On So 28 Mär 2021 at 16:07, Charlie Gibbs  wrote:

> 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.

As we amply see in times of a pandemic.

'Andreas

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