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Saying It Out Loud Isn't Enough (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by AvogadroJones to c/doomers

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It's all fine and good for John Kerry to utter a fundamental truth about a major driver of climate catastrophe, but it is a useless proclamation without offering a solution.

Have enough tipping points been breached that there are no prescriptions to offer?

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[–] chaorace 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Capitalist economy needs constant growth to survive.

Well, do I have some bad news for you! The world population isn't projected to peak until 2080, but the U.S. population is projected to peak in 2052 (<30 years). We have one generation to figure out the alchemy of prosperity under population stagnation.

FWIW: there's nothing written in stone that says you must have growth to sustain capitalism. A shrinking labor pool can be replaced with improved efficiency (i.e.: AI & automation). A shrinking consumer base can be replaced with increased per-capita consumption (i.e.: more consumerism). Love it or hate it, capitalism in an extremely adaptable system that will readily adapt to changing tides -- necessity is the mother of invention.

[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 2 years ago

Or you can just abandon some of your old productive capacity. Depending on how you define capitalism a market with private ownership but little investment might still count.

[–] lntl 0 points 2 years ago

I don't really have feelings towards it. Your analysis is obscured by rose-colored glasses.

[–] deathmetal -1 points 2 years ago

Get rid of the taxes and the growth requirements are way down. Technology seems to have stabilized and we are now realizing that the whole internet boom was a bubble.