The Anthropocene – a term that is used to describe a real and terrifying geological epoch – also de-politicizes the discussion and sweeps inequalities under the rug.
Who is the human of the Anthropocene? Who gets off the hook when all humans get equal blame?
"With less globalization Finland would lose, not win." - a right wing economist before elections
This is how you make "exploiting people far away is lucrative" palatable.
Writing is hard. Just spent four days on two blog posts, and in the end decided they aren't good enough to publish.
On a positive note, I'm proud I didn't fall into the sunk cost trap.