Key excerpt: "That covid-19 has exposed the fragility of globalisation is particularly apparent in the case of aviation. [...] historians will write that it wa

Key excerpt: "That covid-19 has exposed the fragility of globalisation is particularly apparent in the case of aviation. [...] historians will write that it was not radical environmental movements such as Extinction Rebellion that killed the trend. Instead it was the combination of a microscopic virus and free-market capitalism." This reminded me of accelerationism [1], which seems more relevant now than ever. To quote Wikipedia: " [Accelerationism may refer] to support for the intensification of capitalism in the belief that this will hasten its self-destructive tendencies and ultimately lead to its collapse" [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism