does capitalism actually require infinite growth, population and innovation?

everytime I talk with communists that is the most used argument for why capitalism is flawed that we cant grow our population forever (which I agree with) and that we can innovate and develop new technologies forever and that innovation might slow down and make economics a zero sum game (technically I think economics objectively is resource wise)…….but how do actual economists respond to this…..I know growth and innovation is ideal but what happens if and when it peaks and do we have to raise efficiency infinitely to the point we all live in big cube cyberpunk slum dystopia with no nature doing everything in our power to maintain growth? or is it just a communist myth and that they don’t understand economics?

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