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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Governments also have a tendency to grow, but they grow by taxing more or conque
The memes of free market and private property thrive because they foster economic evolution. Those who allocate their resources in a way that produces additional value — stuff that others want — will get more resources to allocate. Bad businesses, like unfit memes, go bankrupt and their resources are put to better use.
Degrowth is not a sustainable idea. "Have fewer kids to fight the climate change" and other variants of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement are not evolutionarily fit memes, except for the comedy value. In this current era of abundance, where nearly every child reaches adulthood, it's the cultures and genes that prolifically procreate, much like rabbits, that will prevail in the evolutionary race.
Degrowth is not a sustainable idea. "Fight the climate change by not having kids" and other variants of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement are not evolutionarily fit memes, except for the comedy value. In this current era of abundance, where nearly every child reaches adulthood, it's the cultures and genes that prolifically procreate, much like rabbits, that will prevail in the evolutionary race.
Of course, growth beyond the environmental carrying capacity is not sustainable either. Free market economy can help here as well: When land is privately owned, you have an incentive to not ruin its environmental value. However, it's crucial that also your neighbour's land, water, breathing air, and other externalities are priced in.