Capitalocene
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The Capitalocene is a critique of "man versus nature" thinking in climate politics. Frequently misunderstood as an alternative geological periodization to the Anthropocene proposal, the Capitalocene's
McConnel & Company mills, Manchester c. 1820. Fossil fuels were first used as a generalized power source in the British textile industry.
The Potosí silver mine in Bolivia, c. 1750—cited by Moore as an early example of "Cheap Nature" appropriation
Rusted boats on what was once the bed of the Aral Sea. The sea's disappearance was the result of decisions made by Soviet planners.
Friedrich Engels
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Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, journalist, businessman, and revolutionary socialist. He is best known for his lifelong collaboration with Karl Marx, with who
Engels in 1877
Engels's childhood home in Barmen, Prussia, a town which he later described as the "Zion of the obscurantists".
Self-portrait of Engels at age 19 in 1839
Sketch by Engels depicting the Berlin Freien, 1842