The populations around the world continue to grow which requires ever expanding economies.
The refusal of specific religions to sanction birth control.
The consciousness of the materialist identity in which the worth and consequence of the yeindividual is assessed by the quantity and quality of material possessions possessed.
The hierarchal system of rank and status in which the individual is assessed worth and consequence by the amount of money and material possessions acquired and possessed.
The profit motive as the incentive for human effort, werein the more one gains with the accordant comfort, status and the substanciation of self, depends upon the more one produces.
The work ethic in which the individual is valued based on the ability and degree of work produced.
Free market pricing forces in which an excess of commodities is necessary to keep prices down which in turn encourages economic expansion.
The investment system of credit and shareholder financing which by interest and dividends, demands increasing profits and expanding economies.
The emphasis upon private interests acting independently and for themselves as opposed to the whole.
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