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Then the economy will grow by providing more and better games, bread, and Netflix. You cannot stop economic growth (except violently) as long as you don't put a stop to humans learning stuff.

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There are plenty of countries that had no or low growth without any violence.

Also if the economy can grow by providing more and better games, bread, and Netflix, why didn't it happen during the various lockdowns in various countries?

They have corruption, which is kind of violence.

If anything that lowers growth is a kind of violence, then it is tautological to say that you cannot lower growth without violence.

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