Even though this is the most misanthropic comment I've ever seen on HN and I'm appalled you would consider writing it, I'll play along! Killing the only people advocating for their movement would make the movement very unlikely to succeed.
See the whole "while it would make the movement unlikely to succeed" is what I hear from politicians explaining why they don't refuse corporate donations like pledging to fight corporate greed. These people are PART of growth...
>Even though this is the most misanthropic comment I've ever seen on HN and I'm appalled you would consider writing it, I'll play along!
This modest proposal being pushed to shrink the economy would ultimately result in millions of deaths as a direct consequence. Its not a big leap to be in favor of causing death directly instead of through effective democide. I'm wondering what their position on human life is.
