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Documentary #14: The Green Transition Pt. 1 – The Problem with Green Capitalism

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Exploitation and Extraction Are Baked Into the Global Capitalist System

Exploitation and extraction are baked into the global capitalist system, whether through settler colonialism or imperialism. But capitalism of course doesn't exist on its own in some kind of vacuum. It's not just a bunch of transnational corporations running around exploiting and extracting. The entire system is only made possible through state coercion, coordination, and violence.

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