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The Welcome Section / Continuities and ruptures between the three capitalist consensuses
« Last post by annorani963 on September 04, 2023, 05:28:57 am »For this reason, the transition cannot be reduced solely to a change in the energy matrix that guarantees the continuity of an unsustainable model. By proposing a short-term corporate energy transition, the "Decarbonization Consensus" maintains the hegemonic pattern of development and accelerates the metabolic fracture, with the aim of preserving the current lifestyle and consumption, especially in the countries of the North and the wealthiest sectors on a global scale.
If during the Cold War the hegemonic Phone Number List imagination spoke of a bipolar world, divided into two ideologically polarized blocs, since the fall of the Berlin Wall a hegemonic geopolitical imagination began to be forged based on global capitalist consensus. If we look at the "Decarbonization Consensus" from a perspective of sociohistorical processuality, we will see that among the three hegemonic consensuses in force in recent decades there are continuities and ruptures.
Among the points of continuity, three main elements can be highlighted. The first is the inevitability discourse, which states that there is no alternative to these consensuses. This restriction of the world of the possible has been perfected over the last decades with different repertoires of social legitimation, be it access to consumption by the popular sectors or the rhetoric of breathing healthier air. Also, the "Consensus of theCommodities » was built on the idea that there was an agreement on the irrevocable or irresistible nature of the extractive dynamics, resulting from the growing world demand for raw material.
If during the Cold War the hegemonic Phone Number List imagination spoke of a bipolar world, divided into two ideologically polarized blocs, since the fall of the Berlin Wall a hegemonic geopolitical imagination began to be forged based on global capitalist consensus. If we look at the "Decarbonization Consensus" from a perspective of sociohistorical processuality, we will see that among the three hegemonic consensuses in force in recent decades there are continuities and ruptures.
Among the points of continuity, three main elements can be highlighted. The first is the inevitability discourse, which states that there is no alternative to these consensuses. This restriction of the world of the possible has been perfected over the last decades with different repertoires of social legitimation, be it access to consumption by the popular sectors or the rhetoric of breathing healthier air. Also, the "Consensus of theCommodities » was built on the idea that there was an agreement on the irrevocable or irresistible nature of the extractive dynamics, resulting from the growing world demand for raw material.