Why It’s Wrong to Blame ‘Humanity’ in the Abstract for Climate Change, w/ Justin Podur
Rania Khalek- It’s become mainstream to blame “humanity” in the abstract for climate change. But what if faulting “humanity” is meant to disguise the real culprit? Who’s really to blame?
It’s widely accepted that humans are driving climate change and environmentalism has become mainstream. But what if “humanity” in the abstract isn’t to blame? Is it true that humans are inherently bad for nature? What if the real culprit is the systems we’re forced to operate under — capitalism, imperialism, colonialism— perpetrated by particular sections of humanity over others?
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