Eco-socialism Doesn’t Mean Doing With Less: Healing the Metabolic Rift

Capitalists seem to have won over the word “growth”, leaving socialists in a defensive position not knowing what to call ourselves. After all, socialist are not for “de-growth” but rather for a different kind of growth. This growth does not mean the endless accumulation of commodities but an actual reduction of working hours, expanding the realm of freedom over the realm of necessity. The “metabolic rift” refers to the current gap that exists between biophysical nature and human societies.