In his book , Bruno Latour argues that the contemporary political landscape is defined by three interconnected phenomena: exploding inequalities, massive deregulation, and a coordinated effort toward climate change denial . He posits that global elites, realizing the planet cannot sustain universal modernization, have effectively "seceded" from the world, choosing to prioritize their own survival over a shared future. Core Arguments & Concepts
: Latour connects deregulation, rising inequality, and the denial of ecological reality as a single phenomenon. Powerful groups invest in climate denial as "moral cover" for their refusal to share a common world. Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime
: He uses the election of Donald Trump and the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Accord as evidence of a new political attractor—the "Out-of-This-World"—where the goal is to continue consumption at any cost while denying the shared existence of a threatened planet. In his book , Bruno Latour argues that