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missingthebigdog

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1. Exactly

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 09:58 PM

Feb 2013

We need a lifestyle contraction.
Too many people are working to maintain a lifestyle that they don't even enjoy. We need fewer workers in the economy, and living wages for those workers. A family of four should be able to live comfortably on the wages of one worker.

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A Better Plan Than 'Endless Growth': Enough Is Enough [View all] limpyhobbler Feb 2013 OP

Exactly missingthebigdog Feb 2013 #1

We literally can't do it voluntarily. GliderGuider Feb 2013 #2

This one hits home. What will it take for us to survive on this groovedaddy Feb 2013 #3

"We" are very unlikely to do that in any general sense. GliderGuider Feb 2013 #4