In this era of catastrophic climate change, why is it easier for some to imagine the end of fossil fuels than settler colonialism? Anti-ImperialismThe geopolitical relationship countries like the United States have with the rest of the world is deeply intertwined with settler colonialism. For the last 20 years, we’ve seen the United States destroy countries and communities in a quest for oil. Those who recognized the US’ geopolitical motivation for the war soon called for “energy independence” in the United States instead of anti-imperialism. A complete moratorium on all new fossil fuel extraction—a long-standing demand by Indigenous environmental organizations to “keep it in the ground”—would cause a ruling-class rebellion.