Anonymous #1 2w

what do you mean by growth?

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Anonymous OP 2w

economic growth

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Anonymous #1 2w

economic growth is a fantasy and it cannot be infinite

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Anonymous #1 2w

poor people today are unthinkably better off than poor people in the past. imagine if in 1800 world economies focused on redistributing wealth instead of growing it. everyone would live in worse conditions today

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Anonymous #1 2w

i meant infinite growth is a fantasy. economic growth relies on resource extraction and resources are finite. not to mention there is no way to get meaningful economic growth without ignoring the environment. do we want a booming economy for the next however many years before we extract everything and the earth finishes withering away, or do we want a sustainable economic system where we can ensure a bright future for our children and grandchildren

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Anonymous #1 2w

the wealth has consistently becoming more concentrated in the top 1%. 10% of people hold over 90% of the nation’s wealth. you can’t claim to know that technological advances could not have been made if we redistributed the wealth in the 1800s. as we are right now, technological advances are mostly being made in communist or socialist countries, and american “advancements” are just finding new ways to make more money, even if it means screwing people over.

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Anonymous OP 2w

“economic growth relies on resource extraction” false. that’s one way to grow your economy, but a much more robust way is through a developed service sector. singapore has grown into one of the richest countries in the world with almost no natural resources to speak of. it appears you are confusing the field of development economics for the book “the lorax” by doctor seuss

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Anonymous OP 2w

“technological advances are mostly being made in communist or socialist countries” what are you even talking about? if you mean china, keep in mind that even though it’s called the “people’s republic” it hasn’t had a socialist economic system since the 70s-80s

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