Is degrowth possible under capitalism? (slrpnk.net)

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Let's put some life into this sub. I don't think degrowth is possible under capitalism because the imperative to degrow contradicts the capitalist drive for the creation of value (valorization) which must always grow under capitalism'

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The wikipedia entry has a big fat This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. due to the term degrowth being badly defined especially in English. So you get ideas like deliberatly shrinking the economy until in planetary boundaries to be part of degrowth. For example here it is used insuch a context:

https://degrowth.org/definition/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04412-x

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