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[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) 1 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] valentinesmith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago I mean, I get that you don’t like how they talk on Lemmy about it, but the quote from the study even talks about how the surplus could be used for additional consumption and everything. Study is here I think we all have different things we want in life and with such a big surplus there is room for most of us to regularly enjoy that. I do not believe that they argue that we will NEVER be able to enjoy different food. That is as you have mentioned not functional or good for people to work together and live together. Disregarding the many people with different cultures that have moved somewhere else. I think the study more clearly argues that we can afford to take care of everyone on the world if we wanted to. That there is a viable way and that that way is not as you are implying necessarily a deprived space with tight margins. Because living is about more than slaving away like a 12th century peasant to accumulate more wealth for a king somewhere far off. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago Most of what the study is proposing would be a modest decrease in living standards in developed countries, for a drastic increase in living standards everywhere else. It's not asking you to give up luxury, only for the rate of new luxury to decrease slightly as surplus is more evenly distributed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Shareni@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) It's wild how you went from shipping plastic wrapped cucumbers across the world while exporting local ones, to your bougie bs... We get it, you're a spoiled first worlder permalink fedilink source parent [–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago You know global trade would still exist, a lot of treats would be much more expensive though. People have an unrealstic expectation of what that would imply. Although most of the typical suburban american lifestyle would be gone and no more labubu dubai chocolate macha crumble cookies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] valentinesmith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago I mean, I get that you don’t like how they talk on Lemmy about it, but the quote from the study even talks about how the surplus could be used for additional consumption and everything. Study is here I think we all have different things we want in life and with such a big surplus there is room for most of us to regularly enjoy that. I do not believe that they argue that we will NEVER be able to enjoy different food. That is as you have mentioned not functional or good for people to work together and live together. Disregarding the many people with different cultures that have moved somewhere else. I think the study more clearly argues that we can afford to take care of everyone on the world if we wanted to. That there is a viable way and that that way is not as you are implying necessarily a deprived space with tight margins. Because living is about more than slaving away like a 12th century peasant to accumulate more wealth for a king somewhere far off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago Most of what the study is proposing would be a modest decrease in living standards in developed countries, for a drastic increase in living standards everywhere else. It's not asking you to give up luxury, only for the rate of new luxury to decrease slightly as surplus is more evenly distributed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shareni@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) It's wild how you went from shipping plastic wrapped cucumbers across the world while exporting local ones, to your bougie bs... We get it, you're a spoiled first worlder permalink fedilink source parent
[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago You know global trade would still exist, a lot of treats would be much more expensive though. People have an unrealstic expectation of what that would imply. Although most of the typical suburban american lifestyle would be gone and no more labubu dubai chocolate macha crumble cookies. permalink fedilink source parent