Subsistence farmer in the Global South
The example questions whether a subsistence farmer in the Global South bears the same responsibility for planetary change as a billionaire with private jets and polluting investments.
Used to question the idea that 'Anthropos' bears uniform responsibility for planetary change: "Is the subsistence farmer in the Global South truly culpable in the same way as a billionaire with a fleet of private jets and polluting investments?"
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Entries this one is tied to through the book.
Examples
- Investments of 125 billionaires vs. France · discussed together in section 007
- 50,000 large dams · discussed together in section 007
- 70% decline in wildlife populations since 1970 · discussed together in section 007
- Anthropocene or Capitalocene?: Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism · discussed together in section 007
- Carbon inequality: richest 1% vs. poorest two-thirds · discussed together in section 007
- Conquest of the Americas · discussed together in section 007
- Climate already warmed by over a degree Celsius · discussed together in section 007
In the framework
- Anthropocene · concept
In the book
- Chapter 1, section 007 · Confronting the Anthropocene and Assuming the Capitalocene
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