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Degrowth is not a solution in the same way that "just stop fighting" isn't a viable pathway to world peace.

Look for other solutions.

> Degrowth is not a solution

Why?

It's not politically viable. It's not even viable within countries that are doing well, much less across the world where people still live in extreme poverty.

You'd need a global authoritarian regime with strong control over the population & extreme taxes or a command economy to make it a reality

I believe at least some proponents of degrowth see it as a vehicle for exactly what you described. That is, if degrowth is really the only solution and the only way to do that is a global authoritarian regime, oh well what can we do, might as well create one and redistribute wealth in a way they see better while we're at it

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