Regardless of whether the future economy is Marxist (owned by the workers) or capitalist (owned by moneyed interests), we need to consume less.
We need economic growth. Great, let's develop the productive forces, I'm on board. But by the DPSIR model, economic growth will put pressures on natural systems. Now the quantity of pressure depends on population, amount of consumption, and the nature of technology used to feedclothhouse people. My point is, aside from the communism-capitalism debate, we need to have the high-impact-tech-vs-low-impact-tech debate.
i’d really appreciate some book recommendations on this topic as well as everyone’s thoughts
Jason Hickel's stuff is good. I was surprisingly disappointed with ER Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful, which was highly recommended.