Conquest of the Americas
The book names the conquest of the Americas as the historical turning point that tied capitalism to the extraction of "Cheap Nature" and forced-labor plantation systems.
Presented as the pivotal historical moment that fused capitalism with the exploitation of 'Cheap Nature': "The conquest of the Americas marked a pivotal moment, unleashing unprecedented resource extraction and establishing brutal plantation systems fueled by forced labor."
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- Investments of 125 billionaires vs. France · both placed under Capitalocene
- 50,000 large dams · both placed under Capitalocene
- 70% decline in wildlife populations since 1970 · both placed under Capitalocene
- Anthropocene or Capitalocene?: Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism · both placed under Capitalocene
- Carbon inequality: richest 1% vs. poorest two-thirds · both placed under Capitalocene
- Climate already warmed by over a degree Celsius · both placed under Capitalocene
- Subsistence farmer in the Global South · discussed together in section 007
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- Capitalocene · concept
In the book
- Chapter 1, section 007 · Confronting the Anthropocene and Assuming the Capitalocene
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