Berry argues that European colonial settlers and their descendants were/are predators on the peoples and lands of North America because they thought of themselves as a blessing for the continent. Thomas Berry explained that after being under the control of the European government and hierarchy, we saw this new land as a sort of escape. According to the author, humans were heavily influenced by the words of Enlightenment philosophers, such as Bacon, Descartes and Locke, who believed in the control of nature. However, there was also another group of people who tried to teach us the value of…