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Knocking capitalism in front of Stephen Colbert is one step away from saying bald eagles are merely fishy freegans instead of patriotic predators. But author Naomi Klein took free markets to task on Tuesday night’s Colbert Report. “You have this tension between a system that needs to grow, grow, grow indiscriminately, and a planet going, ‘Guys, I have had it,’” Klein said.

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Watch the ensuing capitalism vs. climate change throwdown above, and read more about Klein’s new book This Changes Everything.

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