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It helps the economy, more people = more demand and bigger markets. Now one might ask why the economy needs to grow.
by nairboon 3y ago
It helps the economy, more people = more demand and bigger markets.
Now one might ask why the economy needs to grow.
- romusha 3y agoCuz the old billionaires
- cjbgkagh 3y agoMore people is more demand and higher prices and depressed wages equals higher profits. Natalism is being pushed by corporatism. Plus the modern economy is a giant ponzi scheme and people don’t want it to collapse on their watch.
- HPsquared 3y agoOwners of land, and operators of various Ponzi schemes, demand it.
- safety1st 3y agoThose Ponzi schemes include practically everyone's retirement plans. Whether it's a tax-funded benefit or a private fund levered to the market it needs growth.
- cjbgkagh 3y agoThe assumption of continued economic growth is what makes the numbers in dodgy ponzi economic theory work. Society will have to go to ever increasing extremes to make it work. At some point the cost of that will exceed even the imagined gains and the economy will implode. Politically people don’t want their dose of reality so we’re stuck in a boom/bust business cycle of ever increasing amplitude. The rollercoaster we can’t get off. I think we’re already at the limits of what can be done and the social fabric keeping things together does appear to be at a breaking point.