I don’t know why this comment is getting the downvotes. Capitalism can only succeed if it exploits and extracts from resources, consuming more and more in order to keep up the churn. The only way to profit is to spend less than you make and always seek out ways to make more. We do this through colonialism, exploit, and barbaric mining of natural resources using people as tools. We do this by continually telling others that we deserve nice things because we work hard, because that message is how corporations and private equity sculpt us in order to prop themselves up.