as an aside in the latest Trillbillies episode Terrence said that we need degrowth communism and it got me wondering what that means to everyone. to hopefully stifle any silly debates i’ll clarify that i’m talking about the West, not underdeveloped/overexploited nations in the Global South.
an end to oil drilling, gas extraction, and coal mining will obviously be necessary to stop climate change. how much modern technology can we replicate without relying on those things or other ecologically violent resource extraction? what does an agriculture system that doesn’t rely on petrochem-derived fertilizers and herbicides look like? how do we repair the immense damage that’s already been done?
i’d really appreciate some book recommendations on this topic as well as everyone’s thoughts
Mass public transit
No crypto
No bullshit jobs
No leaving the heat on in your summer home
No summer home anyway
No more planned obsolesence
No private jets
No yatchs
More vegan
No more useless plastic crap
More touching grass
No fast fashion
More democratic decision making how to allocate energy resources
Etc
Jason Hickel has written about degrowth