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Growth Sans Growth~II

It seems democracy and capitalism no longer go together. We have so far believed that democracy gives people freedom of choice, an essential prerequisite for economic activities to flourish. The question is if this is the true face of neoliberal capitalism, would we want to look at it? Should we not think instead how a possible transition to reduced consumption, reduced production and reduced profit can be made compatible with social security and stability while fulfilling the basic human needs that modern living demands?

Countless Withdrawals of Natural Capital Likely to Bankrupt Human Well-Being

Predictions of catastrophe have actually come to fruition, just not on a financial scale large enough for those in power to care.

Orion Magazine - Dark Ecology

Take the only tree that’s left, Stuff it up the hole in your culture. —Leonard Cohen Retreat to the desert, and fight. —D. H. Lawrence THE HANDLE, which