Late Stage Capitalism: Sustained

Myriad innovations of waste management systems reduce the impact of prolific trash and pollution in the Anthropocene. They are also one coping mechanism by which Capitalism seeks to sustain itself.

17 sounds by Jonatha Chance: “All these things we toss — / this disposable lifestyle — / the means to an end // Capital sustained / through consumption and its gains / indisposed to change “ | Copyright © 2024 CC-BY-NC-ND (4.0 International)

Image conjured by Christine Newton Bush with DALL-E 3 | Copyright © 2024 CC-BY-NC-ND (4.0 International)