Modernity’s machine – the merging of industrial, bureaucratic, and cultural systems – was hailed as humanity’s savior. Instead, it has become the architect of humanity’s demise. The hyperobject of the climate crisis is the machine’s ultimate creation: vast, uncontrollable, and devastating. It grows from a past riddled with injustice and destruction, erupting into a present where we imprison those who resist it. And this points to a future where our survival hangs by a thread.

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The machine – the complex system that governs us – is where the horror lies. It takes time for us to fully recognize this, especially because it feels so abstract. But deep down, we know. There’s reluctance to confront it, yet the truth is undeniable. If you’re reading this, step away for a moment, take a walk, then come back. It’s time to confront this head-on.

One billion displaced people. That’s the primary scenario we face. It could be more, maybe less. The number is not the point. The point is the scale of catastrophe. This is the reality we’re heading towards.

Excerpts from  Suicide: The Political and Legal Implications of Creating Endless Mass Death by Roger Hallam with Robin Boardman, published by Hard Rain Books, United Kingdom, 2025, pp. 113 & 131-132.