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Something like 70% of the us economy is entirely driven by consumer spending....the acquisition of more and more trinkets. If people reduced their consumption t
by anonymous5133 7y ago
Something like 70% of the us economy is entirely driven by consumer spending....the acquisition of more and more trinkets. If people reduced their consumption then the USA would immediately go into a recession. That would be a serious problem considering how many people live paycheck to paycheck with no savings at all.
- perfunctory 7y agoYou are absolutely right. It's tragic that the livelihoods of people actually depend on polluting the planet. We are gonna have to find a way to restructure our economy. Maybe we can draw inspiration from Bertrand Russell (http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html) and John Keynes (http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ116a/keynes1.pdf http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ116a/keynes1.pdf)