As America, now the only superpower, appears to be embarking on its own unabashedly imperial phase, it appears to be incrementally betraying the values upon which it was founded. Amidst a flurry of self-righteous rhetoric about "protecting our way of life," it is shocking how much of our freedom, economic well-being, and environment are under assault. One needs to propose no hidden conspiracy other than the inevitable coercion ensuing from the accumulation of wealth and power in the hands of the few, arrogantly and ignorantly obsessed with their own short-term advantage. It is a failure of justice and love.
— Kabir Helminski, Spiritual Perspectives on America's Role as Superpower by Editors of Skylight Paths