[lbo-talk] the Green Nazi platform

[amadeus amadeus]

particularly disturbing that the sierra club has a
whole wing dedicated to "population" issues. preserve
our pristine motherland. it's of note, as discussed in
_Food First_ by Lappe, that is was the Rockefellers
who first expounded on the notion of "overpopulation".
--adx
--- Kevin Robert Dean <qualiall at adelphia.net> wrote:
> Yep...
> 
> Not to disparage environmentalists all together but
> there seems to be underlying things that aren't
> quite fascist, but close---usually under the guise
> of "overpopulation" complaints (will they boycott
> their friend's baby shower?  Doubt it.  But they
> like the abstract notion that if dumb poor folks
> stop fucking, then all will be well)
> 
> Then there is the nationalist feeling that those
> dang dirty 'developing' nations are rootin' tootin'
> pollutin'...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---- amadeus amadeus <amadeus482000 at yahoo.com>
> wrote: 
> > What's perhaps most disturbing is that this seems
> to
> > come as a shock, which hopefully isn't an
> indication
> > about what the "green" left is prone to. About 6
> years
> > or so there was a piece about this in Z Magazine
> that
> > was kind of brilliant, if I remember it correctly:
> > You're told to imagine a utopian society where
> > everyone respects the land, etc., and you start to
> > feel all warm and fuzzy. Then you're informed that
> > everything you've just read was part of the
> programme
> > of the NSDAP. It mentions that the national
> socialists
> > in Germany were the first, among other things, to
> set
> > aside forest preserves. I think this serves as a
> > reminder that any movement or party can be prone
> to
> > fascism, even Greens. And it's kind of what makes
> me
> > balk when people cluck incoherently about Bush
> being
> > the new Hitler, etc., etc.
> > --adx 
> > 
> >
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