Pretty bold to argue that (1) anyone who ever bought things should have foreseen the damage that consumption would cause the planet, and (2) we can resolve the individual consequences of that by consuming more. https://om.co/2023/06/07/hot-or-not-our-dystopian-vision/
@nickheer absolving growth capitalism from guilt and turning it on the individual is a playbook for avoiding change.
Having said that Americans do want huge cars they drive alone so…