The Real Danger of Environmental Socialism
The purported aim of socialism is to
create a Utopian society where all men and women as well as the fifty
three other genders are happy. No one wants for anything, greed,
hate, racism and selfishness are abolished and we are all at one with
our environment. The aim of the socialist is to create a better
human being and in doing so, generate a better society.
The socialist, motivated by motives
and a virtue unstained by the greed and depravity that mar the common
man, sets himself up as the savior of humanity. From his or her
elevated dais he devises plans and proclamations to save humanity
from itself, from the selfishness that will lead to its destruction.
Such an important task cannot be left solely to the power of
persuasion, the socialist requires the coercive power of the state to
impose his will on all the degenerates beneath him. Because the goal
is so crucial, after all the survival of civilization itself is at
stake, any and all means may be brought to bear. So even mass murder
and genocide have been used as mere tools to achieve the grandiose
vision of the socialist.
“The legislator commands the future.
It is for him to will the good of mankind. It is for him to make
men what he wills them to be.” Saint-Just
The goal of environmental socialism is
to make mother earth whole, to save her from
destruction and return her to an ideal state. This pristine planet
has an ideal temperature that apparently existed just prior to the
industrial revolution, a temperature that must be maintained at all
costs. Rain forests and old growth forests remain untouched,
hurricanes and tornadoes are rare, water is pure and the oceans teem
with life. Environmental socialism replaces the happiness of man
with the vitality of the earth. As in all socialism, any and all
means are reasonable and acceptable to meet these ends and using the
coercive power of government is the only way to reach the goal of
repairing all the damage humans have wrought.
This begins with onerous environmental
regulations on industries perceived to be the greatest enemies of
Gaya and personal behaviors deemed to be unhealthy contributors. The
Green New Deal, ecocide laws and other proposals made by dim witted
politicians, entertainers and duped children are supposed to reduce
our impact on poor mother earth and at least slow the destructive
juggernaut of modern civilization. To some this is the ultimate grab
for state power for nothing can exist outside the realm of its
influence. The use of scare tactics including screaming about the
imminent extermination of all life on earth is a wonderful tool to
silence opposition.
But we cannot stop there, the
destruction of economic and personal freedom is not enough, for these
are only the worst symptoms of the problem. Here is the difference.
The traditional socialist sees the creation of the perfect man as his
goal and once he has broken enough eggs, the ones that are left will
blossom and spawn a perfect society. Man is the goal, his perfection
is the purpose. Therefore while each individual man has value only
as long as he can contribute to the goal, at least some men will be
valuable. To the environmental socialist, man is a parasite, an
innately destructive actor. No person has any value, individual life
is a cancer on the earth. If individual life has no intrinsic value,
if each person is viewed as a malignancy, the annihilation of man and
all his accomplishments becomes a worthy goal and no means need be
spared to achieve it.
Consider not just the evil
implications of some voices in the environmental movement brave
enough to be honest about their desire for the human race to become
extinct. Its impact on a society that comes to accept this worldview
is devastating. If you believe you are a parasite, where do you find
meaning in life? If we are all parasites, no one will place any
value on the life of another, we will treat one another like
cockroaches or ticks. We have seen a movement within the younger
generation of some refusing to have children, a reluctance to bring
any more parasites into the world. Progress is evil and the totality
of human history is a malevolent stain on an innocent world. A
society that abhors life, loathes its history and is terrified of the
future cannot abide for long.
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