• snooggums@midwest.social
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    4 months ago

    While this is technically true, we wouldn’t be such a strain on the ecosystem if we didn’t consume so much per person.

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      4 months ago

      I’m not burning down the amazon so I can make more money on palm oil.

      There is such a thing as “supply and demand” , but consumerist culture originates from the top, not the bottom.

    • Isn’t that exactly what is said? The growth of people x consumption is finite and there needs to be a system change to represent that. It does not specify how the factors are balanced in relation to each other.