The distance between them grows larger every day. A crisis of imagination so profound that the only measure of value is profit, the only measure of human progress is economic growth. We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith.
Global capitalism becomes a machine devouring our planet.
The machine cannot and does not measure their suffering. The machine also does not measure the suffering of our planet. Every second an area the size of a soccer field is deforested. This fact alone should be mobilizing men and women to protect their most basic interest - oxygen. But the machine overwhelms us.