George Monbiot is stalking the globe selling a utopian vision of biosynthetic production of everything from Wagyu steaks to bandaids to relieve the enormous pressure on the planet from our industrial harming of animals to fill our faces with protein. Geoff Ebbs points out that there is nothing wrong with his logic, but that we have to be really careful what we wish for.
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The image is Utopia from the Anticipation series by Hesam Fetrati. The 15 panel series of etchings depicts the journey from the Global South for millions of refugees around the world. This image depicts the illusory nature of the freedom promoted by the West as being part of a liberal democratic lifestyle.