Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Tue, 29 Oct 2024, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:35:18 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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Thanks for the link.  I've believed for some time that we need to
transition to a steady-state economy; I'm glad to see that there are
others who agree.

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Capitalism shares some attributes with cancer. I have no idea how it could
be toned down or replaced though. Schumacher's 'Small Is Beautiful' was
interesting but had no effect.
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Many centuries left. We'll mine the ocean floors, we'll reach for the stars (or at least asteroids). Eventually we'll expand beyond the earth. The people predicting crashes and famines have been wrong every time, except for when alternatives to capitalism has been tried. Then there have been real famines.