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I honestly don't know what this "de-growth" thing is about, it sounds suspiciously like a slur invented to label any sustainable economy advocate so they stop m
by SiempreViernes 5y ago
I honestly don't know what this "de-growth" thing is about, it sounds suspiciously like a slur invented to label any sustainable economy advocate so they stop messing up industry with rules about how much energy or resources you can waste.
And the arguing isn't great either, when saying why their opponents arguments are wrong they demonstrate it partially by the following incredibly general statement:
> Past trends are no guarantee of future trends
and without any qualification why this would only apply to one sort of trend they assert their own trend as fact
> And the fact that rich countries have hit an inflection point where economic growth no longer depends on growing resource
Or in clearer words: "Your trend is false and will break tomorrow, but my trend is an eternal truth!". This sort of bluntly self serving argument does not fill me with confidence that there is much carefully crafter reasoning here.
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoIt's not a slur or epithet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrowth#Origins_of_the_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrowth#Origins_of_the_moveme...
- wutbrodo 5y ago> I honestly don't know what this "de-growth" thing is about, it sounds suspiciously like a slur invented to label any sustainable economy advocate so they stop messing up industry with rules about how much energy or resources you can waste. I get this as an initial reaction but....why not just Google it before posting a lengthy comment based off of what it "sounds like"? As the sibling comments link shows, literally the first result for googling the term provides a long and detailed history of its proponents. Abs the entire article is written from the perspective of someone concerned about sustainability (without thinking lower economic growth is a feasible path forward), which makes the assumption even more bizarre.