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The Radical Plan to Save the Planet by Working Less: The degrowth movement wants to shrink the economy to address climate change, and create lives with less stuff, less work, and better well-being. (www.vice.com)

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[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

If there was less profit in general from reduced consumption then billionaires would suffer anyway. Degrowth doesn't exist in a vacuum and it's part of a broader movement to combat climate change and increase equity. This is very much a left wing concept that has plenty of criticisms about, and solutions to the problems you're raising