Growth of 0% is fine, but unfoprtunately it's not happening, especially in the US, where the population may rise to 500mn by 2050 and not stop there, either. Mark Jones http://www.egroups.com/group/CrashList ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Proyect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 11:32 PM Subject: [PEN-L:20981] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [Fwd: Position in the World-System and National Emissions of] (fwd) > >sustainable than the U.S. But is a growth rate of 0 low enough? Could > >we feed and house 6 billion people if we all spent our time searching > >for "Jack-in-the-Pulpits or fishing for pickerel"? That kind of rural > >leisure is available to someone living in a rich country; in a poor > >country, you'd be more likely tilling the soil or grinding corn from > >dawn til dusk. These apocalpytic imaginings aren't serious politics, > >they're just lurid fantasies. > > > >Doug > > My dear chap, I was trying to respond to your question about the > existential authenticity of my living on the Upper East Side 3 blocks from > Woody Allen, while defending a simple life close to nature. Now you've > switched gears in the most underhanded fashion and talk about > overpopulation, a legitimate topic of social science rather than pop > psychology. I ought to put a hungry wolverine in your knickers. > > Louis Proyect > Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org/ > >
