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
An end to trying to invent new markets for shit people don't want or need. Also an end to making 3+ different tiers of commodity. No more planned obsolescence, built-in defects to get people to buy replacements, or otherwise making what should be durable goods disposable.
The elimination of finance, insurance, marketing, rentierism, and other such vampiric market sectors. Obviously, the absence of capitalism and the profit motive would do away with these things, anyway.
Depopulating and rewilding the suburbs will be important for preventing complete biosphere collapse.