• theluddite
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    2 years ago

    Maybe it means that in some circles that I’m not familiar with, but “degrowth” as used in this piece has been around for some time. It draws from a variety of traditions, including feminism, since many economic measures like GDP generally excludes women’s work, and anti-colonialism, which is closely tied with capitalism’s need for continual growth. It’s also the term used by scholars of environmental and economic policy.

    Reddit had a small but nice /r/degrowth community. I made one at /c/degrowth@lemmy.ml in the hopes that we could replace it. Maybe join us (well, just me for now I suppose) there! Even if you don’t agree with the movement, it’s an interesting critique of one of our society’s foundational assumptions: The economy should grow forever, and that will be good for people.