On 2021-03-27, TimS  wrote:

> On 27 Mar 2021 at 17:29:53 GMT, Charlie Gibbs 
> wrote:
>
>> On 2021-03-27, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>>
>>>  Its rather a study of mine, actually. My tentative observation  is that
>>>  those who advocate the purest form of Marxism are in fact simply showing
>>>  a romantic fondness for the lifestyle of the hunter gatherer. Before
>>>  farming, before herding even, a population of at best a few million
>>>  lived 'in harmony with nature' lacking even the idea of 'private
>>>  property' let alone the hierarchies and the discipline that are
>>>  necessary for large numbers of people to act in unison.
>>
>> This makes it particularly ironic that many societies that
>> are appalled by Karl Marx's philosophy are adopting one of
>> his fundamental tenets: the elimination of private property.
>> Housing prices are climbing so fast that soon none but the
>> very richest will be able to afford their own home;
>
> In teh UK it's driven by population pressure, which has increased from 50 to
> 65 million in the last 50 years.

That's a pretty minor increase compared to the rest of the world.
Until recently global population has been doubling every 40 years.
Now that it's starting to slow, the ruling classes are having
fits.  Politicians want a bigger tax base, and corporations
want more consumers.  If they manage to get things back on
track, there will be one person for every square meter of
dry land in 600 years, and in 1800 years the entire planet
will be converted into a mass of people swarming over each
other like bees.

Do the math.  Most people don't understand exponentials.

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