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Jonathan Schofield
@urlyman@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Pursuing growth as an end in itself, which UK Labour were voted in to do, creates imperatives such as pushing well over a billion tonnes of resources through the Suez Canal.

Which helps to make Israel “the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk”.

Which makes the UK getting a third of its oil from the US deeply entwined with Israel.

If we want to stop genocide in the Levant we have to consider its underpinnings.

#degrowth

Line chart of tonnage and number of transits through the Suez Canal from 1976 to 2023. The net tonnage has increased eight-fold over that period from about 200 million to 1.6 billion. Transits have fluctuated considerably between lows of around 14,000 in the late 1990s and early 2000s to about 26,000 in 2023.
Line chart of tonnage and number of transits through the Suez Canal from 1976 to 2023. The net tonnage has increased eight-fold over that period from about 200 million to 1.6 billion. Transits have fluctuated considerably between lows of around 14,000 in the late 1990s and early 2000s to about 26,000 in 2023.
Line chart of tonnage and number of transits through the Suez Canal from 1976 to 2023. The net tonnage has increased eight-fold over that period from about 200 million to 1.6 billion. Transits have fluctuated considerably between lows of around 14,000 in the late 1990s and early 2000s to about 26,000 in 2023.
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Jonathan Schofield
@urlyman@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

…Has consuming 8x more resources than 50 years ago made us 8x happier?

If the answer is no, then what the fuck are we doing this for?

What a waste
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