Well said...

“The Western worldview says, in essence, that 
technological progress is the highest value and 
that we were born to consume, to endlessly use 
and discard natural resources, other species, 
gadgets, toys, and often, each other. The most 
highly prized freedom is the right to shop. It’s a 
 world of commodities, not entities, and economic 
expansion is the primary measure of progress. 
Competition, taking, and hoarding are higher 
values than cooperation, sharing, and gifting. 
Profits are valued over people, money over 
meaning, entitlement over justice, “us” over 
 “them.” This is the most dangerous addiction in 
the world, not only because of its impact on 
humanity but because it is rapidly undermining the 
natural systems that sustain the biosphere.” 
                                                             –Bill Plotkin