[Geee]

Capitalism and market economy is all about degrowth. It's a system that tries to make same amount of stuff using less and less resources. Because of it, we get constantly more efficient, and can support a higher standard of living using less resources. It's a system where the most efficient survive.

Resource over-use is caused by government intervention. It's the governments who try to pump up their GDPs with various policies, which causes ever-growing consumption and resource use. They literally control the interest rates to get everyone to consume as much as possible.

[bowsamic]

Only in a restricted economy. If you allow people to have children, then you get runaway consumption

[Geee]

Increase in efficiency allows population to grow without using more resources.

However, whether it grows is another question. Today, we are seeing a massive collapse in populations around the world, which is a huge problem and no one really knows the root cause.

[bowsamic]

I think that would be a good thing, if there were far less people

[Geee]

I think it's better to have more people, or at least keep the current level.