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One Year After I Quit My Job for Activism
- LewisVerstappen 4y agoDegrowth is the latest trend of Malthusianism. Time and time again these people have been proven completely wrong (technological progress saves humanity) yet they keep popping up. Seems like some cult/religion at this point. Advocating for the termination of hundreds of millions of current/future humans (what you get by slowing economic growth) is an abhorrent thing to be an “activist” for.
- ttiurani 4y agoFor posterity this is a complete misunderstanding of everything degrowth. There's a whole book about this particular disingenuous Malthusian accusation but here's the gist: https://www.cato-unbound.org/2021/04/14/giorgos-kallis/why-malthuss-gospel-growth-was-still-wrong/ https://www.cato-unbound.org/2021/04/14/giorgos-kallis/why-m...