Originally Posted by hatari

In theory, i can relate to what you are saying, but a lot of people will suffer needlessly. Is that worth it?



Someone is going to have to suffer sooner or later.

Our approach to all this reminds me of how we have “managed forests” against fire as fuel builds to the point that when there is a fire the soil burns and there is nothing left but a wasteland.

Our unwillingness to suffer discomfort in the last crisis will cause us to make tougher choices now, but we’ll take the easy way again, punting to the next generation...

Eventually we’ll burn to such an extent recovery will be more like mad max than the great depression.