On Having a Maximum Wealth

Related: Invisible Doctrine: the secret history of neoliberalism (sensationalist title, but it was likely chosen by the publisher for that reason), by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison (2024).

Chapters 22 & 23 are about restoration stories and what the new one (other than periodically-popular fascism) could be. They suggest "private sufficiency, public luxury" and based on my bias towards libraries (I adore public libraries; they are havens and full of potential) and the importance of early childhood education to reduce trauma, for two examples, I'm on board.

What can you live without? What would you like to be accessible to all, without bringing about earth-systems collapse? What's a reasonable amount of energy to convert per person per year? Likewise or alternatively, carbon output? What are the benefits of biodiversity on earth? Given neither Mars nor the Moon has a magnetosphere, how reasonable is it to continue the boom-bust-quit of capitalism and try to escape this planet? It still is in many ways a place of abundance, with enough for everyone if we change our culture.