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"Production is more important than profits: Essentially, all manufacturing would lose money without massive subsidies from the public by way of the state..." -Derrick Jensen, The Culture of Make-Believe, p. 353
If Jensen is right about this, it means that all we have to do to curb overproduction is get the government to cut those subsidies. Not that this is easy, but it's easier than Jensen's solution, which is to dismantle civilization. It may even be easier than curbing consumerism, which is a very deeply entrenched aspect of our culture.
(originally posted September 2, 2003)
If Jensen is right about this, it means that all we have to do to curb overproduction is get the government to cut those subsidies. Not that this is easy, but it's easier than Jensen's solution, which is to dismantle civilization. It may even be easier than curbing consumerism, which is a very deeply entrenched aspect of our culture.
(originally posted September 2, 2003)