> WE VALUE MONEY AND POWER ABOVE ANYTHING ELSE Isn't that what capitalism enables? With money, you get more money. With more money you get power. With power yo

> WE VALUE MONEY AND POWER ABOVE ANYTHING ELSE Isn't that what capitalism enables? With money, you get more money. With more money you get power. With power you get even more money. I feel like you described current liberal capitalist world. The system is constructed in such a way that most people work towards creating wealth either for themselves or their boss. The way this wealth is later used is not as important, it can lead to overutilisation of resources, straining the ecosystem, creating pollution or just "having fun" while your neighbour has a hard time feeding his family. I don't think that this is the "leaders'" fault, in my opinion the system is mostly to blame - it either rewards or forces behaviours that you listed.