Our current economic system is fundamentally dependent on monetary growth, that is more money being continuously spent on “goods,” regardless where the later are coming from and what they truly contribute to our well-being. Destroying the Earth is one of the best tactics for increasing this growth, for example, by cutting down forests and poisoning the oceans in the name of monetary profit, because this helps keep the economy moving.
In this powerful video, David Suzuki dives deeply into this important issue, pointing out the faulty logic of economists and bringing about an awareness of the current state of our planet.