Depends on if you understand Dharma as “religion” or “ethics” and which society you’re talking about.
I personally do not think that ethics is inseparable from religion.
In the Western countries religion is declining but ethical awareness is rising. So the “Social Justice” movement is growing exponentially (and over compensating I would say in its fanatical extremism) - but the nature of life is to swing to extremes before settling in the middle. (We just need to be vigilant with over-correction which can also degenerate into dystopia!)
So modern societies are more just, more free, more humane, more equitable, more kind, more compassionate, more altruistic than ever before. The environmental movement is growing by the day more and more people are becoming vegans - when Macdonalds starts offering vegi-burgers you know change is in the winds!!
Hundreds of thousands of ordinary people are striving every day for the common good (which is what Dharma is all about).
I see about me mostly goodness, kindness, generosity and compassion. So Dharma is alive and well and doing just fine.
At his is because they weren't going to listen to them
In 1787 delegates from the thirteen states convened in Philadelphia to replace the unwieldy Articles of Confederation with a Constitution to endow the federal government with sufficient power to hold the country together. This short document, which was a result of both high idealism and low political horsetrading, has survived a Civil War and the massive expansion of the country to become the oldest constitution in the world. The Constitution itself, however, merely describes the functions of the federal government. It was left to ten Amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, to protect individual freedoms.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The benefits of USA in the experience of having minerals:
-Minerals allow for the economic exploitation of raw materials.
-It is a good source of income for this industry.
-Minerals can be exported and are highly demanded by other nations.
-The exploitation of minerals has created thousands of jobs in the country.
The disadvantages of having minerals:
-Mining damages the land. Dynamite explosions are needed to dig in the dirt.
-This industry damages the ecology of the place. It is not good for the environment and the wildlife.
-Mining towns that once were very productive end up being ghost towns.
