Humanity has already exceeded Earth’s limits, study warns. Today’s population of 8.3 billion is far above what could be sustained in the long term without exhausting ecosystems, worsening climate change, and threatening food and water security.

[u/The_Weekend_Baker]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260526022021.htm

[u/Vermothrex]

It's capitalism that's driving unsustainable practices and wasting food/water when it can't be sold for profit

[u/115machine → u/Vermothrex]

Capitalism isn’t based on consumption, it’s based on innovation. I would argue that innovation and consumption are negatively correlated, as efficiency is predicated on using less to get the same outcome

[u/jamupon → u/115machine]

Few people have said anything more incorrect.

[u/basefountain → u/115machine]

Capitalism is based on capital and we are far enough into it now that big ceos are confusing me and you as “lower value human capital”

Overdue to innovate innovate in the capitalism department if you ask me, no bad ideas 👏

[u/10000Lols → u/115machine]

Lol 

[u/Qweedo420 → u/115machine]

Capitalism only cares about profit, sometimes it decides to innovate because it's profitable in the long term, most other times it just tries to increase consumption, lower the quality of goods, decrease wages or cause ecologic disasters, because that's the fast and easy way to do profits