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15 years of degrowth research: A systematic review (www.sciencedirect.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

From your link:

With the creation of the Socialist Party of America, this group formed the core of an element that favored reformism rather than revolution, de-emphasizing social theory and revolutionary rhetoric in favor of honest government and efforts to improve public health.

I think you're both wrong and right. People do recognize the necessity of producing and consuming less. But that doesn't necessarily lead to degrowth's proposed goals.

But focusing on the goals as such is the more effective approach. If we want people to consume less, then we should give them a reason to do so. A day spent at an animal festival (just randomly off the top of my head) is one less spent doom scrolling and buying something from Amazon and is fun af.

Why people consume less matters less than that they do so, imho.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I think expecting people to consume less is the wrong approach. We should instead stop the wasteful production, then the people will naturally consume less. For example, banning production of SUVs.