georgeob1 wrote:I don't think it is any kind of socialist conspiracy. Instead such things tend to attract those who are personally inclined to favor and sometimes seek authoritarian, Platonic "solutions" to the ills of the world. Perhaps to them individual free choice simply doesn't look like a solution.
Of course there is a wide variety represented within the environmental movement. I think most are merely a product of the current educational system, people who've grown up watching bambi cartoons and listening to teachers talk about the rain forest, ozone depletion, and global warming, so of course how could anyone be so cruel as to be anti-environment. Whether knowingly or not however, the solutions are almost always portrayed as through government. Big business and corporations are painted as the culprits, as repeatedly illustrated by such programs as 60 Minutes through the years, and as reinforced by the educational system.
However, I think a small percentage of the movement and an important component of the driving force of the movement are made up of communists, marxists, and socialists that believe government is the answer to all of the world's ills, including impending environmental disaster. I have come to think that some of these people don't care a whit about the environment, but simply are using the environmental movement to further their own political agenda.
One of the biggest tipoffs to this alignment of political agendas with the environmental movement is that most of the environmental organizations are heavily involved in opposing activities carried on by corporations and other private businesses, as well as targeting free market countries like the United States. They don't seem to oppose the rampant pollution and environmental disasters in totalitarian or communist countries. They may give a token lip service now and then to such, but for the most part they don't seem to care about China, North Korea, Cuba, and other similar places, and they did not care about the old Soviet Union when it was still intact. Their most enthusiastic support is reserved for tackling the United States and the evil multi-national corporations. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, if some of the people actually cared about the environment instead of their political agenda, they would be just as interested in the pollution and environmental problems in communist countries.
Ce n'est pas possible mon ami. Le Monsieur Jean le Smith est tout le monde at least two bloody quid. Where did you say you lived? 
