"Destruction and construction aren’t opposites under capitalism, in his account. They’re two steps of the same process, whether what gets built next is a plantation, a settler colony, or today, a “green” transition that still runs on extraction." Land conservation used to displace Indigenous communities, carbon offset markets that fund green-washing more than they fund real emissions cuts, Global North consumption habits repackaged as “personal responsibility” campaigns https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-11-02/the-exterminating-empire-offers-a-clear-diagnosis-of-capitalisms-violence-but-no-clear-strategies-to-confront-it/