The degrowth theory falls into a classic thinking trap: premises and conclusions are mutually interchangeable, ultimately evolving into a self-consistent closed loop.

First, there is a dislocation of specificity combined with false certainty — the visions we construct often hover above an abyss of axioms that cannot be explored. These seemingly profound theoretical frameworks, in fact, lack a solid foundational support.

Premises gradually turn into conclusions, and conclusions evolve into action plans. When you wake up from this fever of thought, everything you once believed with unwavering certainty will vanish into thin air. The danger of this circular reasoning is that we mistake imagination for reality and expectations for facts.