The Brazilian middle class is having a meltdown
Protecting the forest and compromising the ocean does not constitute a coherent environmental policy.
The question is not whether Brazil is deforesting less, but whether it is truly building a development model that does not transfer the costs of its economic expansion to the most vulnerable ecosystems and populations.
Class Divides and Cultural Revolutions
When I compare the present moment in the US to China’s Cultural Revolution, it’s not from the perspective of a defender of capitalism or the status quo. It’s from a perspective that seeks class abolition and complete social revolution, not just cultural radicalism.