Capitalism’s Addiction To Growth Means Civilisational COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Jason Hickel

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Support our work: http://novara.media/support Our politicians don’t agree on much, but one thing most of them agree on is that growth is universally good. Grow the pie, they assure us, and there will be more to go around. Our guest on Downstream this week could not disagree more. Professor Jason Hickel argues that the mindless pursuit of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth isn’t just a bad thing, but is leading humanity to catastrophe. He is an expert on what climate collapse actually means, as well as the solutions available to us that could mitigate the crisis. In conversation with Aaron Bastani, they discuss where the current growth forecasts will lead humanity, and the planet we live on. How does Palestine fit into the broader geo-political picture? Is green growth a plausible economic strategy, or just a greenwashed version of capitalism? And does degrowth need a re-brand? 00:00 Intro 02:50 What Will Earth Be Like in 2100? 07:57 The Colonial Dimensions of Climate Change 21:35 The Global North is Way off Target 32:07 Why We Can’t Solve Our Crises Under Capitalism 37:11 China’s Capacity to Act 50:17 The History of Socialist States 57:46 The Cold War: World War Three 1:03:36 The Geopolitics of the Genocide in Palestine 1:12:25 American Empire 1:20:35 The Future of Europe 1:25:19 What Is Degrowth? 1:31:44 The Limits of GDP: France vs America 1:33:27 Bourgeois Individualist Green Politics 1:39:39 How Would Eco-Socialists Balance the Books?