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In reply to the discussion: Can we achieve growth & equality while kicking Climate Change? [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)53. Resistance to the change originates in a growth obsessed system...
People like their techno-gizmos as well and don't want to give them up. I know its easier to blame the bad guys.
Frankly, if enough people decided to not work in their factories and buy their iPhones and drive their cars, thatd be one hell of a start. But thats not the case now, is it?
The game of theirs sucks, but we all continue to play it while enjoying our circus
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It's not the size of our economy, it's our income distribution that's the problem.
pampango
Jan 2013
#59
These ideas can't do anything for the global situation unless implemented en masse
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#15