> You imply that population will increase indefinitely
You imply that it won't.
I don't see a fundamental reason why humans would stop at 8 billion - yeah, currently, (my hypothesis is that) the world is kind of shit, so people stopped procreating due to stress. However, there's no reason to think that people won't procreate once the world becomes a better place to live.
> or that degrowth needs to happen forever
Assuming population keeps growing (which I see no fundamental reason to doubt will happen eventually), degrowth needs to happen forever in order to keep the consumption from growing - basic math:
total consumption = number of people * avg. consumption per person
To keep total consumption constant, avg. consumption per person needs to decrease proportionally to the increase of the number of people.
> Also, slippery slope argument.
Not a real counter-argument.
You imply that it won't.
I don't see a fundamental reason why humans would stop at 8 billion - yeah, currently, (my hypothesis is that) the world is kind of shit, so people stopped procreating due to stress. However, there's no reason to think that people won't procreate once the world becomes a better place to live.
> or that degrowth needs to happen forever
Assuming population keeps growing (which I see no fundamental reason to doubt will happen eventually), degrowth needs to happen forever in order to keep the consumption from growing - basic math:
To keep total consumption constant, avg. consumption per person needs to decrease proportionally to the increase of the number of people.> Also, slippery slope argument.
Not a real counter-argument.