“We need to make sure that everyone agrees on the definition of degrowth.”
- “Why is that?”
“We have to have agreement on what the definition of the thing we support is.”
- “Does everyone who calls themselves a capitalist get together and agree on the definition. Or did they one time in the past?”
“Uh, no.”
“If you want to have a movement of people bigger than a phone booth, drop the purity test. If people show up and want to be there, they are in the club. Test for enthusiasm, not ideology.”
If we want solidarity, we have to give a little.