It used to be that people who had lots of money obtained by not working very much (eg, pop stars, trustafarians) would espouse communism as a way of perpetuating adolescent rebellion but these days the education system is so poor that their audiences don't really understand what capitalism, communism or anything else really means -- besides, the whole left/right thing is so 20th century -- thus they've moved on to another pseudo-religion.
‘Saving the planet’ has become a mission statement both for the pointlessly rich and the political class.
[From Down with the filthy rich misanthropes | spiked]
I read in one of the papers last week, but can't remember which one, that children are being taught (1984-style) to nag their parents about green issues. This makes me very suspicious of the whole green movement, because it's so sinister. Am I wrong to begin to reject some fundamental tenets of the green manifest now that it's starting to look like a religion?
[posted with ecto]
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Well, you don't want to trust everything Spiked says, given they seem to exist to force debate into every issue, whether there's a place for it or not :)
Getting kids to push green issues is something I've heard quite a lot about recently too. I guess it worked to stop a lot of adults smoking; and maybe kids bugging their parents will get them to take action on climate change too. It's a pity that at this stage it's going to take more than individual action to sort out global warming.
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