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’

    • GuilhermePelayo
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      10 months ago

      Fair enough. Degrowth from capitalism to market economy is more of an obtainable goal

      • Edmond Dantesk
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        10 months ago

        Maybe if everyone had access to roughly the same wealth, market economy could be a good method of balancing economy ?

          • Edmond Dantesk
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            10 months ago

            True. But there has been experiments, especially around melting currencies (is that the correct English name ?).

            A recent example (in French, but I guess automatic translators are good enough now ?) : https://monnaie-libre.fr/

            • GuilhermePelayo
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              10 months ago

              Thank you for that, I wasn’t aware that was a thing! I’ll bookmark that to read later as it seems a bit long! I didn’t even know melting currencies were a thing

              • Edmond Dantesk
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                10 months ago

                Such is the power of economic orthodoxy - to trick you into thinking there is no alternative, that economic laws are laws of nature when they are “only” social constructions …