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The alternative is stagnation. And if you think that zero sum economy would favor you over corporations and billionaires, I have a bridge to sell you.
by ACCount37 10mo ago
The alternative is stagnation. And if you think that zero sum economy would favor you over corporations and billionaires, I have a bridge to sell you.
- graemep 10mo agoAssuming positive real return on their investments, a zero growth (or low growth) economy means the rich will own an ever growing proportion of wealth - its simple arithmetic.
- pixelpoet 10mo agoAnd if you think humanity is making it past ~2100, I have some carbon credits to sell you: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328719303507 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001632871... Growth über Alles / the race to consume everything we can in our spherical petri dish with the same level of awareness as mindless bacteria, will be the end of human civilisation, regardless of anyone's economic beliefs.
- iinnPP 10mo agoTurns out love your neighbor was incredibly valuable advice.
- ACCount37 10mo agoClimate change is simply not an extinction threat. Despite all the fearmongering, the worst case scenarios top out at "WW2" levels of devastation and loss of life. The only credible extinction threat to humankind so far is an ASI oopise, and that's because it's an intelligent threat.