>If the Ecological Imperative applied (no growth, and no unsustainable human
>activities) then capitalism could not continue, it would cease to exist.
>Capitalism entails and depends upon, growth, including above all growth in
>the consumption of material resources and growth of relative surplus
>population.
>For this is the
>first mode of production which both depends upon and makes possible,
>exponential growth rates in production, energy and raw material
>consumption, and population.
Care to document these bold claims Mark? If you do, try to define growth in the
process. You've told me lots of times that I was wrong and such arguments but
how about a real explanation?
>This was what Marx called the general law of population:
>creation of a 'reserve army' is an aspect of accumulation, and not a simply
>by-product of capitalism, but something essential and intrinsic to it.
Sure, but this doesn't necessarily mean population growth. It usually means
layoffs and growing unemployment, part-time, etc. It's usually the result of
changes in the way that the state regulates the economy or of the buisness
cycle, but they are obviously also the issues of immigration and women
starting to work.
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