Comment by naniwaduni

> It's not really about pulling up the ladder, but a recognizing that growth doesn't have to mean completely destroying the planet.

It's not recognizing anything, because it hasn't been demonstrated that growth is still compatible with not completely destroying the planet. It's deciding to not destroy the planet, and if that means pulling up the latter then golly gee sucks to be anyone who isn't up yet. We sure hope there are other ways up, but that's not much consolation.