Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism (2017)

Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by praptak on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:39PM (#22425232)

Once we hit the limits of eternal growth (if not by CO2, then by something else) it becomes one.

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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by leetcrew on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:41PM (#22427090)

I'm sure those limits exist, but who's to say we'll ever hit those limits on human timescales?

right now, global warming is an existential threat that sets an upper bound on how much energy we can responsibly use. but if we can develop carbon-neutral means of harnessing energy at scale, we can use much more. if we can develop viable space travel, we can gain access to more material resources than exist on Earth. any one of the "next steps" along the exponential curve can fail, but I wouldn't assume we will hit a hard ceiling anytime soon.

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