"In the middle of an ecological emergency, should we be producing sport utility vehicles and mansions? Should we be diverting energy to support the obscene consumption and accumulation of the ruling class? No. That is an irrationality that only capitalism can love."
#capitalocene #climateEmengency #degrowth
https://monthlyreview.org/2023/07/01/on-technology-and-degrowth/
Comment: think "war-time economy" for what real emergency economies are like.
#capitalocene #climateEmengency #degrowth
https://monthlyreview.org/2023/07/01/on-technology-and-degrowth/
Comment: think "war-time economy" for what real emergency economies are like.
On Technology and Degrowth
There is a common misconception among critics that degrowth proponents do not engage with the question of technology, instead leaving the implementation of…Jason Hickel (Monthly Review)