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In the extreme, one may consider that current post-industrialized society is completely unsustainable (in the classical sense of the word) due to rapid resource depletion and the complete inability for self-administered cultural transformation. Under this assumption, practices that are truly sustainable are increasingly hard to find. Even the liberal connotation of "sustainable" - something that improves the longevity of a larger system - is unappropriate for any practice except those that might possibly avert or avoid becoming a root cause of social collapse. | In the extreme, one may consider that current post-industrialized society is completely unsustainable (in the classical sense of the word) due to rapid resource depletion and the complete inability for self-administered cultural transformation. Under this assumption, practices that are truly sustainable are increasingly hard to find. Even the liberal connotation of "sustainable" - something that improves the longevity of a larger system - is unappropriate for any practice except those that might possibly avert or avoid becoming a root cause of social collapse. | ||
That ''pseustainable'' has a cynical connotation recognizes the fact that practices which defer to simplicity, sacrifice and solidarity are rarely, if ever, mentioned by " | That ''pseustainable'' has a cynical connotation recognizes the fact that practices which defer to simplicity, sacrifice and solidarity are rarely, if ever, mentioned by "sustainability" experts. | ||
Sometimes a less harsh and cynical term is needed: one alternative is '''[[Shallow green]]'''. | Sometimes a less harsh and cynical term is needed: one alternative is '''[[Shallow green]]'''. |