Black Friday: Activists launch a movement for degrowth – ‘Economic growth doesn’t bring happiness’
1/ On Black Friday, 29th of November 2024, the Global Degrowth Campaign put forward a series of actions. ✨ In Brussels, activists adbusted the facade of a big shopping center with a 7-metre ladder. They sprayed a 13-metre billboard and stuck a series of posters. pic.twitter.com/qC750GYg7k — Scientist Rebellion (@ScientistRebel1) November 30, 2024 6/ […]
Degrowth Means Certain Death for Humanity: ‘Nature is by far the greatest threat to humanity’ – ‘Addressing these threats requires advancing technology & wealth’
Degrowth Means Certain Death for Humanity By Marian L. Tupy Summary: falsely thinking of Earth as reliably habitable, proponents of degrowth ignore the numerous natural threats that could end human civilization. The planet faces potential dangers ranging from asteroid impacts, to supernova explosions, to gamma-ray bursts. Addressing these threats requires advancing technology and wealth, as […]
Degrowthers Are the New Barbarians: ‘Degrowth movement fails to appreciate human ingenuity & technological innovation’
Degrowthers Are the New Barbarians By MARIAN L. TUPY Summary: Like Rome’s ancient grandeur, today’s economy is supported by human ingenuity. Rome’s technological marvels such as the aqueducts were threatened by barbarians who sought destruction and ultimately achieved it. Modern sources of flourishing are likewise under fire. Today, the “degrowth” movement advocates for radical reductions […]
Wash Post Editorial Board denounces ‘de-growth communism’ – ‘Ending growth won’t save the planet’
WaPo/Amazon owner Jeff Bezos has ‘de-growth communism’ denounced by editorial board. Degrowth’s prophets offer little more than hand-waving in response to the most elementary questions about their prescription. Degrowth evangelist Kohei Saito suggests “degrowth communism,”… pic.twitter.com/r133g9Y8Dm — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) June 23, 2024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/21/degrowth-climate/ # Related: The Atlantic Justified ‘Degrowth Communism’ to Fight Climate […]
Watermelon Communism: Meta AI Excuses ‘Degrowth Communism’ as Tool to Fight Climate Change
Climate Depot Founder Marc Morano told MRC Free Speech America that he had to “give Meta AI credit. It has a great tone that sounds very unbiased and analytical as it spews pure propaganda.”
Morano repudiated Meta AI for “cherry-picking science to support the idea that climate is in crisis, and we need to act on it and that there’s some kind of consensus.” But, as Morano observed, “the consensus and the climate cases are about as real as AI is. The real irony here is that the power usage needed to power Big Tech’s goal of AI becoming dominant is going to destroy and derail the green agenda because it lays the fact that solar and wind and renewable energy cannot possibly power the AI-powered demands, let alone modern society.”
We’re Saved! UN Scientists to disrupt Brussels, ‘demand degrowth’ – Issue ‘manifesto’ declaring economic ‘growth kills’ – Warn of ‘ecological collapse’ & seek ‘new economic system’ that ‘respects the planet’s limits’
Via Press Release: From 6 to 8 June, Scientist Rebellion International, Growth Kills and Extinction Rebellion are organising a series of civil disobedience actions in Brussels, as well as an information meeting and activism workshop. The series is supported by Wolfgang Cramer, prominent IPCC member and Peace Nobel Prize winner, who will be available for […]
The Atlantic: Is America Ready for ‘Degrowth Communism’? – ‘Say goodbye, perhaps, to hamburgers, SUVs, & your annual cross-country flight home for the holidays’
The degrowth movement has swelled in recent years, particularly in Europe and in academic circles. The theory has dramatic implications. Instead of finding carbon-neutral ways to power our luxurious modern lifestyles, degrowth would require us to surrender some material comforts. One leading proponent suggests imposing a hard cap on total national energy use, which would ratchet down every year. Energy-intensive activities might be banned outright or taxed to near oblivion. (Say goodbye, perhaps, to hamburgers, SUVs, and your annual cross-country flight home for the holidays.) You’d probably be prohibited from setting the thermostat too cold in summer or too warm in winter. To keep frivolous spending down, the government might decide which products are “wasteful” and ban advertising for them. Slower growth would require less labor, so the government would shorten the workweek and guarantee a job for every person.
Saito did not invent degrowth, but he has put his own spin on it by adding the C word. As for what kind of “communism” we’re talking about, Saito tends to emphasize workers’ cooperatives and generous social-welfare policies rather than top-down Leninist state control of the economy. He says he wants democratic change rather than revolution—though he’s fuzzy on how exactly you get people to vote for shrinkage. This message has found an enthusiastic audience. Saito’s 2020 book, Capital in the Anthropocene, sold half a million copies.
Journal Nature: ‘Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help’ – ‘Wealthy countries’ need to ‘abandon economic growth as an objective’ to ‘fight against climate breakdown’
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/12/14/nature-jumps-the-shark-degrowth-can-work-heres-how-science-can-help/ Pure Communism Disguised as Economics. By Charles Rotter As the pushback against ESG grows louder, this tone-deaf and economically illiterate article pushing pure communism central economic control appears in Nature, with the title and tagline: Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if […]
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. on ‘Defund the Economy’ – ‘The marvelous, muddled mess that is ‘degrowth’
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/defund-the-economy?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=119454&post_id=90633829&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email By Roger Pielke Jr. It has become fashionable over the past decade to promote the idea of “degrowth” — or if you wish to sound smart at a dinner party, décroissance. On Monday, Nature published a call to “degrowth,” claiming that “degrowth can work” and “wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon […]
CNBC Video: ‘Degrowth: It is time to live better with less?’ – ‘To some [COVID lockdowns] elevated hopes that carbon emissions had peaked & illustrated the potential for a long term low carbon recovery’
Via: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/05/20/degrowth-is-it-time-to-live-better-with-less.html # Background: Great Reset By Marc Morano – Chapter 12 Excerpt: ‘COVID Lockdowns Morph to Climate Lockdowns’ Degrowth: Economic growth is bad for the climate, Europe’s Science Academies claim — Seek replacing with ‘indicators of human well-being’ Greta Thunberg denounced world leaders for their main focus on what she called “the fairy tale […]
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