Rapid population decline
increased violence toward outsiders
collapse of traditional social structures
abandonment of traditional belief systems
what does this list describe?

Jonathan purchases a comic book over the phone. the store does not promise a particular time in which the comic book will be shipped to jonathan. after 40 days, the comic book has not been shipped. do state or federal laws protect jonathan's rights in this case? what is the name of the law? select the best answer from the choices provided. a. federal law; the implied warranty of merchantability b. state law; the implied warranty of merchantability c. federal law; the mail and telephone order rule d. state law; the mail and telephone order rule

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

Give an example of a situation in which an individual's pursuit of economic self-interest may not benefit but instead harm the rest of society