[Graeme]

TonyPrep and I were discussing sustainability in another thread. I thought I would introduce it here as a new topic of discussion. Please feel free to discuss any aspect of this issue. I actually thought that this was the desirable goal of our post-petroleum society. But this article sheds quite a different light on the matter.

'Sustainable development': Freedom's foe

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')dd the word "sustainable" to almost any project, and immediately the project becomes politically correct and therefore acceptable. The surge of "sustainability" or "sustainable development" in recent years is phenomenal. Americans have been awed by the sales pitch and have bought into the idea of "sustainable development" – without looking under the hood to examine the engine. Nor have Americans realized that "sustainable development" is a self-directing vehicle that is transforming a once-free society into "sustainable communities" where nearly every human activity requires the permission of government.

The principle of private property rights is an early victim. Private property rights cannot exist in a sustainable community. In a sustainable community, a property owner's rights are limited to whatever government decides is appropriate.

[highlander]

It smells like sustainable "business as usual"

[RedStateGreen]

I don't see why we can't have a sustainable agrarian community, with individual property rights maintained. This was the vision Thomas Jefferson had, a nation of independent farmers.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RedStateGreen', 'I') don't see why we can't have a sustainable agrarian community, with individual property rights maintained. This was the vision Thomas Jefferson had, a nation of independent farmers.

[MrBean]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RedStateGreen', 'I') don't see why we can't have a sustainable agrarian community, with individual property rights maintained. This was the vision Thomas Jefferson had, a nation of independent farmers.

[bodigami]

The quote in the OP is bullshit, it has false assumptions and is written in a closed-minded way. Nothing to see here, move...

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GASMON', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he principle of private property rights is an early victim. Private property rights cannot exist in a sustainable community. In a sustainable community, a property owner's rights are limited to whatever government decides is appropriate.