Time and time again these people have been proven completely wrong (technological progress saves humanity) yet they keep popping up.
Seems like some cult/religion at this point.
Advocating for the termination of hundreds of millions of current/future humans (what you get by slowing economic growth) is an abhorrent thing to be an “activist” for.
For posterity this is a complete misunderstanding of everything degrowth. There's a whole book about this particular disingenuous Malthusian accusation but here's the gist:
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[ 4.4 ms ] story [ 15.7 ms ] threadTime and time again these people have been proven completely wrong (technological progress saves humanity) yet they keep popping up.
Seems like some cult/religion at this point.
Advocating for the termination of hundreds of millions of current/future humans (what you get by slowing economic growth) is an abhorrent thing to be an “activist” for.
https://www.cato-unbound.org/2021/04/14/giorgos-kallis/why-m...