Most of what Dr. Rees says is correct but misses or omits three fundamental factors:

1- Power structures

2- Class structures

3- Capitalocene

"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." Frédéric Bastiat

We can democratically solve the problem or resort to  authoritarianism, which I think will happen because "Men, well said, think in herds; we shall see how they go mad in herds, while they only slowly come to their senses, one by one." Charles MacKay

The masses will not wake up to reality overnight, which means we will continue to be seduced, hypnotized, and manipulated by the narratives disseminated by the PRIC that works for an elite made up of megalomaniac sociopaths and psychopaths who control society.

Violence and manufactured scarcity, that is, the enclosure of the commons, have been and continue to be used to coerce the masses into accepting jobs, tasks, and roles that, as free men, we would refuse to do.

In complex societies, identity narratives do not emerge out of the blue; they are written by language-framing experts to manage perception for manufacturing consent.

The lack of political agency and the omnipresent cultural wokism also do not arise spontaneously; they are politically and ideologically designed to divert people's attention from serious political issues.

Dr. Rees should recognize Jason Moore's work.

Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and capital accumulation

https://www.versobooks.com/products/74-capitalism-in-the-web-of-life

Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History and the Crisis of Capitalism

https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=779

Class society is an anachronistic anathema, as is human ingenuity and innovation driven by profit.

If these points are not considered, the transition to a steady-state economy will include neo-Malthusian measures so the elites can continue enjoying luxurious and wasteful lifestyles.

A transhumanist techno-fascist system will be implemented, and the useless class will likely be eliminated, eventually transformed into Soylent Green, while a class of servile cyborgs will be normalized.

It's impossible to imagine how all this will fit into a world dominated by AI and a new multipolar geopolitical order, but the prospects for ordinary citizens look bleak.

There would be much more to comment on, but as the text is already long enough, it will be left for the next time.

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