Everyone must have one. Of course, to produce a greater number of products requires consuming ever greater amounts of the earth's natural resources. And, given the built-in dynamic of competition, falling prices and lower profit margins, the process can never end until, that is, either the earth's storehouse is exhausted or a new economic system, based on an entirely different principle than profit, is established. So call it free enterprise, or the free market, or the profit system, or the American Way. Or call it capitalism.
Most Greens agree that environmental questions are directly linked to social questions.
Without a people's economic democracy to replace the corporations' economic dictatorship, nothing can or will change significantly. Changing the social structure from the bottom up requires patient, persistent effort. Until the majority of the people agree that such a change is needed and are willing to organize and act to enact the change, it won't happen. To get there at some point in the future we must start today with a political movement dedicated to exposing the harsh facts of life of capitalism to the people, and outlining a realistic and workable alternative. But given the urgency of the problem the temptation of easy answers and shortcuts is great.