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It's engrained in the money system (money as debt) but I guess the cause stems deeper from human nature.
As nomads, keeping things was near impossible, so aquiring was a permanent necessity. (And pollution no issue btw)
That's what we were for 300k years, and isn't easily changed with a few compliance rules.
What we need is balancing rules, that take the anthropologic reality into account. Not personal wealth maximisation.
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It's engrained in the money system (money as debt) but I guess the cause stems deeper from human nature.
As nomads, keeping things was near impossible, so aquiring was a permanent necessity. (And pollution no issue btw)
That's what we were for 300k years, and isn't easily changed with a few compliance rules.
What we need is balancing rules, that take the anthropologic reality into account. Not personal wealth maximisation.