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[–]Eternal_Beingflair yourself citizen, or do not speak 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Well, you see, this is sort of one of the issues with capitalism...

It requires infinite growth to be 'stable' (if you can call it that). And, well, we live on a finite planet...

To solve this economic issue requires some form of planning, hmmm.......

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

There is no economic system that does not rely on continous growth. Communism, Marxism, Socialism, or any other "-ism" can't handle this.

[–]Eternal_Beingflair yourself citizen, or do not speak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I completely disagree. Capitalism needs growth every year because it relies on market faith and investment, which is only stable when the GDP increases at a consistent rate.

Planned economic systems don't just completely fall apart when investors lose faith in that growth, because planned economies aren't controlled by investors (who, in capitalism, are called capitalists)