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On Being a Human Being in the Time of Collapse (20...
> Wealth as we describe it today is effectively directly correlated with consumption of natural resources
I think the more relevant factor is
control
of natural resources
_heimdall
22 days ago
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At least in my view, wealth is the accumulation of the resources, money is a claim on that wealth, and control (or force) is what props up that claim.
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I think the more relevant factor is control of natural resources