His take actually helps me understand why libs keep screeching for decoupling with China as if it wouldn't crash the entire world economy. They don't think that things are made out of raw materials and labor.
Beyond this dork, this is genuinely what modern economists claim to continue defending endless growth in the face of climate change: that growth itself will decouple from its environmental effects / from actual resources extraction and exploitation (and all that means for local ecosystems). As far as I can tell it is treated as absolute truth - almost as if it's common sense - by these freaks.
I want to know where he thinks the wealth of nations comes from and how it doesn’t involve extraction of minerals and other resources.
“Innovation”? A vast majority of innovations use metal in some form. Modern innovations are mostly digital, and computers use many metals.
A bigger army? That’s a lot of metal needed for those guns.
From their banking system? Money isn’t real, the only reason it works is because it’s backed with power. See above.
Trade? Trade of what, Noah, fucking aqua?
His take actually helps me understand why libs keep screeching for decoupling with China as if it wouldn't crash the entire world economy. They don't think that things are made out of raw materials and labor.
Beyond this dork, this is genuinely what modern economists claim to continue defending endless growth in the face of climate change: that growth itself will decouple from its environmental effects / from actual resources extraction and exploitation (and all that means for local ecosystems). As far as I can tell it is treated as absolute truth - almost as if it's common sense - by these freaks.
Cutting off your face to spite your nose
wealth comes from the service industry duh
the wealth of nations comes from taking in each other's washing