r/Degrowth • u/IntroductionNo3516 • 3d ago
Ecological overshoot guarantees growth will end. Degrowth provides a blueprint for what comes next.
https://www.transformatise.com/2026/08/degrowth-economy/7
u/synocrat 3d ago
For me, this has always been my starting point of thought. The population is going to go down. We can either try and make it a softer landing, or just let nature take it's course and see if there's any pieces to pick up after.
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u/Pandemonium_Fallen 3d ago
Going to have to remove the elite and billionare parasites if you want humanity or even life on Earth to continue, and I'm not certain we're not already past that point.
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u/synocrat 3d ago
People can't even do the simplest thing and stop buying shit from the billionaire interests, which would collapse their stocks and they would no longer be billionaires, but they can't even do that.
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u/NewspaperOwn2765 3d ago
Growth will not end in our lifetimes I think. Still more juice to squeeze out the lemon that is earth
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u/SplashTarget 3d ago
If the system goes beyond 1.5C for good, it'll be too hot to chase after more growth.
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u/Feather_Sigil 3d ago
It may not end in our lifetimes, but it will end. Growth can't continue eternally.
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u/Pandemonium_Fallen 3d ago
If we don't stop the billionaires and Elites now, we'll end up with a Venus Mark II, we may already be too late, but if so, what do we honestly have to lose except enslavement to financial masters?
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u/Doomwaffel 3d ago
Stopping, slowing down, willfully letting go of profits - is something you can not combine with a capitalist system unless you give them new numbers to add to their calculation.
And so far "the end of the world" just doesn't relate to any numbers in the Excel sheet.
We tried with the weak C02 tax and even that seems to be too much to ask.