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The_jackalope

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15. "Degrowth" is an absolute taboo subject in civilization at large.

Reply to The Mouth (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 8, 2018, 12:41 PM

Oct 2018

Whether it's in population (cut the number of people by 80%), or economic activity (everyone take an 80% cut in income) the scale of the problem is out of reach of any feasible scale of solution, and even moving incrementally towards real solutions is prevented by the degrowth taboo.

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