It is killing life at its source, which is human. It is based on competition and greed. Greed and competition are at the basis of the commercial and social life of America, and therefore, through its influence, of a huge section of the world. The first step is to reject commercialization, reject market forces as an economic theory. It helps a few at the expense of the many.
Market forces can create, even in the erstwhile Soviet Union, millionaires overnight.
That is what they are meant to do. They are meant to present the opportunity of becoming a millionaire to anybody. And if we do not reject that whole idea of competition and greed as having any part to play in creating right human relations, we will destroy ourselves, we will never make it.