> There is a difference between "growth slows down" and "recession"
Yes, and here we are talking about degrowth, which is recession. "Slow growth" is growth.
> those who want to become even richer than they are already
Who doesn't want that? The difference is in those who want it through their own work and those who seek it in someone else's work.
I could agree to rationalize the level of consumption to try to rationalize the planet's resources. But you can't fool people, degrowth means loss of purchasing power and unemployment. The ruling elites should share that burden, but what they really seek is more power and wealth. What it is a scam.
Any search to rationalize the consumption of natural resources has to happen, in my opinion, by attenuating the world population, which was already occurring naturally, when the current direction is artificially the opposite. So doubly scam.