• TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee
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    4 hours ago

    They are the same piece of generic rhetorical label you slap on or argue you can’t slap on whenever it conveniences you. If your solution is just a sentence long, you are an over-simplifying things.

    So what happened to the ancient civilizations that collapsed before capitalism existed? Ducks. It’s the ducks that need to be shot.

    • Ordinary_Person@lemmy.ca
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      2 hours ago

      Easter Island comes to mind. They showed up, took every tree on the island, then the vegetation went away and the island had nothing left to give.