Yes I doubt that in the history of the world there has ever been or ever again will be a nation of mass individual over-consumption to rival America over the past few decades.
Australia is heading down the same path but should now turn around before reaching American levels and the same applies to a few other countries.
The economic philosophy of endless growth is fundamentally flawed, is unsustainable and is destroying quality of life in communities by encouraging individual greed and selfishness. Look where the "greed is good" philosophy of Wall Street eventually gets you.
