Can any one explain this small paragraph to me?

The western capitalist system promotes educational individualism, and moving ahead of fellow human beings undermines what is at the heart of the concept of wakohtowin, the betterment of all our relationships. Historically and today, our domestic and political issues originate in our relationship with the church and state and their establishment of empires.The establishment of empires has meant the deconstruction of traditional cultures and their economic systems.