The common thread is, money is power, power corrupts, and corruption is commonplace. There is little to no will to fight systemic corruption. It's so much easier to look the other way, pretend it doesn't exist, or benefit from it. We cannot, or will not, hold ourselves accountable for the damage we cause to the planet, or to ourselves. We love to tell ourselves stories about what lofty goals we have, but seldom do we live up to them.

I just hope we can survive long enough to learn the hard, bitter lessons we must endure to start actually taking responsibility as a species so we can begin to change how we see our role on this planet.