by Peter Seidel (original)
To reach sustainability we must bring our economy back to reality. Doing so will require us to decrease human population, take money out of politics, return governments to the people, and free the media from concentrated ownership and corporate control. We need to reorient our goals and values. If the public ceased to admire conspicuous consumption and lavish living, and openly recognized the damage associated with such lifestyles, we could do away with harmful overconsumption and develop lifestyles that are healthy from both an environmental and economic perspective.
Traditional American conservatives and Christians would probably agree with all of those goals except population control. (Some might be skeptical about the push for democracy, but it is the case that there are American conservatives who believe democracy is ideal for Americans, if not for everyone.)
Something from James Matthew Wilson: The Population Bomb.
Plus: Adam K. Webb, Class and Clerisy
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