Our median wealth in this country allows us to be so destructive as an unnoticed byproduct of our ridiculous standard and method of living. Sure, idiots go int

Our median wealth in this country allows us to be so destructive as an unnoticed byproduct of our ridiculous standard and method of living. Sure, idiots go into the wilderness and cause damage, and the residue from boating "enthusiasts" is terrible, but it's the machine itself that is the problem and those that can do something about it are too busy profiting from it to give a sh_t. All the problems you describe are real, and they can all be addressed by better seeing through eyes of compassion with a heart tuned to care for others and our mother Earth, herself. More succinctly, I've heard the saying, "Shit rolls downhill.", as it applies to the qualities of the leader percolating down through the ranks out to the leaf nodes of the culture. Most people are trying to emulate those power-hungry sociopaths, who are nearly always wealthy. "No more turning away." --Pink Floyd's "On the Turning Away"