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Earthlings in the Capitalocene

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Capitalocene names capitalism as a system of power, profit, and re/production in the web of life. It thinks capitalism as if human relations form through the geographies of life. Far from refusing the problem of political economy, however, it highlights capitalism as a history in which islands of commodity production and exchange operate within oceans of Cheap – or potentially Cheap – Natures. - J. Moore pdf

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[–] jpreston2005 3 points 3 weeks ago

“Like eager new recruits at a pyramid scheme meeting, these attendees are only out to enrich themselves and leave our communities poorer. Instead of supporting the solutions that will cut energy bills, create the jobs of the future, and ward off the very worst floods and storms, they continue to peddle outdated ideas that belong in the last millennium.”

And in so doing, destroying what little remaining chance we have at staving off the worst effects of climate change! These are the names of the people who are now most responsible for climate change and its disastrous consequences. At this point, one could argue that eating the rich is exactly the kind of diet a healthy growing democracy needs 😋