Re:The 19th-Century Family Fortunes Funding Degrowth
by marssaxman on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @08:03PM
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> No one says literally infinite growth.
The previous poster said "degrowth is such a stupid idea", which amounts to the same thing.
> We are nearing catastrophe because of our carbon-producing energy sources, but that's not "growth" generally, that's a specific problem.
That is only one of many ecological limits we are approaching, or which we have already exceeded.
There is absolutely no reason, whatsoever, to think we are nearing the end of genuinely useful growth. We still die early of cancer, spend too much time working, live in too small domiciles, don't enjoy enough hobbies, eat worse food than we'd like, etc. We are nearing catastrophe because of our carbon-producing energy sources, but that's not "growth" generally, that's a specific problem.