Xenophon thought predatory political systems the most precarious, since, he writes, "they live in a perpetual state of war, whereby they are forced to either maintain an army, or perish." I feel this thought should be extrapolated to capitalism's relation to the environment.
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Capitalism drains outside resources & redistributes them, producing positive feedback & raising living standards & thus the demand on resources. The same mode of production didn't last 200 years in Greek tyranny & Rome's republican provincial system, for very obvious reasons.
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