MrMakabar@slrpnk.netM to Degrowth@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months ago‘I’m not buying new stuff any more’: the young people getting into ‘degrowth’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1438arrow-down16
arrow-up1432arrow-down1external-link‘I’m not buying new stuff any more’: the young people getting into ‘degrowth’www.theguardian.comMrMakabar@slrpnk.netM to Degrowth@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareJordans_Visionlinkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down2·7 months agoMan, I feel this. Infinite growth is an insane concept.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down1·7 months agoWell made second-hand > disposable Walmart/Amazon plastic Reduce spending. Reuse second-hand wares. Recycle what no one wants.
minus-squareMadMadBunny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up31·7 months agoInfinite growth in a finite system has a name: it’s called cancer.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoJust don’t mention that it’s what makes the stock market go round or people lose their shit when they realize you can’t retire at 65 by magically making money from hoarding it through compound interest.
Man, I feel this. Infinite growth is an insane concept.
Well made second-hand > disposable Walmart/Amazon plastic
Reduce spending. Reuse second-hand wares. Recycle what no one wants.
Infinite growth in a finite system has a name: it’s called cancer.
Just don’t mention that it’s what makes the stock market go round or people lose their shit when they realize you can’t retire at 65 by magically making money from hoarding it through compound interest.