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Re:The 19th-Century Family Fortunes Funding Degrowth by newspaper1 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @08:06PM (#49266202)
I mean those charts don’t pass the sniff test. Being healthy (or sick for that matter!) was basically free, now it costs over a thousand dollars a month in insurance. A huge chunk of most people’s income.

Same with housing (and education): https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-american-income-vs-...

Re:The 19th-Century Family Fortunes Funding Degrowth by sobellian on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @08:27PM (#49266340)
Is it fair to say that you're more interested in discussing wealth inequality than environmental policy?
Re:The 19th-Century Family Fortunes Funding Degrowth by newspaper1 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @08:38PM (#49266415)
Degrowth touches both subjects. Billionaires for instance are top polluters. Leveling resource distribution would prevent that.