“Conclusion: The group that contests everything is actually anti-human race. Apparently, in their world the planet is the first concern and the only way to save the planet is to reduce the human impact on it. Ironically, if the goal is to reduce the human impact on the planet and humans are the problem, what are we trying to save the planet for? The next intelligent species to inhabit it?”
The green movement is succeeding because they’ve duped the public into thinking they’re on the moral side of the issues - they’ve fraudently taken over the moral high-ground, and we’ve let them.
How can you argue against saving the earth, the air, the water, the whales, the dolphins, the wild rivers, the polar bears, etc, etc? They’re not doing it for selfish motives, unlike those greedy capitalists that want to pollute and destroy the environment to maximize their profits.
In reality they are the most selfish and elitist group of people you’ll ever find. They put their own sensibilities above that of all others. They are anti-human and their ultimate solution is to eliminate humanity from earth (with a few notable exceptions - themselves). We need a champion of humanity who can verbalize this and knock them off their self-righteous pedestals.
I will take it a step further. The best stewards of a resource or commodity are the folks that have the most to gain from it. Human's do not, despite what the left would have you believe, intentionally bite the hand that feeds it.
Conservation? Talk to ardent hunters. They are the best informed about what species should be preserved and what is best for habitats and their environments.
You want to preserve forests? Talk to industrial logging companies that own, take care of and cultivate forest renewals year after year. Have you ever noticed that forest fires rarely destroy "forested" properties? It's because they keep the forest clean of dead debris. They do it at their expense for efficiency and profit.
You want to prevent "over fishing"? Talk to commercial fishernmen.
There is truth to the fact that risk keeps greed in check. It is greed, at its most basic definition, that drives the American economy. And there is nothing wrong with it. I am so greedy that I expect to be paid a certain amount for service to my employer. My expectations are based on maintaining or enhancing a lifestyle that goes beyond "survival". We have a 3 car garage even though we only own two cars. We are so greedy we put our kids through private school. We once took a vacation to Hawaii. And by the way, for most of my career, I have worked 60 to 70 hours a week to earn the lifestyle we have greedily chosen.
Why is it greed? In the minds of these wackos, anything you have or consume or do that is beyone what is essential to survival is "waste". And besides, it's not fair that you can have all these things when there are people out there that are just barely able to survive.
In their utopia everyone works just as hard as they do now and the producers keep producing but they give everything away and reduce their standard of living out of the goodness of their heart.