The entire world is on a irreversibly downward spiral because schooling is a youth control system designed to shut down creativity, spontaneity, inovation, joy, or anything which detracts from being a listener, follower, dumbass. Schooljails give us competition, greed, bullying, envy, & every conceivable waste we can think of. Consumerism is part of the process to keep us economically & materially dependent on a few wealthy individuals.