Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

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This objectification facilitated extraction/commodification/privatization (property) of nature, as well as of labour (human body as machines… thus productivity and disciplining of labour). We need to evolve beyond the dogmas of capitalism to a new system that is fit for the twenty-first century. All operate under the same logic/system (the latter experiencing much worse conditions than the latter, of course) and are fundamental to the functioning of capitalism. Less is More calmly dismantles the central myths of capitalism, exposing its destructive madness for all to see. Some radical solutions seem impractical and not enough evidence nor a convincing argument is made to alleviate the doubts one might have about those solutions (New money).

And, if you’re looking for an ancient author to express the idea of simple living in a political setting, you could hardly do better than Plato.

The first part of this book is absolutely brutal, and I had to take a lot of breaks and literally walk away from it.

However, it seems to spend more time positing a concept of an idyllic past where humans were happy and at one with nature. Anyway, the key learning from reading part one is: capitalism bad, capitalism has to be bad because of the structures of exploitation that created and perpetuate it, capitalism will be bad in the future, and we have 500 years of history to prove it.This book is a great companion book to the one I've mentioned before "The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible" by Charles Eisenstein. Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis and video); only after this is made clear should we then add that population growth is the one growth curve we know how to flatten in a socially-just manner, i. Daar wringt het schoentje toch wat: directe democratie is allemaal goed en wel, maar in deze gepolariseerde maatschappij waar macht vaak corrupt is kan ik me niet voorstellen dat deze noodzakelijke snelle en wereldwijde overgang zonder slag of stoot zou kunnen gebeuren, of zonder dat totalitaire leiders zich hier en daar in het machtsvacuüm wringen. This book lives in the same space as “Donut Economics” by Kate Raworth, but is executed much much better.