Using GDP as a measurement of our success as a society is an outmoded way of thinking. How much does it help that unemployment is low, if depression, opioid addiction, and suicide rate are still high? We need a complete reframing of what our problems are and how to address them.

Jan 28, 2019 路 3:53 PM UTC

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Correct. The problem is always: there is not enough money. Which is ridiculous when you consider $ is purely make believe. Here is an alternative where no one ever runs out of $: Common-Planet.org
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So you want unemployment high. Genius! That'll help the opioid addiction.
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I completely agree! It鈥檚 like doctors only treating the symptom of the body, not dealing with the cause of the pain. So the symptoms keep coming back like a weed because we aren鈥檛 pulling out the root. It鈥檚 not the band aid that heals, it鈥檚 our divine nature.
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i agree it is the only way to survive.
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The root cause of all root causes is our willingness--or not--to follow God's leading. Until we give up our selfishness, material-mindedness, fear, and laziness, we won't progress a people, or the nation that is made up of these people. How much pain will it take to wake us up?
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That's right 鉁旓笍
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I would add infant mortality rates, food insecurity, income inequality, and a list of other metrics that are a better measure of a nation鈥檚 health and vitality. GDP and the stock market tell a very limited story.
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If you read scientific data instead of bumper stickers you would know that's just not true. Per CDC ibuprofen kills more people then Dr prescribed pain medicine. The heroin epidemic is nothing new. It was re-brand so the makers of suboxen and narcan could get a monopoly. READ!
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