Glenflame, Thunderball, dead on.
Our problem in a broader sense is that our current system overall (public, private, economy, education, health care... everything) is based on continuous growth from the bottom. And currently that is growth in everything. What we need is to re-jig the system to take advantage of the benefits of a smaller population, workforce, ect., while still allowing for an increase in quality of life. Without the increase in quality of life (or at the very least, stagnation, which isn't very palatable), you aren't going to have a change people will willingly do.
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