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"The best way to end a system is through denial of energy (Frere Dupont), not increasing it."

That was Ivan Illich, decades before this self-important "nihilo-communist" pedant published his repackaging of old ideas, jsyk. And it's not "denial of energy", but rather the reduction of energy demands/input, one way or another. Energy is there; you can't deny it. What Illich was positing about is a kind of rationalization of energetic processes, either through Soviet-like structures or by a more grassroots pressure for *de-growth*.

"Denying energy" sounds vague and esoteric, while "thwarting the drive for more energy demands" leads to clearer avenues and outcomes irl.