"So we have this single culture that dominates the world,and who runs it? Is it a pharoah determined to leave great monuments for future generations to remember him by? Or a Thomas Jefferson crafting a philosophy to guide his great grandchildren into democracy? Or even a warrior priest, like Atahualpa, bent on long term preservation of the empire? No. This culture, ours-yours and mine- is led by a small circle of greedy corporate executives who can't see more than three months beyond their noses, whose every decision is dictated by an obsession to enhance the bottom line. Their high priests are accountants; their ministers of state, attorneys. Their gods are investment bankers. And their myths take the form of quarterly reports. The legacy they leave behind is not one of great pyramids, brilliant ideas, or prosperity for future generations. It is, rather, a ravaged planet: junkyards, burning rivers, and nuclear waste!"
-Excerpts from; " Shape Shifting" by John Perkins
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