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Sure. The claims about needing to avert climate change before it "destroys the planet" are not about the literal annihilation of the world itself, but about its inhospitability to human life.

Humanity, to some extent, competes with capitalism for resources. But while resources are not at their limit, we can grow together, and capitalism seems to bring us benefits. Humanity also competes with Bitcoin, which is a much newer system that has become seriously competitive very quickly, and it's much less obvious that it's the best or even only way to solve the problems it sets out to solve.



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