A scathing critique of what America had become.

As you conclude, re-birth is possible, but everything is reconstituted in the process.

The Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh writes in his book Being Peace,

"We have more than 50,000 nuclear weapons. Humankind has become a very dangerous species. We need people who can sit still and be able to smile, who can walk peacefully. We need people like that in order to save us. Mahayana Buddhism says that you are that person, that each of you is that person."