PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 6, 2023
Capitalism has put profit over people and the planet for far too long now and is putting all of us in grave danger. We can have the progress being made technologically – and in every other realm – if we instead operate under the principle that life on this planet is sacred. It is a gift to be born into life and dwell amid all its sacredness. This is what indigenous cultures have been trying to say to us. The structure of capitalism must change to reflect this truth. No more “profit for the sake of profit.” We are all shareholders on this planet. ~ Priscilla Skerry, N.D., Portland