deceleroinnista

Deceleroinnista is a term used in contemporary philosophy and political discourse to describe adherents of decelerationist thought. A deceleroinnista advocates slowing or modulating the pace of social, technological, and economic change to reduce disruption, enhance democratic deliberation, and increase ecological and social resilience. The spelling reflects a fusion of decelerationist vocabulary with the -ista suffix common in Romance languages; related spellings such as decelerationista are also encountered in some texts.

Origins and usage: The term is not widely standardized and appears mainly in online debates and fringe scholarly works. It functions as a label for proponents of strategies that oppose unchecked acceleration, including automation, digital surveillance, and rapid globalization. In this sense, deceleroinnistas position themselves as critics of maximalist growth and the acceleration of social and technical systems.

Beliefs and goals: Core aims include policy measures to slow deployment of disruptive technologies, shorter workweeks, stronger worker and community control of production, and degrowth-leaning economic policy. They emphasize localism, sufficiency, ecological limits, and human-scale design. Deceleroinnistas stress participatory governance, risk assessment, and the preservation of social autonomy against opaque optimization processes.

Reception and criticism: Critics argue that decelerationist positions may hinder innovation, reduce competitiveness, or fail to deliver equitable outcomes. Proponents contend that deliberate pacing creates space for ethical reflection, safer risk management, and just transitions for workers and communities.

Relation to other movements: Deceleroinnistas are commonly framed as a counterpoint to accelerationism, sharing concerns about automation and market power but advocating restraint and deliberation rather than the amplification of change. Related currents include the slow movement, degrowth, and localism.

See also: accelerationism, decelerationism, degrowth, slow movement, localism.