‘A rising tide lifts us all; don’t rock the boat!’ Economic growth and the legitimation of inequality

... We have been told that the rising tide of growth will lift all ships if we do not rock the boat (meaning if we do not disturb the progressive unfolding of the forces of growth and accumulation). However, in the face of the ecological crises of 'existential' proportions, the opposite seems more accurate: If we do not rock the boat of growth and pull the emergency lever, all lower decks will soon drown (Dale 2018). If we do not switch tracks now, we will continue to be rocked by crisis after crisis until growth itself throws society from its own railsviolently. ...