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I often think how contradictory it is that we all want to get paid well AND buy good cheap stuff. These are contradictory goals, and the solution has been physical separation. We make good money here, and buy stuff from poor people over there. This dynamic has eroded long term viability of human civilization.

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I couldn't agree with this more. I feel like those if us in rich countries are outsourcing low wages, shitty conditions, pollution, and other seedy regulatory skirting practices.

I try to buy as close to local, regional, national, etc as possible for this reason.

I applaud the initiative. But I think the real solution is to dial down human civilization. We need less people, less consumption, less work, less of everything. Since this seems anathema to everything I see and hear on the news and from other people in conversation, I think we are gonna hit the wall before changing directions. Humans only change when we hit rock bottom.

The lesson is: be somewhere safe when we hit the wall.

Maybe we can bring back local manufacturing… ?

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