Let’s put some life into this sub. I don’t think degrowth is possible under capitalism because the imperative to degrow contradicts the capitalist drive for the creation of value (valorization) which must always grow under capitalism’

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        Thank you for that, I wasn’t aware that was a thing! I’ll bookmark that to read later as it seems a bit long! I didn’t even know melting currencies were a thing

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          Such is the power of economic orthodoxy - to trick you into thinking there is no alternative, that economic laws are laws of nature when they are “only” social constructions …