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[Heyo]

How many goats does it take to barter for an Xbox?

We already tried that one. Do you have a new idea?

 

[Revoltingest]

That is sadly true. We are stuck with a dysfunctional system.
And people are still too comfortable in it to start try something else. (And every attempt would be attacked by the capitalists, so it would be really hard to try.)

People have tried many other systems.
Capitalism, for all its problems, just doesn't
face anything with a better record.

Capitalism is a lot like science.
Both are useful. But both are fallible.
They're fraught with uncertainty about what
will happen next, with corruption by dishonest
humans, & full of progress that occurs in fits
& starts. Yet both are without a good alternative.
So the issue I see is how to deal with each, ie,
managing them for maximum benefit.

 

[Revoltingest]

Probably true, but some of those who know better than I seem to think it does need changing in some manner to make it less damaging for the planet. Not sure which is worse - population growth or our expectations as to how we would like to live. We all cannot live like most in the USA can (a nation with probably the highest consumption), and at the same time we cannot have such disparities in lifestyles without it producing the conflicts that often comes from such. So surely something has to change.

We certainly need change.
Foremost for me is the dysfunctional idea that we
need continuous & unlimited economic expansion.
I see no need or advantage to more population &
a larger economy. But the downsides are is over-
crowding, higher costs, resource depletion, loss
of natural environment, & mass extinctions,

 

[Mock Turtle]

We certainly need change.
Foremost for me is the dysfunctional idea that we
need continuous & unlimited economic expansion.
I see no need or advantage to more population &
a larger economy. But the downsides are is over-
crowding, higher costs, resource depletion, loss
of natural environment, & mass extinctions,

Well I have no idea where change will come from that will get us to a better place.

 

[Revoltingest]

Well I have no idea where change will come from that will get us to a better place.

I do.
But you're not going to like it.
Really.

Spoiler: You won't like it

Things will have to get so bad that we're finally compelled to face it.

 

[Mock Turtle]

I do.
But you're not going to like it.
Really.

Spoiler: You won't like it

Things will have to get so bad that we're finally compelled to face it.

I think you might be right too.

 

[Twilight Hue]

We already tried that one. Do you have a new idea?

Yep. Stay with capitalism.