this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2023
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I think cancer would be more unlimited spread like a weed? Unlimited growth to me is more like a tree.
I think cancer is a good analogy for a useless sector like health insurance or selling junk bonds expanding to an unreasonable amount of the economy, while the people involved obtain a ridiculous amount of financial resources and use it to waste a ridiculous amount of natural resources and labor (e.g. “I managed to make a ton of money doing something not only useless but actively harmful! I’m going to commission a $200 million yacht”)
Unfortunately, the problem is not solvable in this social order.