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Daniel Schmachtenberger: “Bend not Break #4: Modeling the Drivers of the Metacrisis”

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

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Is There Total Sovereignty Within a Country?

If any country does not grow its GDP relative to other countries that are it's overall geopolitical position is going to decrease and so a country does not have total sovereignty. Even within countries the pressure to continue economic growth even understanding and deeply caring about some of the negative impacts of decisions these countries are powerless to do. If you have rule of law and a monopoly of violence you can bind a multipolar trap It doesn't necessarily mean you will or be very politically feasible which is why there are no nations that have done that for oil because they just couldn't right?

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