Sure, there are lots of people on the planet. But studies generally foresee that the population will peak and stabilise around the 10bn mark by the end of the century. The issue is not one of population but of distribution: which stems from colonialism and exploitation of labour, and is sustained by neo-colonial, neoliberal world politics. It is well known that the climate crisis is fuelled by the consumption of the richest in the world. It is this group of people who control distribution of resources; this group of people who have benefitted from centuries of exploitation of indigenous peoples, the global south, women, workers, people of colour, and many other minority groups that face discrimination.<\/p>\n
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If cries of overpopulation are to be made, then they must be qualified by a historical context of population growth and contemporary awareness of the maldistribution of resources, both of which serve rich western nations beyond all else. Failing to undertake a deeper analysis of the forces driving the ecological crisis \u2013 the same driving social crises \u2013 is at best lazy and privileged; at worst, as shown, it leads down a slippery slope.<\/p>\n
Even the term \u201cAnthropocene\u201d, which has wound its way into contemporary environmental discourse, is complicit in this shallow analysis, insofar as it places blame for the breaching of planetary boundaries on every human\u2019s shoulders. This is blatantly false, serving to deflect attention away from the root causes. A growing number of scholars prefer \u201cCapitalocene\u201d, referring to capitalism and the capitalist class, which is a far more accurate reflection of what is fuelling this epoch of destruction \u2013 not the Anthropos<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n See the original post about eco-fascism on the E.C.S. Society instagram page, @e.c.s_kent_society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"