To earn a living or to maintain a status quo in their living standard, the people of the given place will resort either to force (wars) or non-violent means (economic power) to plunder others 'resources, or they may exhaust the resources of their offspring to make up for what they are short of, causing all sorts of environmental pollution through over-development.
該地為了生存或維持既有的生活水準，此時不是以武力（戰爭）或非武力（強勢經濟）掠奪他人的資源，就是以透支子孫的資源來補其不足，並且過度開發造成種種環境汙染。