• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Now expand that to the entire planetary economy. Unsustainable short term gains is the entire industrial revolution.

    We’re only 300 years in and most life and ecosystems on Earth have been destroyed and homogenized to service humanity. We’re essentially a parasite. It’s not surprising that the most successful corporations are the most successful parasites. It’s just parasites, doing parasitic things, because they’re parasites… from the top down.

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      5 hours ago

      We kicked “this quarter” thinking into high gear when Nixon permanently increased inflation.