"The reaction from foreign media, global celebrities, and NGOs in Brazil stems from a romantic anti-capitalism common among urban elites." No, it stems from lo

"The reaction from foreign media, global celebrities, and NGOs in Brazil stems from a romantic anti-capitalism common among urban elites." No, it stems from looking at the sky and seeing it's black at 3pm because of smoke coming from 2000 miles way. There is nothing romantic to it. People, especially newer generations, have come to realize that capitalism as is is unsustainable. It doesn't matter if the increase in deforestation is 25, 15 or only 7%. This number shouldn't be increasing at all. There is a vast number of species (plants and animals) whose population is severely endangered, and we cannot foresee what the impact will be should we continue to destroy them. We too care about the economy, but we don't see why large state agribusiness profits have to be prioritized in detriment of the environment. There's a multitude of ways to improve soy production without land expansion - it just so happens that burning wood is much cheaper and until recently nobody was watching.