Thailand	7.1	6.4	0.7	27	0.4	72.6	0	8.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.1	4.6	2.5	73.3	9.7	17	0	7.5
São Tomé and Príncipe	7.1	4.2	2.9	23.5	60.2	16.3	0	6.8
Malta	7	6.6	0.4	39.4	32.7	27.2	0.7	7.2
Albania	7	4.9	2.1	31.8	19.8	48.4	0	6.6
Bahamas	6.9	6.3	0.5	34	14.6	50.4	1	4.2
Dominican Republic	6.9	6.2	0.7	54.5	2.7	42.7	0.1	7.6
Mongolia	6.9	4.9	2	27.6	2.8	69.6	0	7.8
Cape Verde	6.9	4	2.9	44.4	1.2	0.2	54.2	7.2
Barbados	6.8	6.3	0.5	39.7	10.2	49.3	0.8	6.5
Burkina Faso	6.8	4.3	2.5	10	3	3.1	83.8	7.4
Italy	6.7	6.5	0.2	23	65.6	11.5	0	6.1
Trinidad and Tobago	6.7	6.4	0.3	54	2	43.8	0.3	6.6
China	6.7	5	1.7	27.8	3	69.2	0	7.6
Macedonia	6.7	3.9	2.8	47.4	39.9	12.6	0	5.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.6	6.3	0.3	33.4	3	63.1	0.5	7.2
Equatorial Guinea	6.6	5.8	0.8	27.8	72.2	0	0	8.1
Suriname	6.6	5.6	1	40	2.3	57.2	0.5	6.5
Vietnam	6.6	2	4.6	97.3	0.6	2.1	0	8.7
Lesotho	6.5	2.8	3.7	51.3	0.2	18.9	29.6	6.4
Haiti	6.4	5.9	0.6	0.2	0.2	99.6	0	5.9
Cook Islands	6.4	5.9	0.5	0	22.6	77.4	0	4.8
Colombia	6.2	4.2	2	66.1	1.1	32.5	0.3	6.6
Ivory Coast	6	4	2	16.1	3	0.4	80.5	6.5
Bolivia	5.9	3.8	2.1	76.8	3.8	19.3	0.1	5.8
Swaziland	5.7	4.7	1	33.6	0.8	0.7	65	6.4
Zimbabwe	5.7	4.7	1	23.7	1.7	6.8	67.7	4.8
Seychelles	5.6	4.1	1.5	67	22.2	10.8	0	6.7
Cambodia	5.5	2.2	3.3	45.7	0.8	53.5	0	6.1
Puerto Rico	5.4	4.9	0.5	66.6	6.7	26.4	0.3	-
Netherlands Antilles	5.4	4.9	0.4	36.4	16.4	47	0.3	3.2
Philippines	5.4	4.6	0.9	26.9	0.3	72.7	0	5.6
Costa Rica	5.4	4.4	1	59.3	4.7	35.5	0.5	5.1
Armenia	5.3	3.8	1.5	9.7	5.3	84.9	0	5.5
Cuba	5.2	4.2	1	38.8	2.2	58.9	0	5.5
Nicaragua	5	3.5	1.5	38.8	0.5	60.6	0	4.6
Jamaica	4.9	3.4	1.5	42	4.9	51.4	1.6	5.1
Ghana	4.8	1.8	3	30	9.7	2.9	57.3	5.4
Liberia	4.7	3.1	1.6	10.8	1	88.1	0	5.2
Uzbekistan	4.6	2.4	2.1	18.3	6.3	75.4	0	4.8
Chad	4.4	0.4	4	66.3	3.4	3.8	26.5	4.4
United Arab Emirates	4.3	2.8	1.5	10.3	2.9	86.7	0	4.3
Kyrgyzstan	4.3	2.4	1.9	22.6	4.2	72.9	0.3	3.9
India	4.3	2.2	2.2	6.8	0.1	93.1	0	4.6
Turkmenistan	4.3	2.2	2.2	15.4	26.1	58.4	0	5
Kenya	4.3	1.8	2.5	56.1	1.8	21.6	20.4	4
Ethiopia	4.2	0.7	3.5	49.7	0.6	8.2	41.4	4.3
Honduras	4	3	1	40.1	1.1	58.7	0	4
Guinea-Bissau	4	2.5	1.5	19.6	14.9	22.4	43	4.3
Zambia	4	2.5	1.5	22.7	2.9	13.6	60.7	4
Republic of the Congo	3.9	1.7	2.2	78.4	9.8	10.9	0.8	3.9
Guatemala	3.8	2.2	1.6	41.9	1.6	56.3	0.2	3.9
Central African Republic	3.8	1.8	2	16.2	0.6	2.1	81.1	3.8
North Korea	3.7	3.2	0.5	5.1	0	94.9	0	4.4
Sri Lanka	3.7	2.2	1.5	13	0.1	85.2	1.7	4.5
Mauritius	3.6	2.6	1	66.2	12.3	21.3	0.2	4
Samoa	3.6	2.6	1	70.9	16.6	12.5	0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.6	2.3	1.3	24	0.7	2	73.3	3.4
Nauru	3.5	1	2.5	85.4	14.6	0	0	3
Gambia	3.4	2.4	1	5.6	0.7	0.3	93.5	3.2
Federated States of Micronesia	3.3	2.3	1	47	14.1	38.9	0	3.5
El Salvador	3.2	2.2	1	41.7	1.7	56.6	0	3.5
Fiji	3	2	1	67.7	0.9	31.1	0.2	3.2
Papua New Guinea	3	1.5	1.5	51.3	0.9	47.7	0	3.1
Kiribati	3	1	2	36.9	2.2	60.9	0	2.9
Tajikistan	2.8	0.3	2.5	10.2	1.1	88.7	0	2.4
Israel	2.8	0.3	2.5	44	6.2	49.5	0.3	3.1
Sudan	2.7	1.7	1	8	0	13.5	78.5	2.7
Malawi	2.5	1.5	1	9.1	1.2	13.4	76.2	2.5
Lebanon	2.4	1.9	0.5	18.2	29.1	52.4	0.3	2.2
Azerbaijan	2.3	1.3	1	28.7	7.6	63.3	0	2.1
Mozambique	2.3	1.3	1	63	7.3	25.4	4.3	2
Togo	2.3	1.3	1	48.9	26.9	2.4	21.8	1.9
Nepal	2.2	0.2	2	47.7	0.9	51.4	0	2.1
Bahrain	2.1	2	0.1	36.6	6.3	57	0.1	2.4
Benin	2.1	1.1	1	54.6	21.7	7.2	16.5	2.2
Singapore	2	1.5	0.5	70.1	13.5	14.7	1.7	2.9
Turkey	2	1.4	0.6	63.6	8.6	27.9	0	2.4
Madagascar	1.8	0.8	1	56	9.5	34.5	0	1.9
Solomon Islands	1.7	1.2	0.5	81.1	2.1	16.7	0	1.6
Tonga	1.6	1.1	0.5	57.9	7.6	34.3	0.1	2.1
Tunisia	1.5	1.3	0.2	68.6	27.7	3.7	0	1.2
Tuvalu	1.5	1	0.5	10	15.5	74.5	0	1.3
Qatar	1.5	0.9	0.6	1.2	13.9	84.6	0.3	1.3
Vanuatu	1.4	0.9	0.5	40.5	22.8	36.7	0	1.2
Djibouti	1.3	1.1	0.2	23.2	5.3	71.5	0	0.9
Malaysia	1.3	0.3	1	76.2	2	21.8	0.1	1.7
Syria	1.2	1	0.3	8.5	27.9	63.5	0	1.4
Maldives	1.2	0.7	0.5	29.1	29.4	41.2	0	1
Mali	1.1	0.6	0.5	13.3	1.5	2.1	83.1	1
Eritrea	1.1	0.5	0.6	63.6	0	0.1	36.3	1.4
Algeria	1	0.7	0.3	62.6	35.5	0	2	0.6
Iran	1	0	1	24.8	52.1	1	1
Oman	0.9	0.7	0.2	54.6	3.3	42.2	0	0.9
Brunei	0.9	0.6	0.3	89.8	2.3	7.2	0.7	0.8
Morocco	0.9	0.5	0.5	43.5	36.5	19.9	0	0.7
Jordan	0.7	0.5	0.2	22.4	2.1	75.4	0.1	0.7
Bhutan	0.7	0.4	0.3	100	0	0	0	1.1
Guinea	0.7	0.2	0.5	78.9	16.3	3.7	1.1	0.7
Myanmar	0.7	0.1	0.6	82.6	5.7	11.8	0	0.7
Afghanistan	0.7	0	0.7	18.9	38.3	1	1.2
Senegal	0.6	0.3	0.3	55.1	41.3	3.6	0	0.5
Indonesia	0.6	0.1	0.5	84.5	0.1	15.3	0	0.6
Timor-Leste	0.6	0.1	0.5	9.3	75.9	14.8	0	1.2
Iraq	0.5	0.2	0.3	76.1	1	22.9	0	0.5
Somalia	0.5	0	0.5	9.2	19.2	0.5	0.5
Egypt	0.4	0.2	0.2	53.8	5.4	40.3	0.5	0.3
Niger	0.3	0.1	0.2	46	13.2	40.7	0	0.3
Yemen	0.3	0.1	0.2	100	0	0	0	0.2
Comoros	0.2	0.1	0.1	23.3	22.2	54.6	0	0.2
Saudi Arabia	0.2	0.1	0.1	0	1.9	97.9	0.2	0.2
Bangladesh	0.2	0	0.2	9	17.6	0.2	0.2
Kuwait	0.1	0	0.1	58.1	10.8	30.7	0.4	0.1
Libya	0.1	0	0.1	2.5	5	0	0
Mauritania	0.1	0	0.1					0.1
Pakistan	0.1	0	0	1.2	3	0.1	0.1