I do, however, agree with the spirit of quote; it's just that it started to become really applicable a few generations ago (or, depending on how you think of it

I do, however, agree with the spirit of quote; it's just that it started to become really applicable a few generations ago (or, depending on how you think of it, such a mentality was always a major current of colonized America, but it really gained cultural ascendency in the 70s as we ran out of easy ways to extract wealth while plausibly "improving" things).