"The climate crisis goes to the heart of our economic system. The health of our societies is measured by expansion, which in all countries rest on a principle so fundamental we tend to overlook its signifiance: the principle of commodity production. This feedback loop of production and consumption is synonymous with and foundational to our economic system. Political and economic decisionmakers are incentivised to keep the commodity wheel turning at any cost – ecological or otherwise – because any contraction of the industrial system would threaten jobs, communities and livelihoods. This means runaway extraction and climate chaos. Disrupting the commodity system can, we hope, to scale back industrialism to a level where widespread implementation of sustainable technologies is possible before humanity reaches the point of no return. Automation is poised to undermine this consumer economy on an increasingly large scale, but this is not inevitable: it means concerted social action."