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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:07:17 +0000
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On 29/10/2024 20:00, rbowman wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:35:18 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the link.  I've believed for some time that we need to
>> transition to a steady-state economy; I'm glad to see that there are
>> others who agree.
> 
> Capitalism shares some attributes with cancer. I have no idea how it could
> be toned down or replaced though. Schumacher's 'Small Is Beautiful' was
> interesting but had no effect.
This isn't capitalism. This is debt economy.

NOTHING to do with capital but a LOT to do with socialism.

Borrow money, buy votes, tax the next generation as you pay it back to 
the previous.
It is the end of debt financed post war consumer economics.


-- 
All political activity makes complete sense once the proposition that 
all government is basically a self-legalising protection racket, is 
fully understood.