UhBellcake to Memes@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoShout out to the oil, meat, and shipping industrieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down11
arrow-up168arrow-down1imageShout out to the oil, meat, and shipping industrieslemmy.worldUhBellcake to Memes@lemmy.ml • 2 years agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareMubelotixcakelinkfedilink0•2 years agoIf only we had deflation people would not overconsume so much
minus-square@philm@programming.devlinkfedilink1•2 years agobu… buut economic growth > everything else …?
minus-square@jaanus20@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•2 years agoWe can’t deflate form 8 billion people and counting
minus-square@flop@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilink1•2 years agoMalthus was wrong about this too. It’s not the population that’s a problem, it’s miles of strip malls, filled with cheap trash, and meat and dairy every meal of the day.
minus-square@Beliriel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•edit-22 years agoAnd why are those being built? Because the consumer population doesn’t care and continues consuming the cheapest dirtiest shit imaginable.
minus-square@flop@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilink1•2 years agoOkay? That doesn’t change the fact that it’s the lifestyle of people in rich countries, not the number of people that is the problem.
minus-square@thank_me_its_friday@feddit.delinkfedilink-2•2 years agoGermany tried it once … I mean twice
minus-squareKoordinator Olinkfedilink0•edit-22 years agoDon’t forget about the Chinese. They tried too and they were much more efficient.
If only we had deflation people would not overconsume so much
bu… buut economic growth > everything else …?
We can’t deflate form 8 billion people and counting
Malthus was wrong about this too. It’s not the population that’s a problem, it’s miles of strip malls, filled with cheap trash, and meat and dairy every meal of the day.
And why are those being built? Because the consumer population doesn’t care and continues consuming the cheapest dirtiest shit imaginable.
Okay? That doesn’t change the fact that it’s the lifestyle of people in rich countries, not the number of people that is the problem.
Germany tried it once … I mean twice
Don’t forget about the Chinese. They tried too and they were much more efficient.