sj_zeroI'm of two minds in this regard. On one hand, the people who are pushing for "a growing economy" usually are worried about rich people's yacht money. OTOH, the economy makes things like the ways we feed ourselves, and the way we heat our homes, and other stuff we need to not die.
It seems like too many people are focused on the evils of the former without considering the evils of harming the latter. Having to choose between freezing to death and starving to death isn't a good place to be.
JasmineExcept for the fact that people are already doing that. Capitalism is cruel and barbaric. Our species survived 295,000 years prior to the advent of money. 5,000 short years later, capitalism has destroyed our planet. Money is the root of all evil and the cause of our extinction.
V.K. Farfalle 🦋 (He/Him)@MysticaRose @sj_zero @dbattistella
In 5,000 short years money has taken us from primates in the wild to having the industrial capacity TO destroy our planet... and also feed a greater percentage of our population a more consistent diet than ever before, invent life-saving medications to treat diseases we just died from, enable global transportation and telecommunications and the existence of the entire concept of LITERATURE.
You're the one who's been brainwashed, "hon".
Sally Strange@vkfarfalle @MysticaRose @sj_zero @dbattistella Our ancestors have not been "primates in the wild" for 200,000 years. How dare you disrespect their millennia of creativity & refined survival tactics
@SallyStrange @sj_zero @dbattistella
I'm sure they'll get over it. The people who would be killed if we actually paid attention to this kind of vapid primitivist nonsense, on the other hand, might take a little bit longer.
I may not like late-stage capitalism very much, but every alternative to it that DOESN'T involve an extinction-level event... involves money.
@vkfarfalle @sj_zero @dbattistella You're sure our dead ancestors will get over it? OK. But the point of not disrespecting them is so you can learn from them.
You seem to be mistaking "the economy" for "money" here