Green Capitalism in the Americas: False Solutions, Real Threats - CounterPunch.org
In the Americas, old forms of extractivism and accumulation are being rebranded under the guise of “green” development. But beneath the surface, the reality is stark: the transition being promoted today is not a break from fossil capitalism—it is its reinvention as a kind of fossil gattopardismo, in which energy demand expands and the extraction of hydrocarbons intensifies as part of the approach to energy transition, under the illusory umbrella of “net zero” policies.
Society is nearing a point at which we will no longer be able to live in the contradictory space between capitalist growth and ecological sustainability. We can either destroy what’s left of our planet in a quest for the last bits of extracted wealth, or transition to an ecological society based on community, mutual aid, and collective production. We cannot do both.
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