I think you are being closed off to unexpected developments. For instance fusion could make energy an essentially free good within the scale of current usage within the next century.
The economy must stop growing when it stops making sense.
What would compel it do so? The logic baked into capitalism is to maximize capital as quickly as possible—there is no internal limit. Systemic collapse can limit it but that doesn’t seem to factor into your reasoning.
I think you are being closed off to unexpected developments. For instance fusion could make energy an essentially free good within the scale of current usage within the next century.
What would compel it do so? The logic baked into capitalism is to maximize capital as quickly as possible—there is no internal limit. Systemic collapse can limit it but that doesn’t seem to factor into your reasoning.
We will find out soon enough.