This would however requires the trust that the majority of people would voluntarily reduce their standard of living once the forces that induce consumerism are overcome.

但，这需要大多数人的信任，让他们主动地降低生活标准，从而战胜引起消费至上主义的力量。

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Society should not stop protecting the environment just because environmental regulations reduce our material standard of living.

正因为环境的规章减少我们生活水平的原料，所以社会有应该停止对环境的保护。

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Moreover, it is economic growth that has provided the resources enabling us to dramatically reduce pollution and improve the environment, without trashing our standard of living.

FORBES: Economic Growth, Not Redistribution, Most Benefits The Poor, Working People, And The Middle Class

Some will no doubt benefit in the near term, but the removal of limited capital from the productive parts of the economy will ultimately reduce our standard of living, drive up unemployment and make individuals more--as opposed to less--needful of charity.

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Whereas most would think that universal guarantees to a minimum standard of living reduce incentives to work and innovate, Obama believes they give the down-and-out the incentive to build business and employ people.

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