I am wealth, I am abundance, I am Cosmic Ordering.
Perhaps the answer is that it is necessary to slow down, finally giving up on economistic fanaticism and collectively rethink the true meaning of the word __ealth._ Wealth does not mean a person who owns a lot, but refers to someone who has enough time to enjoy what nature and human collaboration place within everyone__ reach. If the great majority of people could understand this basic notion, if they could be liberated from the competitive illusion that is impoverishing everyone__ life, the very foundations of capitalism, would start to crumble (p. 169).
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Perhaps the answer is that it is necessary to slow down, finally giving up on economistic fanaticism and collectively rethink the true meaning of the word __ealth._ Wealth does not mean a person who owns a lot, but refers to someone who has enough time to enjoy what nature and human collaboration place within everyone__ reach. If the great majority of people could understand this basic notion, if they could be liberated from the competitive illusion that is impoverishing everyone__ life, the very foundations of capitalism, would start to crumble (p. 169).
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