Where did the Limits to Growth idea come from? Was it one of the Frankfurt School ideas? It has been long known that Marxism seems to take root amongst the poor nations as opposed to the richer nations. As a nation prospers, so does the allure of Marxism.
The Frankfurt School came into being because of this fact. It wasn't supposed to be that way. The Revolution was supposed to be in the rich nations.
So the Marxists started trying to tear down the rich nations. Lo and behold, the USA, being a rich nation, has to be convinced that its properity is a bad thing. So now the population has been indocrinated in this Limits to Growth, and whaddaya know? The USA has suffered from low growth from all these years. It is almost as if that was somebody's IDEA.
So now we've got AI threatening to create all kinds of new properity, and these Marxists just cannot have that. Hence the leftist attack on AI.
Make no mistake. AI just might get DANGEROUS. So can fire. But we didn't abandon fire. If it wasn't for fire, we'd be living in caves with no hope of ever getting out of the caves.
In other words, there's trade-offs. The Marxists don't want us to abandon AI. Nope, they want to control us with FEAR. Then they can control how much the world will grow. It will only grow as much as the Marxists think they need it grow.
Marxists didn't abandon fire. They didn't abandon electricity. They didn't abandon the airplane. Or the internet. Or anything else. But they sure as hell want to be in control. It is about power with the Marxists. If they want to scare people about AI, it is only because they fear losing control.
If we are on the wrong track, it is because we've given the Marxists too much control already. Time to take it back.
How many of those polls ask why?
Why are we on the wrong track?
I'd bet less than 1 in a million will know the true reason why we are on the wrong track.
If I'd guess about the zeitgeist, the majority might say that the rich is getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. This is misleading. The truth is that everybody is getting poorer, but the rich suffer the least. So, the resentment focuses in on the rich. Taxing the rich more isn't the answer anymore than killing the goose that lays the golden egg will produce more golden eggs.
I think that we are on the wrong track because the zeitgeist has drunk the kool aid of the Limits to Growth crowd. So, we end up with politicians who want to spread the wealth as opposed to creating new wealth. What we get is less wealth and more equality, but that equality comes at a fearful price. That price will get more and more fearful as the Limits to Growth philosophy becomes hard wired and institutionalized. We are almost there now.
This Limits to Growth zeitgeist has all but rejected nuclear power. But the rejection of nuclear power all but guarantees that future growth will become impossible. Read the link above to see my reasoning upon this subject. Boiled down to its most salient point is this: an advanced society requires kinetic energy, which can only be supplied by nuclear energy. The physics of this cannot be willed out of existence. It cannot be bargained with or reasoned with. It cannot be fudged. There is no other way to continue growth but by embracing nuclear energy. It's all in the physics.
So, we have to make a choice. Go backwards into chaos and self-destruction, or forward into a new golden age of growth and prosperity. The way towards that is nuclear energy. It is against the paradigm at the moment, but that can change. The only way to change that paradigm is to get the message out. You can be sure that the Limits to Growth crowd do not want this message to get out.
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