Great analysis of the f*cked-up world we humans have created for ourselves. Money is more important than life itself. Money is the capitalist’s God. But there is another factor that stands in opposition to your utopia, Umair, even older than either money or capitalism: religion. Most, if not all, religions are based upon the idea of utopia not in this life but in the afterlife. In that sense death is more important from a religious perspective than life. If you think changing the global paradigm of capitalism will be difficult, changing the global concept of God will be a death knell.

Ironic, no? Religions purport to preach the sanctity of life all the while preaching the superiority of an afterlife.

Religious wars are fought to kill and die to preserve religious beliefs and/or convert other believers to “the one true faith.” Capitalist wars are fought to kill and die to preserve money and/or prevent others from taking what capitalists have taken from others for themselves. To the latter, capitalism is religion.

Religions worship an invisible God. Capitalism worships a golden calf. Neither “god” is worthy of worship. But paradigm shifts require at minimum a generational change; a die-off of the old way of thinking literally requires a die-off of old people.

Dylan said, “You’ve got to serve somebody,” but he was wrong in speaking about the devil or the lord. We’ve got to serve each other, here on this planet, now in our lifetimes. That will require dual paradigm shifts – of biblical proportions.