Because a higher standard of living requires more people to come up with the said standard of living (see: history, the shifting of innovation centers to popula

Because a higher standard of living requires more people to come up with the said standard of living (see: history, the shifting of innovation centers to population centers) The degrowth movements garden variety neo-pastoralist misanthropy makes it blind to the fact that more humans (given a good system of governance and rules) is actually an amazing thing.