One need not be an environmentalist to see the danger posed to us by global warming, whether because of the climate emergency or because of the endless stream of waste we generate.

The symptoms of exhaustion nature is displaying are a warning that cannot be ignored. Action is necessary, action that cannot be effective without the urgency of a far-reaching criticism like the one proposed here, and political measures on the basis of this to cope with the biological regression we are seeing, caused by droughts that are now endemic, massive deforestation, the destruction of sea beds and rivers, the over-exploitation of livestock and the pollution that stops nature taking its course.