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notions where there's 'romanticism', 'detachment, 'utilisation' and 'mastery'; this shift is perhaps the most drastic with humans be- ginning to view nature as a commodity to conquer, control and profit. This final segment is considered our current society's per- spective and marks our newfound anthropocentric outlook on the environment.
Moreover, Bogert goes on to remark that "belonging to a certain class or group has been replaced by individual choices in life- style and consumption patterns driven by a competitive, capital- istic market focused on maximum individual gain" (16).Thus, our human-nature relationship has transformed to prioritise our gain over nature's gain, consequently until our human-nature relation- ship has been repaired, the Earth cannot begin to repair either. Our current society's dominant social paradigm is based on "a consumption-driven economic and social system with a strong focus on individualism" (Bogert 17). Humans have adopted a cor- rupt perspective in viewing the world through an opportunistic and materialistic lens. In fact, there is a direct correlation be- tween overconsumption and our environmental catastrophe; by "theorizing overconsumption as an ideological form [it] helps us to understand how [...] and why people are not resisting the sys- tem driving us toward ecological collapse" (Stuart 3).
Moreover, as an increasingly capitalist society, our system of production requires and thus creates a climbing rate of excess consumption. This in turn detrimentally contributes to material waste, consequently resulting in the collapse of our ecosystem. In fact, critics have theorised that "the heat that burns the world [...] comes from the engine of capitalism and not from glob- al-warming", meaning that our system of excess supply and demand for the motive of making profit has driven our plan- et into an irreversible state (Chakrabarty 200). This materialistic and capitalist driven ideology not only accelerates ecological destruction, but also emphasises society's systematically dis- couraged resistance to change. Our desire for profit blinds us to the long-term effects of our actions, prioritising immediate gains over sustainability; this traps humans in a dominant social paradigm (DSP) that values satisfaction over survival. Thus, in order to implement positive change, we must examine the eco- nomic structures that fuel overconsumption and redefine the way in which we produce and consume for the benefit of our planet.
Furthermore, capitalism's constant drive for growth and acc mulation leads to the overexploitation of the environment. Cap- italists view natural resources as commodities to be consumed and sold for profit, with little regard for their long-term availabil- ity. This desire for short-term monetary gain contributes direct- ly to deforestation, fossil fuel extraction, and industrial pollution, all of which largely contri ute towards our carbon footprint and climate change. In fact the basic structure for capitalism is built upon production for profit, not for our ecological well-being. The capitalist drive for expansion and the creation of new markets