Because relentless bad news breeds cynicism, which is demoralizing and self-defeating. In this community there’s already plenty of that to go round. The full story is slightly more complex.

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    Completely agree. That one was a terrible take.

    Growthism is a de-facto religion IMO. The obsession with this weirdly abstract indicator is obviously irrational.

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      18 hours ago

      In a liberal democracy, it hypothetically should allow for increased economic mobility, by making “new money” available to people to make their riches. As others have said, this is unsustainable in a finite system.

      Another way to allow for economic mobility is to free up some of the “old money” back into the economy.

      There are many ways to accomplish this.