RE: New economy
January 19, 2022 at 3:56 pm
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2022 at 4:07 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't think so. Would it really be surprising if the prosperity of a living creature fundamentally depended on growth of some kind?
The trick is learning to lean in. Lean into what we are, lean into growth. Growth doesn't have to be filthy word.
In my perfect future, there are too many of us to fit onto just one rock, and too many plants (all grown to feed us) to fit on just one rock, and too much product to sell on just one rock. We probably won't get a second rock any time soon..... but imagine an earth overflowing with labor and products in the meantime, and wonder again about all of those evils of capitalism that might not seem so pressing in that case. I get that at some point it's self defeating by some metrics - we're imagining a world of poor people (because there's alot of everything for sale and so not alot of wealth or prosperity for any given seller)...who need for nothing but may (absolutely) still want very much.
I'd take it - is all I'm saying.
The trick is learning to lean in. Lean into what we are, lean into growth. Growth doesn't have to be filthy word.
In my perfect future, there are too many of us to fit onto just one rock, and too many plants (all grown to feed us) to fit on just one rock, and too much product to sell on just one rock. We probably won't get a second rock any time soon..... but imagine an earth overflowing with labor and products in the meantime, and wonder again about all of those evils of capitalism that might not seem so pressing in that case. I get that at some point it's self defeating by some metrics - we're imagining a world of poor people (because there's alot of everything for sale and so not alot of wealth or prosperity for any given seller)...who need for nothing but may (absolutely) still want very much.
I'd take it - is all I'm saying.
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