the modern green movement is mostly a luddite evangelical sect seeking to atone for some imagined fall from paradise through self-mortification and faux asceticism
they use performative deprivation and obedience to cement belief in place through a process of cognitive dissonance
they use performative deprivation and obedience to cement belief in place through a process of cognitive dissonance
they fail to address the real issues (like ag paying for water rights or using nuclear power)
the point of these petty intrusions is not to change anything. they are rounding errors.
the point is to be intrusive, to be annoying.
the point is to compel your participation
the point of these petty intrusions is not to change anything. they are rounding errors.
the point is to be intrusive, to be annoying.
the point is to compel your participation
the act of participation serves as indoctrination
your mind seeks cognitive harmony and when it asks "why did i do this annoying thing?" it must have an answer.
and the answer it gins up is "because this is important!" because the only other answer is "i'm a dope."
your mind seeks cognitive harmony and when it asks "why did i do this annoying thing?" it must have an answer.
and the answer it gins up is "because this is important!" because the only other answer is "i'm a dope."
social pressure is used to initiate this and ongoing performance used to cement it in place
your kids come home from school braying about plastic straws @ restaurants & legislators ban them
this has 0 measurable effect on the world but huge effect on society: it instills belief
your kids come home from school braying about plastic straws @ restaurants & legislators ban them
this has 0 measurable effect on the world but huge effect on society: it instills belief
we can argue if this is planned or an emergent property of people being people, but the outcome is the same:
the bigger issues like "hey let's use less packaging" are left unaddressed because they do not trigger this effect.
so the whole movement winds up backwards
the bigger issues like "hey let's use less packaging" are left unaddressed because they do not trigger this effect.
so the whole movement winds up backwards
the denizens of the people's republic of california are told to shower quickly, let lawns die, & snitch on their neighbors for the antisocial crime of car washing
meanwhile, a zillion gallons of water given away for near nothing to let famers grow alfalfa and cotton in a desert.
meanwhile, a zillion gallons of water given away for near nothing to let famers grow alfalfa and cotton in a desert.
modern greens push visible but useless and unserious goals
they champion energy sources that do not work & resist those that do because the point is not to thrive:
the point is to weave endless hair-shirts to intensify alliance to the secular religion of watermelondom
they champion energy sources that do not work & resist those that do because the point is not to thrive:
the point is to weave endless hair-shirts to intensify alliance to the secular religion of watermelondom
realizing this is half the battle
they do not want to fix anything or to see humans flourish
they want to see societies fail and are experiencing deprivation as validation
this is why they are mostly so miserable as people
decline their invitation to join them
it's a trap
they do not want to fix anything or to see humans flourish
they want to see societies fail and are experiencing deprivation as validation
this is why they are mostly so miserable as people
decline their invitation to join them
it's a trap
i am not anti-ecology.
i like open spaces and clean air and water.
there are many real environmental issues in the world.
but this nonsense is sucking all the air out of the room and leaving them unaddressed.
it's not the solution.
it's barrier to finding one.
i like open spaces and clean air and water.
there are many real environmental issues in the world.
but this nonsense is sucking all the air out of the room and leaving them unaddressed.
it's not the solution.
it's barrier to finding one.
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