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Strong economies prevent people from dying of starvation, disease, and violence. Social issues all start as economic issues, they are a luxury of the wealthy. T
by throwaway0255 8y ago
Strong economies prevent people from dying of starvation, disease, and violence. Social issues all start as economic issues, they are a luxury of the wealthy. There are 1.4 billion people in China, and if that economy is "gone in a few years", a few hundred million people will die of starvation and disease, and a few billion people all over the globe will descend into poverty.
- nostrademons 8y agoThat assumes nothing will replace it. Most of the time, when unsustainable economies collapse, they get replaced by something else. Collapse a few times and eventually you get something sustainable, if only through survivorship bias.