• anguo@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    When growth is so inherent to your system that the opposite is “negative growth”.

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      8 months ago

      We built a system based on continuous growth and consumption. People freeze like deer in the headlights when it gets brought up that it isn’t sustainable and get offended that maybe we should try to make some changes to it.

    • Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Well, if you used the correct mathematical term, population decay, then you’re gonna have a lot of rubes rioting about some conspiracy on how a population can’t decompose or some shit.

      Scientist had to change global warming to climate change when they realized some people can’t look past the buzz words and learn something.