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Degrowth is targeted at rich economies, and specifically their ruling classes, which are overwhelmingly responsible for driving the ecological crisis. It is not targeted at developing countries, it is not an anti-development position. Second, degrowth is not about reducing all forms of production; it is specifically about reducing destructive and unnecessary forms of production. Third, the objective of degrowth is to improve human well-being and accelerate social progress by redirecting production toward socially and ecologically beneficial activities. All of these points can be grasped with a cursory reading of the literature, but too many of the most outspoken critics of degrowth don’t actually read – they just react based on vibes. This is not helpful.

INTERVIEW: Degrowth and the Terrain of Class Struggle with Jason Hickel

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Degrowth is targeted at rich economies, and specifically their ruling classes, which are overwhelmingly responsible for driving the ecological crisis. It is not targeted at developing countries, it is not an anti-development position. Second, degrowth is not about reducing all forms of production; it is specifically about reducing destructive and unnecessary forms of production. Third, the objective of degrowth is to improve human well-being and accelerate social progress by redirecting production toward socially and ecologically beneficial activities. All of these points can be grasped with a cursory reading of the literature, but too many of the most outspoken critics of degrowth don’t actually read – they just react based on vibes. This is not helpful.

INTERVIEW: Degrowth and the Terrain of Class Struggle with Jason Hickel

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“I don’t want to be a burden” you’re more like a relief, a gift, a blessing actually

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i used to have no hope for the future but now i'm thinking. i want rich people food. i want rare sirloin steak. i've never had sirloin steak in my life. i think i want to try it before i die.

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A new mode of production arises out of the newly networked masses.

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Pavel Tatarnikov Arthur of Avalon

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in third grade on the swing with my friend i announced “i figured it out” and my friend said “figured what out” and i said “the meaning of life!” and being third graders this was very exciting so she leaned in and i whispered in her ear “it’s to have fun” and i don’t remember her reaction but i remember how i felt and how i knew so clearly that was the answer. how my small mind was beaming and shimmering with this answer that makes me scoff today but i know that they were right. i was right

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One time, on a walk with my best friend, I found a bumblebee half-alive in the road. I picked it up and carried it all the way home because I wanted to revive it with sugar water. It dropped off my hand countless times, probably doubled the length of the walk home, but I persisted. On paper, what reason did I have to do that? Bees only live a few weeks, and its wing was a little torn up. It would probably die tomorrow anyway. But I think bees are cute, and I wanted to see if I could save it- I always remembered my mum telling me about my cousin who fed bees sugar water to revive them. I was only little but the act of kindness stuck with me.

So I brought the bee home, we named it Bixbee, and my best friend went inside and got me some sugar water and a teaspoon while I sat on their gravel driveway with Bixbee. It fell a few more times while we were just sitting quietly together- I don't think it wanted to live much, or maybe it was just confused by everything that was happening. But after practically drowning itself in a teaspoon of sugar water, its wings started to buzz. Then it lifted off my hand and fell straight to the ground again. A few sips later, it flew for a few feet. I took it to the lawn, and we cheered as it flew off into the bushes. It made my day to see that little guy thriving.

I'm reluctantly a pagan. All of it feels ridiculous, but I've had things happen to me that I can't explain, and felt kindness from something I feel I shouldn't even believe in. Often, I wonder why any god would choose to watch over me- I'm nothing, a speck of dust on the tapestry of humankind. But out of the countless bees I've come across, I interacted with that little bee just because it crossed my path and I enjoyed seeing it flourish, wanted it to be ok for no reason other than it being alive.

So maybe the eyes of something bigger than me landed on the form of some little punk, and thought "that's nice. I want it to live." Perhaps that big old life form wants to help this little broken bumblebee just because it can. I can understand that.

(Ramblings inspired by @fels-fantasy-hoard and their post about god-human dynamics as human-bug interactions. Thank you for the writing inspo!)

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não vá o diabo tecê-las as they say

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"Amulets shouldn't seeth with rage" "jewelry actually should not talk at ALL" quit being such a fucking hater oh my god

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i will always stop to admire a beautiful tree

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Wave in Backlight - Peter Witt

German , b. 1966 -

Oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.

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walkable cities also means sittable cities send tweet

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anyway in case you don’t know it yet

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A 4th century CE statue of Aphroditos. Her cock wards off evil spirits. Reblog to rid your blog of evil spirits.

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do you ever start writing a comment on the internet and then think “oh what the fuck am i going on about” and delete it

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