This framing is a concession to people who are terrorists. Many people who are optimistically working towards a better future (and here I mean broadly almost an

This framing is a concession to people who are terrorists. Many people who are optimistically working towards a better future (and here I mean broadly almost anyone) are not arguing for "infinite growth in closed systems." Everyone is and has been trying to optimize things as well as it is in their capability to improve the situation.