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’

    • Edmond Dantesk
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      21 year ago

      True. But there has been experiments, especially around melting currencies (is that the correct English name ?).

      A recent example (in French, but I guess automatic translators are good enough now ?) : https://monnaie-libre.fr/

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        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

        • Edmond Dantesk
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          21 year ago

          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 …