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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

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[–] Tychoxii@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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