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As I've already shown, green rhetors tend to address an unspecified
'we,' suggesting a universal human individual, implying that for all relevant
purposes, everyone has the same interests and powers. Thus Chris Packham and
-Megan McCubbin can announce the arrival of 'Ape Aware' [@cornerstones, p. 202],
+Megan McCubbin announce the arrival of 'Ape Aware' [@cornerstones, p. 202],
and Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac of 'the next phase of human
-evolution' [@future-we-choose, p. 62].
+evolution' [@future-we-choose, p. 62]: the change necessary for a green
+transition is rooted in human nature, not social structure.
The word 'Anthropocene' tells a similar story. The word was coined by Paul
Crutzen in 2000 in order to propose that the International Geosphere-Biosphere