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Degrowth and prisoner's dilemma (reddthat.com)

submitted 11 months ago by clehaxze@reddthat.com to c/environment@beehaw.org

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I've been tried reading about how degrowth can safe the planet - personally I don't buy stuff I don't need, uses public transport extensively, etc. it happens to me naturally - But I don't see how people and countries can apply degrowth without fear that others in our capitalist world would take advantage.

For example. let's say the suddenly the UK decided to degeowth and stop making so much investments into the industrial sector. The international investments would simply go to countries that would accept the investments. It feels like degrowth is stuck in a prisoner's dilemma. And there's no obvious way around it.

How can this be solved?

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[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Address the population issue.

The most probable is war, disease, famine, instability, collapse, along with large migrations of people. This is likely plan A.

A global one child policy is another approach along with true costing of carbon and other depletion activities. Even better a true change in what people think. Women's rights, education, and opportunity goes a long way as does birth control and abortion rights. I am not an optimist here.