"The most complete book I've read on the nature of our historical moment." – Stephen …
Capitalism per se is responsible for the existential climate crisis: the labour-intensity (profitability) involved in extracting fossil fuels and metals and converting them into commodities makes plundering nature increasingly necessary. The ever-rising demands of capital accumulation require an ever-greater intensity and expansion of extraction and an ever-greater mass of commodities.
— Socialism or Extinction by Ted Reese (Page 12)