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« on: December 10, 2016, 11:09:21 AM »
« edited: December 10, 2016, 11:11:35 AM by Senator Scott »

I am skeptical that economic growth is by itself an inherent "good," and because of that I am extremely weary of commercialization, overconsumption, and the increase in human population as I believe these things will inevitably cause, likely in our lifetimes, an economic collapse which will be so catastrophic that we may or may not recover from it - not to mention a worsened ecosystem born out of generations of pollution and so-called 'progress' and development.  Ironically, it is technology which will have to become more efficient to decrease the resources we need in order to make a sustainable economy, but population growth will also have to be addressed at some point, either voluntarily, or when nature can no longer sustain infinite growth and human populations are no longer expanding, but brutally competing for the resources that are left.

For that, I'm very sympathetic to "preppers" or survivalists who promote self-sufficiency and rural living.  Given the fact that people are so accustomed to the comforts that modern civilization provides them, I'm not optimistic that these problems will dissipate on their own as nature will eventually force us to lower our living standards, whether we want to or not.

(Sadly, it's usually libertarian RWNJs who are most often associated with the 'prepper movement,' mainly because within it there is a segment of 'rugged individualists' who buy into racist or religion-based conspiracy theories.  And those are things which distract people from the legitimate problems that exist in a world economy that is unsustainable.)
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