Cyclical Consumption
. . . our use of a profit-based, “growth”-driven monetary system has become one of the greatest destroyers of the natural world and sustainable human values. The entire global economy requires “cyclical consumption” to operate, which means that money must constantly be circulating. Thus, new goods and services must be constantly introduced regardless of the state of the environment and actual human necessity. This “perpetual” approach has a fatal flaw, for resources as we know it are simply not infinite. Resources are finite and the Earth is essentially a closed system. To assume the need for constant consumption to keep people employed and hence the market system going is eco-cidal on a finite planet. The true goal of an economy, by definition, is to strategically preserve and create efficiency. The system today demands the opposite.
One stands amazed that this clear and perceivable fact is not seen and understood by those who now rule and govern.
This intelligent viewpoint is most definitely a sign of things to come!
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