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HomeGrown Humans - Daniel Schmachtenberger - Existential Risk

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Slavery Is a Central Prerequisite for Democracy

Slavery is a central prerequisite for attempting the experiment of democracy it happened in Greece. We're borrowing from our great grandchildren so we're effectively enslaving the unborn to enjoy our current standards of living. The fossil fuel slaves you're talking about are that if caloric units of barrels of oil yeah they're doing that together with human work. It would take 500 billion humans to support eight billion or really more like more realistically support four or five billion max right?

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