cause and effect

the focus on economic gain and the material world looked good to the common people when products were limited and only a few nobles controlled the wealth.
So capitalism had its day and now drowning in products and floundering with its "wealth' it has proven to be a lot like cancer. Devouring resources and delivering toxins it is fast killing its "host."

We know the cure, we want it, we need it - yet the old ways are so ingrained we fear the changes that will kill them, even though they'll save us!
Weird - like the abused wife that won't leave her husband.