Seeing Wetiko: On Capitalism, Mind Viruses, And Antidotes For A World In Transition

Seeing Wetiko: On Capitalism, Mind Viruses, And Antidotes For A World In Transition

Wetiko is an Algonquin word for a cannibalistic spirit that is driven by greed, excess, and selfish consumption (in Ojibwa it is windigo, wintiko in Powhatan). It deludes its host into believing that cannibalizing the life-force of others (others in the broad sense, including animals and other forms of Gaian life) is a logical and morally upright way to live.