Yes, our world is at a crossroads, facing a dilemma, confronting the ultimate no-win scenario, because the Myth of Perpetual Growth is essential to support the global population explosion. But all this Growth is also killing our world, wasting our planet’s non-renewable natural resources. Eternal Growth is suicidal, will eventually destroy Earth. We’re damned if we grow. Damned if we don’t. Our present economic system predicated on continuous, exponential growth is driving all of us towards a precipice. The entire economy is based on money created from interest-bearing debt which compels society into a “grow or die” situation. If we continue to grow the economy, we must consume more and more resources at an exponential rate. This means exponential rates in natural resource consumption, waste generation, population growth, biodiversity loss. If we do not grow the economy, debts cannot be repaid, bankruptcies loom, and production grinds to a halt. These are the only two options with the current system, both of which are disasters for humankind. Furthermore, the trend of increasing automation of production displaces workers and upsets the labor-for-income game at the very heart of capitalistic society. We simply need fewer and fewer people to work to provide ever higher amounts of output. So we encourage people to consume for no better reason than for the health of “the economy”. This is absurd and I think most people know it. Put simply, we must evolve. Attached are 50 amazing innovations and ways that YOU can start to make a difference, change the way you live, spread the word. fee.org/the_freeman/detail/fifty-ways-to-leave-leviathan#axzz2gJvDSOBp
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:19:27 +0000
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