The “Degrowth” Proposal: A Reactionary Chimera

This article presents a Marxist critique of the degrowth proposal that argues for the need to reduce contemporary society’s level of complexity, as the only possible way to ensure environmental sustainability. The article maintains that the flawed assumptions, logical inconsistency, and reactionary content of the degrowth proposal render it unnecessary , unfeasible , and undesirable , going on to contend that the only rational and progressive solution to the ecological problem lies in further developing humanity’s technological and institutional capacities so that its metabolism with nature can be planned, something that only the cyber-communist proposal can guarantee.