Introduction The discourse concerning the effects of the human activities on the environment is a relatively new one. The first concerns about the effects of the human civilization on the state of the planet were raised in 1960s-1970s. Before that point only a few people talked about the anthropogenic threats to nature and their voices were largely ignored. However, in the modern-day society with the effects of the human activity on the environment becoming more and more evident, the rhetoric is evolving. Nowadays, many activists and researchers started to link the negative effects industry has on the ecosystem to the suffering of the poor and socially insecure citizens in the underdeveloped and developing countries. This paper aims to explore those connections and how they are addressed by the modern activists. Anthropocene and Capitalocene The word “Anthropocene” first emerged in the ecology disputes of the 1970s. It was, as Paul Voosen eloquently put it “an argument wrapped in a word.” 1 The idea was to underline the point that humanity has become a force of nature in its own right powerful enough to shape the planet as a whole. The use of the geological terminology was meant to demonstrate the profoundness of that impact. The idea of the anthropogenic changes in the environment can be traced as far back as the 19 th century, but until recently it was no more than a point of curiosity for a limited number of people. The advent of the Anthropocene discourse marked the beginning of a new era in which the focus shifted from simple curiosity to the assessment of the problems and the search for solutions. The researchers usually mark the British Industrial Revolution of the 1700s as the beginning of the Anthropocene era. During that era a huge paradigm shift took place. The exploitation of the fossil fuels started in earnest, and the limitations of the lack of energy were shattered. That accelerated the development of humanity and intensified all of our activities. Humans started to produce more, travel more, and consume more 2 . It gave birth not only to the new technology but the new worldviews and the new society. The market economy was born. The Capitalism came into being. That is why some researchers gave this era the name “Capitalocene”. It notes the unbreakable link between the industrialization and capitalism. The Capitalocene rhetoric focuses on the capitalism as a primary driving force behind the anthropogenic changes in the environment. Instead of focusing on the effect of the technology it focuses on the effects of the societal structure adopted by the humanity. That approach is also important to the understanding of the modern-day ecological problems. The concepts of “Anthropocene” and “Capitalocene” offer an important point of view for the purposes of analyzing the violence against nature and man. They underline the fact that human activity has a huge effect on the environment and can change it for better or for worse. Thus, it is possible to exercise violence against nature as much as it is possible to exercise violence against a fellow human being. Modern Ecology Discourse The anthropogenic change of the environment is the cornerstone of the modern disputes regarding the ecology. Despite some people still denying