Kenya may be out in front of the US in this area - but we will catch up

Kenya definitely is out in front of the US in terms of burning suspected witches.

But, based upon the current trends, the US should be able to catch up in this area by 2015.

Was it Hayek or Schumpeter that viewed that in general the human species is in a state of chaos, violence, in which reason and advances are lost, and there are only brief periods of enlightenment and freedom.

Are we moving away from reason and enlightenment or is this just a symptom of the limits of consumerism as an economic basis for existence?