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Quote by: SoccerfreakAB2 That's absolute bullshit. Whole civilizations, the Anasazi, the Mayan, Easter Island, Mangreva, etc. have died out because of scarce resources.
Before money, there was also a far greater amount of resources worldwide to begin with anyways. Before money, there wasn't 6.5 billion people on the planet. Scarcity is around the corner, but by the time it really hits, about the same time we hit 10 billion people, I'll be dying off anyways, so if no one cares now, neither do I. BUT, it does exist and will be a major issue and already is in many undeveloped nations, contradictory to the common notion that only developed nations have the worst environments. That is a false misconception. |
That is NATURAL scarcity, which is not being addressed by placing price tags on everything and selling things off.
Of course there are natural disasters (famines, plagues, floods, tsunamis, etc.).
And these situations should be dealt with. But the sadism inherent in capitalism does little to help us cope with these concerns. For example, a starving country isn't going to benefit by shipping its food supplies to the United States (as actually occurs--just look at Haiti). It will stay a starving country. The problem is not solved.
Grandpa h.