The Capitalist Catalyst - Madeira, 15th Century

Life on this planet must endure a lot to survive. Earthquakes and tsunamis rock entire regions. While floods and wildfires destroy complex ecosystems in a matter of hours. And yet life always finds a way to flourish despite everything the world can throw at it.

However these acts of god are no longer the only cataclysms life must face. Mankind’s development over the last 10,000 years came from our unique ability to sculpt the world around us to better serve our needs. But in the last few centuries, this power of ours has been kicked into overdrive. Without knowing where this path would lead us, we developed a new way to run our civilisations that stoked the flames of industry while scorching the world around us even more. And this is the tale of where the spark of this new flame, first began to ignite…

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