Ok, ngl--haven't read the article itself. But this blog is extremely interesting. I used to have an intimate family connection to the world of physics through someone who was planning to throw their lot in with them for life (hence, I got to see up close several people attempting the same, and each of them had unique struggles and reservations and approaches). It is very meaningful to see someone coming out of the opposite side.
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Reminder that degrowth does not mean austerity, and its conflation is eco-fascism.
This article just reeks of "just because white people can't live sustainably that means all of humanity needs to revert to its most basic form" complete and utter garbage. This is what happens when you don't factor in the prospective of people outside of the oppressor circlejerk.
Please do not use the term eco-fascism indiscriminately. You also haven't read the blog post until the end. Orelse your post makes just no sense.
"Degrowth = austerity is eco-fascism" is a statement of fact.
Sounds more like you have a problem with me using the term at all, which is extremely suspicious. What's going on, here?
“Degrowth = austerity is eco-fascism” is a statement of fact.
It is not just a category error but conflating three independent concepts.
Ecofascism is prescription ethics. "It is morally good to kill all people so that the planetary ecosystem can return to its natural state, hence we should strive to kill all people". I guess there are such people who adhere to such a value system. Not many of them, though.
Descriptive term would be "We are in deep overshoot, so excess deaths of billions are unavoidable within about a century". You will notice complete absence of a moral value statement here.
Degrowth and austerity sound like the planetary system Earth can have considerable degrees of freedom in that respect. It has not, but you might think that sustained existance 8.1 billion people and a decline in net energy per capita availability while crashing the planetary ecosystem are compatible.
Do you think that that 8.1 billion people and fast decline in net energy per capita availability while crashing the planetary ecosystem are compatible? If yes, please cite your references.
Sounds more like you have a problem with me using the term at all, which is extremely suspicious. What’s going on, here?
I am giving you an opportunity to explain what you mean.
I am giving you an opportunity to explain what you mean.
In the numerous discussions I've seen on this I've never seen it done. Recognizing a reality of our predicament is choosing a particular monstrous ethos in response, apparently, and no, they won't explain.
You're correct. The poster has called me names and refused to explain what he meant.
A lot of these younger leftists are authoritarian and anti-intellectual, and react with hostility to any disagreement with their beliefs. This was a problem on Reddit and it's a problem on Lemmy. I don't know what happened to the left, but when I was young they were the intellectual and rational ones. These days, anything other than "fully automated luxury communism" is ecofascism I suppose. Yes, they do take the view that an accurate assessment of our predicament makes you a terrible person.
Also blaming white people for this is inappropriate as there is basically no part of the world today that's on a sustainable trajectory in the scenario of energy descent.
That's an easy one. These people are not left. The movement as a whole has died. There are still individuals who are left, but organizations no longer.
The collapse community is filled with anarchists. What are you suggesting that is considered ecofascism by these authoritarians? And where is this growing anti-intellectualism on the left?
should have a copypaste of something like this so we dont have to type it out every time someone comes in parroting the "blah blah science is ecofascism" nonsense
I'm not going to waste my energy explaining a very basic concept to someone who clearly wants so much to not-see it. If your view of degrowth involves the massive drop in quality of life, you are, without a doubt, little more than an ecofascist and I and everyone else is beyond reasonable for wanting nothing to do with you.
EDIT: You and your community has shown their whole asses with that one. I'm out.
you aren't explaining yourself because you don't make sense, don't pretend like its because you are taking some high ground .