“If we want more growth, we need to allow creative destruction so new companies can deliver the productivity we need.”

Octopus energy ceo greg jackson

  • oakward@feddit.org
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    18 hours ago

    Can’t ideal communist economies also have growth? Can growth come from efficiency improvements rather than resource consumption increase?

    • marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today
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      15 hours ago

      Sure, theoretically, after everything else has been solved and it’s what’s desired. The goal of communism is a sustainable (as much as there can be in a universe with entropy) way of life where no one goes without what they need to live. Let’s figure that part out before exploring exponential growth, instead of the other way around.