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sustainability, degrowth, frugality...these are choices of privilege. you can only call for less when you have more than enough. if you're poor you are alread
by 5350-uiop-1130 3y ago
sustainability, degrowth, frugality...these are choices of privilege.
you can only call for less when you have more than enough.
if you're poor you are already living in degrowth and frugality.
- osmsucks 3y agoYes? That's the whole point. 100 years ago it was unthinkable for common people to eat red meat every day, they just couldn't afford it. Today, we are privileged enough that we can afford to do so, but just because we can it doesn't mean we should. It's not good for you. Same happens in the tech world: we can afford to buy new tech devices to keep up with the bloat that inevitably envelops most things, but should we?
- hkt 3y agoDegrowth is an economic doctrine, not a way of life. One part of it is the idea that there is enough wealth to go round, even within planetary resource boundaries, and that distributing it is more important than growing it. It is a very very valid criticism of the current system, but it isn't a critique or a choice of individuals, it is about political economy.
- logtempo 3y agosure, the question"If I can, should I?" it suppose that you have a choice. If you have no choice, there is no questions :D that said, a good counter-exemple is wood stove efficiency. There are simple design that are more efficient than a firecamp, and very cheap. In some cases you can do a lot more with a little bit of more(sometimes less), so it's worth it.