What we refer to as normal is an extreme system built on the exploitation of people and the planet.
“It is a system defined by colonialism, imperialism, oppression and genocide by the so-called global North to accumulate wealth that still shapes our current world order.”
Ms Thunberg added: “If economic growth is our only priority, then what we are experiencing now should be exactly what we should be expecting.”
The Climate Book … she decided to venture into political waters in her speech - having previously avoided doing so.
Edit: by capitalist I meant it being proprietary and commercial; not open access, no free license. I did not mean things like surplus per se, or that its ideas promote capitalism.
BTW when you get serious about ecology and climate change, capitalism being a bad system which drives all that is the logical conclusion.
The book is pretty capitalist tho 😂 https://theclimatebook.org/the-book/
Edit: by capitalist I meant it being proprietary and commercial; not open access, no free license. I did not mean things like surplus per se, or that its ideas promote capitalism.
BTW when you get serious about ecology and climate change, capitalism being a bad system which drives all that is the logical conclusion.
https://monthlyreview.org/2018/05/01/the-physics-of-capitalism/