Degrowth vs Capitalism (Speech)
Ladies and gentlemen we are here today to understand and redirect the future of humanity.
First of all I want you to rethink one question now, and again, at the end of this speech.
Are you happy?
According to the latest WIN/Gallup survey, Latin American countries are among the happiest countries worldwide while North America is one of the unhappiest regions in the world.
Why?
We all have heard that money doesn’t mean happiness, right? But let’s clarify this:
At the beginning of a development, to have financial resources will obviously be satisfactory and a cause of welfare. However, when development reaches its peak, overconsumption and irresponsible exploitation start. And this is not progress anymore, but a cause of unhappiness.
Our consumer culture doesn’t help. We have a routine in which sometimes life seems to have no meaning, that’s why people do get depressed and are consequently unhappy, despite having so many physical comforts.
We are taught to think that we would be happier when we work more hours, we have more money and we own more things. We are taught to have more and more without an end, like an addiction. And we are taught by the whole system to be competitive and to consume as much as we can and that’s exactly what we do. Because we are bombarded with commercial messages every day that remind us to keep consuming things that we really don’t need. Moreover the planned obsolescence occasionally will give us the need to purchase new products in order to replace the old ones.
I’m going to illustrate you with some facts of the world we live nowadays in: people are starving while tons of food are wasted. Some multinational companies are more powerful than many countries. The number of homeless people increases as well as the number of empty houses does. And a forest can be devastated in few hours but it needs decades or even centuries to regenerate.
We live in a capitalist system based on economic growth and productivity increase which are causes of job destruction, increasing inequalities and environmental problems that most of the times are signs of unsustainability, such as global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, loss of biodiversity or land and water degradation
But if we live in a planet with limited resources, there is no point in trying to keep growing without limits.
The economy can’t grow forever so we have to re-orient it. As an alternative, degrowth movement present us.
What is degrowth?
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Very clearfull, big companies had marketing the rich idea to us, so we spent our whole life in working in this companyis to get rich. The only who be rich is the owners.
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We are taught to think that we would be happier when if we worked more hours, we have had more money and we owned more things. 2nd conditional: http://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/conditional/ We are taught to have more and more acquire without an end. It's like an addiction. And we are taught by the whole system to be competitive and to consume as much as we can and that’s exactly what we do. Because We are bombarded with commercial messages every day that remind us to keep consuming things that we really don’t need. Moreover the planned obsolescence occasionally will give us the need to will occasionally make us purchase new products in order to replace the old ones.
I’m going to illustrate this to you with some facts of about the world we live in nowadays in: people are starving while tons of food are wasted. Some multinational companies are more powerful than many countries. The number of homeless people increases as well as is increasing along with the number of empty houses does. And a forest can be devastated in a few hours but it needs decades or even centuries to regenerate.
We live in a capitalist system based on economic growth and productivity increase constantly-increasing productivity, which are causes of job destruction, increasing inequalities and environmental problems that most of the times are signs of unsustainability, such as global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, loss of biodiversity or land and water degradation
But if we live in a planet with limited resources, there is no point in trying to keep growing without limits.
The economy can’t grow forever so we have to re-orient it. As an alternative, the degrowth movement presents itself to us.
What is degrowth?
We are taught to think that we would be happier when if we worked more hours, we have had more money and we owned more things. 2nd conditional: http://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/conditional/ We are taught to have more and more acquire without an end. It's like an addiction. And we are taught by the whole system to be competitive and to consume as much as we can and that’s exactly what we do. Because We are bombarded with commercial messages every day that remind us to keep consuming things that we really don’t need. Moreover the planned obsolescence occasionally will give us the need to will occasionally make us purchase new products in order to replace the old ones.
I’m going to illustrate this to you with some facts of about the world we live in nowadays in: people are starving while tons of food are wasted. Some multinational companies are more powerful than many countries. The number of homeless people increases as well as is increasing along with the number of empty houses does. And a forest can be devastated in a few hours but it needs decades or even centuries to regenerate.
We live in a capitalist system based on economic growth and productivity increase constantly-increasing productivity, which are causes of job destruction, increasing inequalities and environmental problems that most of the times are signs of unsustainability, such as global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, loss of biodiversity or land and water degradation
But if we live in a planet with limited resources, there is no point in trying to keep growing without limits.
The economy can’t grow forever so we have to re-orient it. As an alternative, the degrowth movement presents itself to us.
What is degrowth?
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Degrowth vs Capitalism (Speech)
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First of all, I want you to rethink about one question now, and consider it again at the end of this speech. We use “rethink” for bad ideas. "His plan failed, so he rethought it. After some modifications, the plan succeeded."
Are you happy?
According to the latest WIN/Gallup survey, Latin American countries are among the happiest countries worldwide while North America is one of the unhappiest regions in the world.
Why?
We all have have all heard that money doesn’t mean equal happiness, right? But let’s clarify this:
At the beginning of a development, to have financial resources will obviously be satisfactory and a cause of welfare. When a country begins to develop, increased financial resources will obviously be a source of satisfaction and welfare. "Satisfactory"="good enough, OK"; "satisfying"="makes you feel satisfied" However, when development reaches its peak utility, OR: "When development passes a certain point" -- if development has "reached its peak," then that means that the country is about to become less developed, not that development has become less useful. overconsumption and irresponsible exploitation start. And this is not progress anymore, but a cause of unhappiness.
Our consumer culture doesn’t help. We have a routine in which sometimes life seems to have no meaning, that’s which is why people do get depressed and are consequently unhappy, despite having so many physical comforts. Use "which" after commas; use "that" i the middle of a clause: "That's the dog that I like." "He likes to eat donuts, which means he's gotten"
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Degrowth vs Capitalism (Speech)
Ladies and gentlemen we are here today to understand and redirect the future of humanity.First of all I want you to rethink one question now, and again, at the end of this speech.
Are you happy?
According to the latest WIN/Gallup survey, Latin American countries are among the happiest countries worldwide while North America is one of the unhappiest regions in the world.
Why?
We all have heard that money doesn’t mean happiness, right? But let’s clarify this:
At the beginning of a development, to have financial resources will obviously be satisfactory and a cause of welfare. However, when development reaches its peak, overconsumption and irresponsible exploitation start. And this is not progress anymore, but a cause of unhappiness.
Our consumer culture doesn’t help. We have a routine in which sometimes life seems to have no meaning, that’s why people do get depressed and are consequently unhappy, despite having so many physical comforts.
We are taught to think that we would be happier when we work more hours, we have more money and we own more things. We are taught to have more and more without an end, like an addiction. And we are taught by the whole system to be competitive and to consume as much as we can and that’s exactly what we do. Because we are bombarded with commercial messages every day that remind us to keep consuming things that we really don’t need. Moreover the planned obsolescence occasionally will give us the need to purchase new products in order to replace the old ones.
I’m going to illustrate enlighten you with some facts of the world we live in nowadays in: people are starving while tons of food are is wasted. Some multinational companies are more powerful than many countries. The number of homeless people increases as well as the number of empty houses does. And a forest can be devastated in a few hours but it needs decades or even centuries to regenerate.
We live in a capitalist system based on economic growth and productivity increases which are causes of job destruction, increasing inequalities and environmental problems that most of the times are signs of unsustainability, such as global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, loss of biodiversity or land and water degradation.
But if we live in a planet with limited resources, there is no point in trying to keep growing without limits.
The economy can’t grow forever so we have to re-orient it. As an alternative, the degrowth movement is presented to us. (I am guessing in this last sentence of what you wanted to say)
What is degrowth?
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Excellent writing. Let me know if you have questions Alejandra. - Jason
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