Hello! First, thank you for your comment and giving this a read!

I understand where you're coming from in regards to Degrowth being somewhat ambiguous. There is a list of things that falls under the umbrella of the concept, and it can seem meandering. However, and perhaps I did not do a good enough job of writing on this, I do believe there is merit to simply considering the inverse of the idea of growth. I know that it may seem contrarian, but I do think that exploring where implementing the opposite of an idea can take us. It will force us to look at how we will have to flip our notions of a modern world and how it is meant to be built.

Having said all this, I also 100% agree that in itself, it is not as focused or radical as eco-socialism and abolitionist movements. I do think specific goals and terms will have to be set up in order for us be able to measure our "progress." And the thing is, the way that Degrowth happens will probably have to look different for every community/country. The Unites States scaling down will look very different to China/India/Malaysia scaling down.

You also made an excellent point about co-opting moves by corporations, I do hope by analyzing Degrowth we can understand that the idea of corporations itself cannot exist within Degrowth as corporations are inherently pro-Growth. They absolutely cannot be the ones championing Green movements because they, by virtue of existence, will and cannot propose any true and honest ideas that will be good for the environment with less resource consumptions.

As for whether the term Degrowth itself will be a hindrance to all this, perhaps you're right. Terminology can make a massive impact on a movement. While I would like to hope that it would not be a problem, it most likely will cause people to assume that Degrowth means that we are going backwards. Instead of Degrowth then, perhaps we can look at something like the Doughnut Model which takes some of the concepts of Degrowth and uses it. We need more definitive models such as these so that we can have strong goals to work towards (preferably radical ones too), that are clear to understand and hence implement.

Anyway, thanks again for leaving your comment, you made some excellent points!