The Empires behind the Imperial Mode of Living

This panel suggestion asks whether, in which areas and to what extent the “strong global compromise”, “broad consensus ...” about “the further exploitation of natural resources and the use of global sinks [which] considered as the basis of global capitalist development” and “a global consensus about the attractiveness of modern capitalist everyday practices” (Brand and Wissen 2017) are prevalent.
Are there real empires behind the much stated „imperial mode of living“? An advice provides the setting of George Orwells last novel “1984” (1948): Three empires, Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia, fight endless wars. Comparing them with the West, the Russian Federation and China, each with allies, finds their need for more fuel, power, resources, meat, and water. Producing garbage and waste, chemical poison, acting in airports, harbours, highways, waterways, electric wires, tunnels, electromagnetic waves, internet connections, Putin such as industrialization have a natalist agenda, having spread eight times since its advent, needing consumers, soldiers and workers. Human Rights seem to have a role in there (Schulz Meinen 2024). Elites in all three empires celebrate income and fortune peaks never achieved before in history. Horizon widening will include dependent animal slaves, roman rights regime still in many western societies, pompous archictecture and technometabolism accounts. (201 words)