Capitalist social system indoctrinates the people into measuring value in life only in terms of shiny things that clink. Even time and life are measured in terms of money. American Anglophone has hundreds of phrases that convey the concept of profit, but how many phrases does this linguistic system possess that convey the concept of virtue, honor, or duty?

"Saving" time is considered to be ultimate "progress" and efficiency, yet is the cost of ecologic destruction to construct highways and airports worth the value of reducing travel time by a few minutes? Is it truly efficient to destroy regional, communal economic infrastructure to manufacture baubles in the Third world, in order that trinkets can be sold at a few cents cheaper? Are people truly wealthier by constantly purchasing useless technical baubles, as if their next technology messiah has arrived in the newest iteration of some Apple or Google product?

The modern capitalist society is impatient to throw away the past, in order to heedlessly mortgage their future, for over consumption in the present. A flawed system built upon fanciful premise of infinite growth on a finite planet will only result in disaster.