Both sins are rooted, obviously, in racism, as well as greed. And both racism and greed, in turn, are rooted in the delusion of self and other being different.
In the centuries since our discovery, we have exploited and despoiled the continent to the point where it's becoming near inhabitable. After slavery finally ended, we turned to a system of economic exploitation where the rich got richer and the poor got poorer and had to accept whatever labor the ruling class deemed appropriate. And it's too heartbreaking to discuss what's happened to the original natives of this land. We huddle in our homes trying to avoid viruses, even as cancer rots us from the inside.
Is this the darkest hour just before a spiritual re-awakening? Or is this just the darkest hour?
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