• reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net
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    6 hours ago

    I’m somewhat new to the degrowth space, how does it interface with earlier theories like post scarcity economics and similar? My immediate reaction after reading this article (but not being familiar with Richie’s work) is that she’s completely ignoring the historical impact of globalization on exploited geographies and the underlying growth incentives that continue to drive it. Not to mention the moral frameworks (manifest destiny, civilized vs uncivilized people groups, etc) that make this behavior permissible… I’m trying to imagine what infinite non-destructive accumulation would look like