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By having a class of people who don't believe in growth who want the job of taking from the rich and giving to the poor. That's why they don't believe in growt
by neilwilson 4y ago
By having a class of people who don't believe in growth who want the job of taking from the rich and giving to the poor.
That's why they don't believe in growth - it gives them a job where they can act morally superior while skimming a chunk of output for themselves.
It's the middle class equivalent of giving a man a fish, rather than teaching them to fish.
Productive growth, of course, is doing more with less, and just getting things to cycle faster.
Nobody thinks the carbon cycle is unsustainable, however if you can find a way to get plants to do that cycle twice in a year rather than once you've doubled growth. That's where future growth needs to come from. Improvements in the speed of turn amongst sustainable production cycles.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoGrowth cannot be infinite. Future growth is never guaranteed, and less likely the more unsustainable the processes.
- neilwilson 4y agoWell of course growth can’t be infinite. The Sun will explode in about five billion years.