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Re:Is everything falling apart? by InitialLastName on Friday April 29, 2022 @12:16PM (#31207121)
The psychological tension that is inherent to capitalism (indefinite exponential growth is required, unbounded exponential growth is impossible) requires that the system be under plausible existential threat at all times.
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Re:Is everything falling apart? by pjscott on Friday April 29, 2022 @01:46PM (#31208455)
In what sense does capitalism require indefinite exponential growth? I recall, for example, that Japan did not collapse during their Lost Decade.
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