[wahsd]

Once you look past all the Reagan PR the image is even worse than it ever was. The very nature of our the challenges we are facing today as a society can largely be traced back to his throwing open the doors to unrestrained abuse across society. The problem with excess is that it is exponentially unsustainable.

[solistice]

What kind of excess are you referring to? I'm viewing this in a somewhat simplistic way right now, but if I have an excess (in savings) of 10$ this week instead of 1$, then I don't quite see how my excess would be 10²$/1²$ = 100 times more unsustainable. I might be taking that too literally though.