If nothing else it begins to withdraw the spiritual sanction or approval of the Roman Catholic Church from an amoral, often
inhumane world economic system.
During the first meetings of ATTAC, we saw the succession of clearly anti-capitalist positions and those, whose priority is the regulation of financial markets and of
the world economic system.
Through these policies countries are integrated within
the world economic system under TNC dominance and primarily for their benefit.
We ignored reality in the marketplace and nearly destroyed
the world economic system.
To respond properly to climate change does not threaten most people's world view, but it does suggest a possibly - chaotic overthrow of
the world economic system that is built on fossil fuels.
Take a look, for example, at Richard Heinberg's The End of Growth, wherein we learn that «
the world economic system is a kind of Ponzi scheme that is only kept going by the confidence of its participants,» and that «the Keynesian remedy doesn't cure the ailment but merely extends the suffering.»