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by pjan 4618 days ago
How about "Human Resource Depletion"?

The system only works when there's growth... a huge decline in population (hence births, hence sexual activity ...) is the biggest fear of all governments, as it deflates the foundations current countries/systems/power balances/... are built on. It's also the reason why worldwide "family values" and "the traditional family (unit) as cornerstone of the society" are main political points, independent of culture, religion, ...

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> The system only works when there's growth

That sounds like a bug.

A Ponzi-style scheme is more of an exploit than a simple bug, and its the root of most economic systems.
Are you forgetting that Darwinism applies to cultures as well as genomes?