Hello Ecolady,
> Re: Corporate growth/profit -
>
> In my opinion the problem is not growth/profit but LOVE OF MONEY
> OVER LOVE OF LIFE!!!!!
Both are problems. They go hand in hand.
> The corporate mentality that Money at any expense (especially at the
> expense
> of our natural resources) is OK - now that has to STOP!!!!!
Agreed.
> We need future leaders whose vision includes growth, profit,
> prosperity but
> not at the COST of our EARTH - That is what I will teach my children.
Perhaps you miss the point: growth, profit and financial prosperity are
always at the COST of our EARTH. The present economy is designed so that
it needs to continually grow in order to survive. This is why recycling,
reusable, user-servicable goods and so on are discouraged, and
everything is made to be disposable, not to last - so that people will
go out and buy more things and keep the economy growing. The earth has
finite resources and cannot support this procedure indefinitely.
Continual economic growth=continual production of unnecessary
items=resource depletion=the earth.
> I also believe it is OK to want to make a lot of money and be rich but
> not at
> the expense of others and our Earth.
Get rich and making a lot of money is always at the expense of others
and our Earth.
> There is a way to have money and not
> worship it.
A new economy needs to be adopted which does not elevate the
accumulation of money to the only worthwhile goal, it is true.
> The problem I feel today is not necessarily capitalism but the
> lack of good VALUES.
And I would add to that, lack of common sense.
Lee.
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