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The Radical Plan to Save the Planet by Working Less: The degrowth movement wants to shrink the economy to address climate change, and create lives with less stuff, less work, and better well-being. (www.vice.com)

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only way that will work is if you have a violent dictatorship. Welcome Stalin back basically.

I see more future in putting laws in place that severely limits what companies can do. Companies cannot grow beyond 1000 people. Tax any wealth thing heavily. Tax negatively for the poor, tax a little for those with a little and more for those that are better off. Taxes go up and up once you are richer and Once your income and or networth reaches a certain level, tax 100%.

Institute 3-4 work day weeks

Institute universal income

Out extreme limits on advertising and marketing. Those two are the real evils of mankind.

Require news outlets be paid for by the government and be required to be neutral and factual

With changes like that we can remain a (serverely limited) capitalist system that pays for the very nice social system below that doesn't focus in money anymore

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Laws will be written with loopholes. Just nationalize industry run them for the public rather the for profit and fire the CEOs/Lobbyists and PMC's that keep Capitalism operating.

Also I'll take a Stalin for the initial break from Capitalism. After 10ish years, we can go to a more democratic government.