The lower limit of cosmological expansion postulated by standard cosmology is called into question for both theoretical and observable reasons. The cosmological redshift is not interpreted here as a Doppler effect and numerical increase in distance, but as an expansion of the space-time scale. All objects dominated by gravity, including small objects such as the Earth, participate in cosmological expansion contrary to standard theory. We give a number of examples for the extreme, 18-digit accordance of expansion rates of different knowledge areas with the cosmological expansion rate. This accordance means that a common cause is almost inevitable. The space expands with its content while maintaining the numerical distance, radius, rotation time and density. The Earth therefore shows no expansion, but a scale drift with a drift rate of the size of the Hubble constant. This intrinsic drift apparently also applies to distant galaxies. The expansion of galaxies assumed here makes the assumption of dark matter superfluous. The continents and our usual everyday environment are not involved in the expansion.