#growthism — Public Fediverse posts

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An article appeared in The Guardian on Thursday, December 11th, entitled “Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds”

But that headline is misleading and the study overclaims too.
We take it apart (need to fix formatting for mobile view).

Decoupling …… again – degrowthUK
https://degrowthuk.org/2025/12/16/decoupling-again/

#CarbonEmissions #decouplig #growthism

"Nvidia reported revenue that barely exceeded Wall Street’s expectations, triggering an 8.5% stock slide as investors hoped for more outperformance"

Read that twice.... what a bizarre world. #growthism

(From today's headlines and I really don't want to link it)

Matthew notes that the government’s assertion, that “The worsening affordability of homes is the best evidence that supply is failing to keep up with demand”, is “an assumption, exhibiting all the hallmarks of confirmational bias, and is not backed up by any evidence at all.” Or in other words, propaganda.

More on #NPPF – questionable assumptions | Steady State Manchester
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/02/18/more-on-nppf-questionable-assumptions/
#planning #propaganda #growthism

Fantastic piece!

https://brettscott.substack.com/p/tech-doesnt-make-our-lives-easier

#technology #capitalism #growthism

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There is still one big, #boomer blunder that you still have time to rectify.

Help your #family ditch the failing Frankenstein of #fiat, the ugly, suckling #USDollar. Over generations you've seen the #misallocation, the financialised #growthism, and #speculativeBubbles and wars it has fueled when countries expressed to stand apart from it.

Stop fueling fiat and move towards #degrowth, a #deflationary money for #savers.

Dear boomer,

Please, learn #bitcoin and #monero.

@lordbowlich
The sad part is it almost seemed like they were about to turn over a new leaf last month by accepting donations in sound-money from actual #savers.

Then the #grifters in the #twitterSphere saw an end to that, of course.

#warOnSavers #growthism
@khm @sl007

There are only two certainties in this world…

1. Death, and
2. Keynesianism is a false economy.

#falseEconomy #growthism #growthObsession #debt #circleOfLife #noCircleOfLife #zombieEconomy #zombieBanks #boomBust #noBoomBust #bitcoinFixesThis #whyBitcoinCore #zeroWaste

When it comes to #nuclearEnergy and #greenwashing, can we all please condemn (as swiftly as humanly possible) the notion of #SmallModularReactors (#SMRs).

The #UKGovt is set to fund a $280M (USD) project with #RollsRoyce to build the country's first #SMR.

The continuing march of the #deathcult.

What we need is a proper #rethink of #growthism, #corporatism (aka cronyism) and #hyperconsumption.

#howVeryKeynesian #ukpol #consumption #moneyPrinterGoDrr #depletedUranium #whyBitcoinCore #degrowth

@shans
Hi Shans,

If you live in #Australia, Growing For Broke (2015?) by the late Peter North is a must-read.

We speak in the language of #ConvivialSufficiency. The way we can achieve this is by "Getting #NEOeD", which may involve punching upwards at those perpetrating the #statusQuo.

#growingForBroke #peterNorth #growthism

@clacke @fitheach
The only person to put a dent in the growthist agenda was #KevinRudd he also did things for longterm #sustainability like an #insulation scheme. He also tried to bring in a mining tax, and modernise our internet with #FttH, which came under attack from #EmpireMurdoch, before a coup removed him from power.

So we have an active cabal fighting for #growthism.

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@actualsteerpike
The way the facts are presented are tantamount to #disinfo.

Aral should know better that to make sweeping accusations like this based on tired narratives designed to misinform.

Not only it #bitcoin a net positive for the globe when compared to alternative, #fiatCurrency and the #growthism it propagates…

…bitcoin gets better and more efficient over time.

It responds to changes in energy availability, dynamically using less energy when less energy is available.

@amiloradovsky
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> #SWIFT at least doesn't require to burn loads of coal to operate.

See #militarism, #growthism, #debtBasedEconomics

> Coal-burning

There's literature and annedotes of #proofOfWork miners largely seeking #intermittantEnergy from #renewables, like #hydro. Bankers fly planes and consume energy for work. #CambridgeUniversity found that the demands are negligable, also.
@alcinnz