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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

degrowth doesn't mean worse quality of life, in many instances it very much increases quality of life.

would you not prefer to work half as much as you do? we can have that with degrowth.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm misunderstanding degrowth. Is it trying to decrease GDP? How does it do that? Or is it moreso increased worker rights and protections with decreased GDP growth as a byproduct? Because I'm all for the second version.

[–] kmaismith@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

IMO Degrowth would have to start with finding better, less destructive metrics than GDP to measure and plan economic prosperity with