
Climate Politics with Kate Aronoff
The Dig
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Is There a Capitalist Realism in Climate Change?
In your book, you argue that a capitalist realism takes hold in the liberal political culture. You say it's actually a far bigger obstacle to dealing with climate change than outright climate denialism. Why? Because we are living at the tail end of decades of destruction of the labor movement, of left ideas, of social movements,. And so full employment went from this main stream liberal demand to, i guess, like a pie in the sky impossibility.
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