What are major social problems in todays society?

Question

just write the first thing that comes to mind

Answer 1

Greed and self-centered selfishness.. If we as a  people could understand that the whole is the sum of its parts,,and what effects some,eventually will effect all,,possibly the world could come together and civilly and humanly exist..Everyone is finite,,meaning no matter how much we individually attain,,we all must die,,and therefore,,all will end..One must realize that enough is truly enough..Problem is ,,the greed factor,because there will always be more,,and most people can't realize that.. And the motto for life seems to be,"I got mine,,you get yours,,and I certainly am not going to help you get yours..As long as that status continues,,we will never come together.. Think about it !! Not Politics,,just people !! SOLOMON

Answer 2

which society? that's the first thing that came to my mind. I think its a legitimate response cause the social problems in the US are gonna be different than those in India, i'm sure.

Answer 3

c**p, that's a colossal question, I could go on forever, well almost. Egotism and a self-serving attitude, materialistic attitude, "I'm better than you attitude", "I'm rich so you're a loser attitude", Inflated sense of self worth, God like status thinking(New Agers of the new age movement think they are gods), Above the law type thinking, people not being able to relate to anyone due to  self centeredness and ego, crappy education that doesn't educate, the existence of a small elite group of people attempting to push everyone below them like  while propelling themselves to god-like status as rulers of the planet while referring to everyone else as they're sheep or slaves.

Answer 4

When I was job searching I was treated like c**p by most employers.  I once applied for a cashier job at a Petsmart, and the hiring manager wouldn't interview me because I'm not a girl.  He was hiring, and every retailer has to train and teach new employees.  There are guy cashiers in the world.  

I once applied for a job at a Starbucks, and when I called about my application; the manager gave me an attitude and got all s****. towards me.  Some employers don't know how to treat job applicants with respect.  They turn down people for job interviews that are capable of doing the job.  Job applicants aren't always given a chance, and it's causing the homeless/unemployed to rise.  

In my opinion; the desciminating and rude employers are the biggest problem in America.  If so many employers didn't treat job applicants so badly; our country would be a better place.

Answer 5

Corrupt economics, this affects social life more than most things. In a money society, when you don't have it, you have all the social problems that come from the lack of it.

Answer 6

Give a mouse a cookie syndrome.  When you give a mouse a cookie, then he wants a glass of milk, then a plate, then a napkin, and before you know it, you have fed his family and sent put his kids through college.

Answer 7

The mindset, lack of consciousness and awareness,  living with ego.

Answer 8

Ignorance and lack of education top the list. Just spend anytime on Yahoo Answers in Government and Politics and it won't take you long to reach that conclusion.

I would follow that up with the fact that we have become a lazy, self indulgent society in which any little inconvenience becomes a crisis. We whine, cry and  we demand that someone to fix all of our problems for us just like spoiled children.

Whatever happened to the word responsibility? Everything is always someone else's fault.

Answer 9

the one huge problem thats always been there, differances. such as class, gender, race and even gender.