GinevraCat1d ago
Alex / catileptic

"What many countries around the world are about to experience... is a period of rapid and involuntary decarbonisation. And that will necessarily mean rapid and involuntary degrowth.

Degrowth is a highly divisive term – and many will reject it. The main shortcoming of degrowth is the assumption that it will be in some way up to us to decide – a kind of lifestyle choice.

It won’t be; whether you like degrowth or hate it, the war on Iran makes it all but unavoidable"
https://open.substack.com/pub/reclaimedsystems/p/how-to-lose-an-empire-in-less-than

How to lose an empire in less than 4 weeks

Step 1: Make sure it's your empire. Step 2: Attack Iran.

reclaimed | systems
Mar 26 at 8:22amWeb
Show threadyawnbox1d ago

@catileptic

degrowth is such a wonderfully complicated, interesting, and necessary topic

forced degrowth of course will hit poorer countries harder unfortunately, and coupled with existing cost of living emergencies, this is going to be very bad for most people

the goal, if economies could intentionally move towards degrowth, (as you probably know) is called the "steady state economy"

this is a quick explainer i like about it

https://youtu.be/rAXPLfiHP2g

Show threadInga stands with 🇺🇦 🇵🇸1d ago
@catileptic "rapid unscheduled degrowth"
Show threadKarl Heinz Häsliprinz1d ago
@catileptic
Change is inevitable. Through foresight and adaptation, you can become a shaper of change. Else you will be the prey of change.
Show threadrAIner Agentic Quantum Rehak1d ago
@catileptic The aspect of planning is precisely the difference between degrowth and recession. ;)
Show threadHumphrey Archer1d ago

@catileptic
We are a stupid and thoughtless species on the whole.

We have refused so many offramp from this path

Show thread2xfo1d ago
@catileptic
Substack distributes Nazi literature and defends their right to profit on it. I won't read anything they're publishing because i hate Nazis, and substack has clearly sided with Nazis to make money
Show threadAlex / catileptic1d ago
@RnDanger would you like me to provide you with a link to a Wayback Machine copy of this essay?
Show thread2xfo1d ago
@catileptic
I appreciate your offer but not if it's from substack, thanks. I've sworn it off for my reasons and I'm not going to dilute them by treating Internet backups like a third-hand laundry service
Show threadPēteris Krišjānis1d ago
@catileptic I am still taken back by sheer stupidity that caused this. I know, yes, these people are not smart, but remove just a few safeguards and their whole world is just brought down by stupidness.
This WILL force countries to move away from oil as strategic resource, just because it is most energy dense, it is just not worth the cost.
Show threadsortius 8h ago
@catileptic pit it's on Substack, I'll never read it then