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ffrryuu
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This Isn't Capitalism, It's Growthism, and It's Ba...
Anything that grows infinitely is cancer.
swombat
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Cancers don't grow infinitely. They stop when the host dies.
Entropy, on the other hand...
eli_gottlieb
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Goddamnit, entropy.
icebraining
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What about human knowledge?
ThomPete
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Human knowledge can't grow infinitely.
jlgreco
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Strictly speaking
, neither can cancer. Both are limited by the capacity of the host.
ffrryuu
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And so is capitalism/growthism.
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