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Capitalism is doomed in the long run. You can't have endless growth without consequences. The solution is going to have to be something that humanity hasn't really come up with yet. It will be an evolution over the course of this century. Just like no one could have predicted the information age 100 years ago, no one now can really get a handle on what the world situation will be toward the middle and end of this century. Technology is a huge wild card. It seems to be progressing in an exponential fashion and will have huge impacts on agriculture, health, energy etc.

Capitalism isn't doomed because of this. Honestly as far as growth, especially in population, free market capitalism is the best shot at the technological innovation needed to combat the upcoming problems.

Unless we find a way for better space travel to find other inhabitable planets..disease epidemics or world war will reduce the population to sustainable levels way before capitalism ever disappears.

The only other path is complete control of the people by world Governments..like Agenda 21 type stuff where the Gov't gives you everything in rations, and all you do is wake up, work to produce, and go home. Eugenics, food rationing, media control, etc. If it comes to this, I'll go down fighting before i subject myself to such a world.

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Posted by Hawkeye95

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:13 pm to deltaland

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Capitalism isn't doomed because of this. Honestly as far as growth, especially in population, free market capitalism is the best shot at the technological innovation needed to combat the upcoming problems.

Unless we find a way for better space travel to find other inhabitable planets..disease epidemics or world war will reduce the population to sustainable levels way before capitalism ever disappears.

I sorta agree with this. The earth will take care of itself in the long run, and wipe us puny humans off the planet.

But capitalism will continue to consume resources until such time there are no resources. Technology can incrementally improve our efficiency of those resources, but there is a finite amount of resources on the planet, and infinite growth is required.

honestly on our current trajectory, we are fricked. it will come to an end for quite a few of us unless we either come up with life saving technology or we radically restructure our society. The big question is when will it hit. One thing I have learned is that it takes a lot longer for things to unfold than one might think, so I bet the tipping point happens long after I am dead. And I will be dead, so I DGAF.

let's party! bring on football season!