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If there isn’t a World War soon, we’ll go medieval. World Wars are the engine of growth, with all it's toxic "exhaust". (Capitalism is a dirty factory) (11/2014)

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From the book Slow Down (A Degrowth Manifesto):

"We must not entrust the salvation of the Earth's future to the emergency responses dreamed up by politicians, experts, and other elites. Leaving it to others in this way inevitably leads to the ultra-rich prioritizing themselves only. For this reason the best option for a better future is for ordinary citizens to set up as individuals, to testify to their experiences, to raise their voices and take action on their own initiative. though it is not enough to scream into the void or simply act for the sake of doing something, if it doesn't go well, all this will accomplish is wasting even more precious time. it is essential to employ appropriate strategies and heading the right direction as we move forward. to determine which direction is right we must trace the current climate crisis to its root cause. the root causes capitalism, and understanding this is the key. the enormous increase in carbon dioxide emissions began, after all, with the Industrial Revolution, that is, when capitalism first began to truly operate in the world. it was shortly after this occurred that someone appeared who was able to clearly comprehend and analyze capitalism's nature. this was Karl Marx."