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It is concerning when all of our major social systems are built on the idea of an growing population and a growing economy (most pressing right now is funding p
by FredPret 1y ago
It is concerning when all of our major social systems are built on the idea of an growing population and a growing economy (most pressing right now is funding pensions).
Maybe we'll have a billion humans living in orbit in a century. Unsure if they'll be willing to pay Earth Tax though.
- mothballed 1y agoUS Citizens have to pay taxes even in orbit or on the ISS, or even on Mars or wherever in the universe they may be. This is fairly unique though, there's like one African dictatorship that does the same and that's about it.
- FredPret 1y agoLet's see how that goes after the Lunar Tea Party
- saghm 1y agoThat sounds a lot more like an argument for being concerned about our major social systems than the population trend. I guess I just don't think that introducing millions of extra humans into existence purely to avoid fixing Social Security or other similar issues makes any amount of sense.