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

  • Tychoxii [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    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