Our World & Civilization is, perhaps, in a Catch-22. On the one hand, we have Western democratic capitalism, which embraces (at least on paper) individual liberties, freedoms, self-determination, due process of law, and even welcomes (at least in some quarters) diversity, self-fulfillment and expression, but yet, tolerates over-consumption. On the other hand, our World has murderous communism and totalitarianism states which suppress human liberties & freedoms, squelch human diversity and attempt to regulate human thought through a surveillance society, and yet, limit consumption to the point of human misery.
If one trusts the physical models (sets of partial differential equations), the former systems of government will likely lead to our species annihilating itself while the latter will somewhat less likely result in said outcome. Question is, "Can we have Liberty without Consumption?"
If one trusts the physical models (sets of partial differential equations), the former systems of government will likely lead to our species annihilating itself while the latter will somewhat less likely result in said outcome. Question is, "Can we have Liberty without Consumption?"
