A steady supply of producers is also an increasing number of consumers. At what point is that unsustainable? Which is more important in the long run, the compet

A steady supply of producers is also an increasing number of consumers. At what point is that unsustainable? Which is more important in the long run, the competition to be a "world super power" or having a livable planet 1000 years from now? If economics is more a human invention and less a fundamental law of the universe, maybe "economics doesn't work this way" is something we can change.