But what was lost in the process,
while taking all the natural spoils?
Water purification process for one,
land polluted with chemicals and oils.

Mass production and mass consumption,
have become the operating economic rules.
While rich get richer, poor get poorer,
as the powerful flex their muscular tools.

Use their power to manipulate:
the church with moral tenets,
leaders with conquest goals and
CEOs with monetary intents.

A military-industrial complex evolved,
creating tension throughout the world.
Making threats evermore dangerous,
almost every citizen feeling imperiled.

Power and money now dominate,
an unnatural order looking bleak.
Where billions suffer under the thumb,
our world comes closer to the brink.