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Episode 32 - Overpopulation vs Overconsumption

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Eco-Fascism and Population Growth

If we could just get the wealthiest 10% to consume at the same level as most everybody else, I mean, the impact would be phenomenal. 59% of consumption is done by that top 10%. Some of the other approaches that have been suggested, you know, on the soft end of things, it's just educate people more. But a lot of times when people talk about consumption, they just measure it based off of GDP per capita. Our system is designed in such a way that if we decrease our production, it can't sustain itself. Collapse of the economy will take place.

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