So basically, you're admitting that it is a ponzi scheme. That "everyone's quality of life" is dependent on an ever increasing population. And, 8 billion peop

So basically, you're admitting that it is a ponzi scheme. That "everyone's quality of life" is dependent on an ever increasing population. And, 8 billion people isn't enough? What about 10 billion? 12 billion? Every argument in favor of this ever increasing population is based on an imaginary structure called finance. While completely ignoring a physically real structure called nature. At what point does the imaginary structure acknowledge it's impact on the real structure? What is the capitalist plan in identifying when the population is large enough, and instituting a transition at that point? The simple answer is of course, never. That's what makes it a ponzi scheme. Even looking at historical trends doesn't support the argument that increased population supports "everyone's quality of life". The US population has approx. doubled in the last 50 years, and yet the economic position/buying power of almost all people have diminished in that same time. Instead all economic growth in that period has gone to the equity class, with no mitigation of this trend in sight. This really brings us to the questions of: Who is "everybody"? and What constitutes their "quality of life"? Does another billion really improve Elon's? There's more than enough prosperity, but it's very unequally distributed. Apaparently heating the atmoshpere, melting the poles, clear cutting the rain forrests, extincting many species, depleting fresh water supplies, depleting soil fertility is all on the table, but spreading the wealth around so retiring old people can live indoors is absolutely not an option.