no forest must expand every year to be considered a success
yet, if a company is not growing it is, by definition, going
out of business
the seas need not strive to merge to achieve some so-called
economies of scale
but we believe formulaic merge and slash somehow creates
economic growth
the sunrise faces no pressure to either last longer or to
perish
however, free economies must at least increase on average by
3% year after year, forever
sunsets cannot grow more and more beautiful each and every
day
nonetheless, for safe long-term growth you can bet all your
retirement money on the stock market
each generation is not handsomer, taller and more
intelligent than the last
but the military can indefinitely continue its non-discretionary
annual budget increases
no species numbers can exceed its environmental carrying
capacities over time
but, extinction does not apply to man, created in god’s
image, given dominion and a soul
when populations grow too large, biology teaches that they
abruptly crash
the infallible and blind marketplace can sustain eternal
compound growth
the catch of fish per year did not increase forever despite
market demand
yet we can act like non-renewables can always be consumed at
faster rates
even fast-food-fattened americans cannot perpetually grow
more and more obese
faux luxury and inefficient noisy power can be combined with
fuel economy and clean air
family income will not grow larger each and every quarter
yet consumer spending is the driving force behind our
wondrously-booming economy
our student’s reading scores must eventually find some
pathetic minimum
however, we will always put our people first, even as we
continue offshoring efforts
it will not always be cheaper to destroy open land than to
bulldoze shoddy junk
our faith in god will see us through the manifest
development of our entire great land
evolution does not constantly produce an increasing number
of new species
hurry, the biggest sales event ever is going on right now
but ends tomorrow
ever larger conglomerates will not finally congeal to form a
single global entity
nevertheless, let’s merge and cut staff by 20%, get our
bonuses then retire, guilt-free
the future must hold less prosperity for each of us given
our increasing numbers
but I’ve almost got enough held back to sign up for another
new big-screen TV
plague deaths will grow in total but not as a percentage of
population
population planning is a genocidal contradiction to the laws
of god and the liberty of man
guess what, our children will not always have a brighter
future than their parents
anyway, high-tech innovation and our military will always be
there to see us through
unconstrained oil consumption will grow steadily and then
must fall off quite sharply
this is no mass extinction and climate change is just as
wack as any New Age nonsense
garbage per person will actually decrease with our
increasing numbers
capitalism lets the entire world get rich and consume
blindly like good Westerners
government cannot plan on permanent growth to hide ever
higher outlays
still, now that I’m 55, I think I’ll start putting aside a
bit for retirement
listen, in point of fact, the heat and drought will not last
forever
our sales look good, possibly even beyond the end of the
next quarterly reporting period
even our people can only swallow so many stupid lies and
foolish fantasies
this new nighttime fat-burning pill really makes me feel
like a million bucks
all our complex, unplanned actions yield unexpected emergent
side effects
but you really cannot worry much about the future since it
is beyond your control
every mass excess leads to some tipping point of no return
home mortgage funds are an obvious and absolutely safe,
high-yield investment
air and water pollution will decrease at some point, in step
with our decline
we will keep on praying just like we drink our beer, in both
good times and bad
someday there will be no earthbound human souls striving to
earn their way to heaven
my personal savior and I discuss matters of great concern to
me each and every day
greenhouse gases will subside quite shortly in geologic time
efficiency and recycling are small, personal virtues of
dubious social value
our ongoing progress cannot ever approach the destruction of
all life on earth
combining topheavy, uncooperative bureaus into super
agencies will solve many problems
the human stain will begin to fade even before its spread
has ended
we envision better days stretching on forever into the
happily-ever-after
we can continue piling all kinds of obvious as well as
hidden public debt on the future -
though we continue to destroy their ability to pay through
our thoughtless daily consumption
systems requiring compound growth are simply Ponzi perpetual
motion machines
let it be known that it shall remain, fellow citizens, as
always, Morning In America!
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