'CAPITALISM LOOTED THE WORLD'

What would the world look like if everyone in Africa, Latin America and China got cars? Former Cuba leader Fidel Castro lamented this question thirty years ago. And he feared our hyper-consumerist lifestyle would end up destroying the planet.

Well, if he was worried then, he’d be more than alarmed if alive today. There are now 1.4-billion cars driving around our Earth, all using up vital resources and spewing pollution.

In this clip Castro blames capitalism and the consequent rat race. He says we’ve got our priorities wrong. Is he bang on?