Humanity’s rapacious consumption is more than Earth and its climate can handle, which is driving an ecological crisis.

    • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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      15 days ago

      Yep, that’s literally the whole point of capitalism, always more. Infinite growth in a finite system is impossible. And despite what some people are saying, we’re definitely not in the part where exiting our finite system is viable.

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      15 days ago

      Don’t forget sexual selection for conspicous consumption and social status, plus evolutionary winner-takes-it-all. Capitalism is also a system driven by darwinian-like evolutionary processes.