“…over the past 40 years, 28% of all new income from global #GDP growth has gone to the richest 1% (all of whom are millionaires)… nearly a third of all the #labour we’ve rendered, all the resources we’ve extracted, and all the #CO2 we’ve emitted over the past half-century has been done to #MakeRichPeopleRicher.”
Less Is More
@jasonhickel
https://books.apple.com/us/book/less-is-more/id1501789034
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“#Colonisation was a response to the crisis of elite disaccumulation that had been caused by the #PeasantRevolutions in Europe… [providing] surplus that ended up invested in the #IndustrialRevolution… which allowed Europe to shift… from agriculture to industrial production; and it funded the #MilitaryExpansion that powered further rounds of colonial conquest”
Less Is More
@jasonhickel https://books.apple.com/us/book/less-is-more/id1501789034
#FediReads #Capitalism #Degrowth #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateJustice
¡No Pasarán, Mate!