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An economy that requires ever-greater consumption is part of the problem, and breaking it up has to be part of the solution.
An economy that requires ever-greater demand *can't* let anyone satisfy demand: it has to find ways to charge more for the same things, or to charge money for what was once free. In practice, politically-connected businesses find ways to inflate the costs of their services and/or disservices: thus the banking, intellectual robbery,* and prison industries do well.
An economy that requires ever-greater consumption is also destroying the environment. That should be obvious ...
*'Cause we all know which kind of *property* intellectual property is. It sure isn't freedom. And until we make it impossible, it will continue to be robbery.
An economy that requires ever-greater demand *can't* let anyone satisfy demand: it has to find ways to charge more for the same things, or to charge money for what was once free. In practice, politically-connected businesses find ways to inflate the costs of their services and/or disservices: thus the banking, intellectual robbery,* and prison industries do well.
An economy that requires ever-greater consumption is also destroying the environment. That should be obvious ...
*'Cause we all know which kind of *property* intellectual property is. It sure isn't freedom. And until we make it impossible, it will continue to be robbery.
