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“If kindness and comfort are, as I suspect, the results of an energy surplus, then, as the supply contracts, we could be expected to start fighting once again like cats in a sack.”
—George Monbiot
THIS IS A COMMENT. THERE IS EXACTLY ONE IMPORTANT FACT ABOUT THE USE OF MONEY IN THE WORLD. HUMANS HAVE MADE IT ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR EVERY HUMAN TO HAVE ACCESS TO MONEY BY MAKING IT NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE MONEY IN ORDER TO LIVE A DECENT LIFE. BUT HUMANS ALSO MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE LARGE MAJORITY OF HUMANS TO HAVE ACCESS TO ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE DECENTLY. WE HAVE CREATED A SITUATION WHICH ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEES THAT THE LARGE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WILL LIVE IN A CONSTANT STRUGGLE TO LIVE A MINIMALLY DECENT EXISTENCE.
IT’S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE A MORE STUPID SOCIAL STRUCTURE.
IRVING KRAKOW