updating Global Green Communism for 2023
I finally have all the 2023 statistics I need to update my Global Green Communism formula. Sustainable per capita global GDP was $2,414/year during 2023. This would be a 97% reduction from 2023 per capita GDP in the US
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Because, whenever I read "delivery (food) here", "delivery (food) there" and then the quite regular self-evident intoxication (even the wine) - it's a quite metropolitan and upper middle class lifestyle.
Hillbillies don't live like that, and small town residents at least not so excessively.
Reducing consumption isn't just about giving all your spare money away; it's also about practically reducing one's own consumption, about getting rid of ecologically bad habits and not getting used to new patterns like that.
Always keep in the back of your mind for some matters and services (and actually you should know that through your age): There was a time when society could go without it, where YOU personally could go without it, and the world didn't go down either. Everything continued to function even though.
A little bit of going back to that, I guess, could already make a difference and the loss was only small (because a lot of that only existed in order to satisfy and foster human laziness
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Sure, even giving away 20% of my take-home, I'm living pretty well and unsustainably. I make enough that even giving away that fraction isn't a true sacrifice. But 20% of my take-home is about $20,000 that I'm NOT spending on myself this year. So, not buying a new TV, not flying to Asia on vacation, not buying a new laptop, not having cosmetic dental work ...
But I'm still living better than the average person in the US. I get massages, I have maids and lawn keepers, I maintain two residences. I have more than $700,000 in savings and home equity. But I'm still trying to set an example that people who make what I make can cut back instead of spending it all.
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Just saying, so you have a comparison.
I'm fully within the scale of poverty, judging by which place I live in the world.
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And imagine if you had to live on $2,414/year, including medical, rent, food, taxes ...
The math of sustainability is horrifying, but, I try to deal with it in plain sight. I plainly advocate poverty for all. And I'm certain nobody would actually vote for this. So I have to conclude that even the Green Party platform is a complete sham. But, it's the best option on the table, people who at least claim they want to cap and cut emissions.
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