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And pushing people to ever more overuse of resources can't go wrong because we have an infinite supply of all resources, it can't fail. /s

>Consumption through spending is economically beneficial to everyone.

What about the externalities of destruction of the environment due to consumption?

Only if gov't didn't apply environmental regulations when they should've.

So then let's have permanent war because all that spending on bombs is economically beneficial to everyone, right?

Say hello to the military-industrial complex

We just have to have some aliens threaten to invade our planet to goose the economy. It'll be great for everyone!