Limitless

Our planet has greatly changed to where in the 16th and 17th century where people would only create clothes, weapons and other things if need be. Yet in our society today, we allow ourselves and other people to consume and produce an unlimited amount of objects, foods and services even when they are not needed. Is it really necessary for a family of three to buy a Suburban? Or a Hummer? Consumption is destroying our planet and creating a world inhabitable by even the native species. Global warming is wiping out entire species like frogs and fish. Faustian Economics by Wendell Berry says that "The idea of limitless economy implies and requires a doctrine of general human limitless: all are entitled to pursue without limit whatever they conceive as desirable." This shows that we have shifted as a people, from taking only what we needed to striving to have everything. We want nothing more than to be like those people in the world who can buy and take whatever they want just because they can. We humans have become greedy and it has taken a toll. Destroying our environments around the world and reducing human to human contact. When will we realize that we have put a death clock on the planet and ourselves? Hopefully before it is too late.