People love to rail against growth because they use it as some proxy for "consumerism" or "materialism". If you actually take a step back and realize that econ

People love to rail against growth because they use it as some proxy for "consumerism" or "materialism". If you actually take a step back and realize that economic growth is what pays for infrastructure, social programs, public pensions, healthcare, the idea "we should just get comfortable with less" seems much less appealing.