> Growth is a core part of the evil of capitalism.
>
> Socialism must find a way either of stopping growth (probably necessary
> for human survival) or of slowing growth to the point at which change
> becomes imperceptible.
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And all of these years I have thought that socialism was for an expansion of
the productive forces, for a society of material abundance - that it
indicted capitalism as a decaying mode of production which had exhausted its
capacity for growth and improvements to the standard of living, which is why
people would necessarily replace it with socialism.
That has not come to pass, more than a century after Marx. But better not share your particular understanding of socialism with your friends, neighbours and colleagues if you want to win converts. They want more growth, more jobs, more income with more time off, more change - not less - and I can't see how anyone could argue they're not justified in wanting these. Unless you accept the notion that economic growth will inevitably outstrip our capacity to cope with it, which I think has to be demonstrated. It's your perogative to do so, but you'd be wrong to identify the idea with the socialist movement.