Due to the increasing number of teen pregnancies lead to a population growth in America. In "Divine Revolution" Vaclav Havel writes, "Humankind today is well aware of the spectrum of threats looming over its head. We know that the number of people living on our planet is growing at a soaring rate and that within a relatively short time we can expect it to total in the tens of billions. Havel is seeing the whole picture when referring to the population growth, not only unwanted pregnancies. He sees the world becoming overcrowded and he believes we need to do something about it. He uses this essay to give us a revelation to wake up and save our planet from the destruction we are placing upon ourselves. .
Secondly, trusting our government and its leaders is another problem facing American in the 21st century. In "The Circle of Governments" Niccolo Machiavelli states, "As the human race increased, the necessity for uniting themselves for defense made itself felt; the better to attain this object they chose the strongest and most courageous from amongst themselves and placed him at their head promising to obey him. I take this statement to mean that ever since the beginning of time we have .
put the biggest and smartest man at the helm of our nation. This may not always have been the best way to choose a leader. Many leaders now and today's abuse the power .
giving to them by the people. Not knowing what a person is about a chosen just on appearances and smarts is a big misconception of American people. You should always study a person past to find if they abuse power because it might always hurt you in the long run. Later in his essay Machiavelli states, "Such were the beginning and cause of disorders, conspiracies, and plots against the sovereigns, set on foot, not by the feeble and timid, but by those citizens who, surpassing the others in grandeur of soul, in wealth, and in courage, could not submit to the outrageous excesses of their princes.
