Tag: growthism
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Lawns and lost energy
Originally published by Ecocore. Neo-liberal capitalism seldom accounts for the energy spent in pursuit of useless aesthetics. By useless, I mean items and activities that lead to environmental degradation without providing much social and public value. Capitalism allows your desires to be pursued without a need to justify them. The freedom it provides is built…
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Why nothing is being done about climate change
Climate change is the greatest threat the world has ever faced, yet so little happens in politics that you would think the problem does not exist. After COP27, it’s clear politicians are incapable of taking radical climate action needed to meet the 1.5-celsius goal from the Paris agreement. We’re currently looking at 2.7 celsius, which…
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On Petro masculinity
Climate change and clean, renewable energy present themselves as a threat to fossil fuel capitalists. As defined by Cara Daggett, Petro-masculinity represents the overlapping between 1950’s America (and large parts of Europe and Asia), traditionalism, authoritarianism, fascism and the masculine stereotypes built around growthism. Defending growthism as necessary for our society to function is a…
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The Nordic Model
Norway is considered a social-democratic state with fewer economic differences among its citizens. With a high Gini coefficient of 27.7, it would seem like this is an applicable model for other countries to replicate. While the saying “Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor” cannot be applied inside Norway, the term describes Norway…
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Undoing nihilism
Neo-liberal capitalism is nihilist at its core. That’s not news. Its global extraction and built-in exponential growth through GDP will eventually turn the earth into nothing. Neo-liberal capitalism rejects value-based judgement and destroys the life-creating potential of humans and nature. It eliminates the cycle of death you find in nature; nature’s death is life-generating through…
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The Climate Report
The global north is the main contributor to climate change. The global south and marginalised communities are already starting to feel the effect of it. With floods in Pakistan and Nigeria as two recent examples, it’s clear that every citizen and institution in the global north has a responsibility. According to Oxfam, the wealthiest 1%…
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Endless Recession
What we are currently experiencing with increased inflation and a likely recession is something we must get used to as we face climate change’s effect on the economy. With more extreme weather, such as drought and floods, it is unlikely that we will be capable of producing the same amount of food under these extreme…