Comments on: Environmentalism is the New Bogeyman (and God) http://www.amymossoff.com/ideas/1074/environmentalism-new-boogeyman/ Finding meaning in my everyday experiences Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: The Little Things · Never Did Get to That http://www.amymossoff.com/ideas/1074/environmentalism-new-boogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-3154 The Little Things · Never Did Get to That Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:57:38 +0000 http://www.amymossoff.com/?p=1074#comment-3154 [...] Subscribe to feed ‹ Environmentalism is the New Bogeyman (and God) [...] [...] Subscribe to feed ‹ Environmentalism is the New Bogeyman (and God) [...]

]]> By: Burgess Laughlin http://www.amymossoff.com/ideas/1074/environmentalism-new-boogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-3138 Burgess Laughlin Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:27:56 +0000 http://www.amymossoff.com/?p=1074#comment-3138 For history and discussion of the environmentalist movement (among two others), listen to "Cultural Movements: Creating Change," three lectures presented at OCON 2008. It is available on the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights website, under PARTICIPATE, <a href="http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=participate_arc_activism" rel="nofollow">ACTIVISM</A>, on the right-hand side of the page. Or do a search on the site for the title. I am 65. I have seen the growth of the movement from the 1950s (caring about the parks) to what it is today. It has been a process akin to dropping a drop of black ink into a cup of water. The drop sinks but diffuses as it goes. After awhile, the whole cup of water is tinted. There is a similar "Brownian movement" in culture. And we are seeing the results today. Having observed the Environmentalist movement from the sidelines, but only anecdotally, I would say that Environmentalism is a religion -- that is, a whole worldview based on mysticism -- for some individuals in that movement, but not for all. Those who do not treat it as their worldview treat it instead as a supplement to another worldview -- as with Christian environmentalists and Marxist environmentalists. For history and discussion of the environmentalist movement (among two others), listen to “Cultural Movements: Creating Change,” three lectures presented at OCON 2008. It is available on the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights website, under PARTICIPATE, ACTIVISM, on the right-hand side of the page. Or do a search on the site for the title.

I am 65. I have seen the growth of the movement from the 1950s (caring about the parks) to what it is today. It has been a process akin to dropping a drop of black ink into a cup of water. The drop sinks but diffuses as it goes. After awhile, the whole cup of water is tinted. There is a similar “Brownian movement” in culture. And we are seeing the results today.

Having observed the Environmentalist movement from the sidelines, but only anecdotally, I would say that Environmentalism is a religion — that is, a whole worldview based on mysticism — for some individuals in that movement, but not for all. Those who do not treat it as their worldview treat it instead as a supplement to another worldview — as with Christian environmentalists and Marxist environmentalists.

]]> By: Amy http://www.amymossoff.com/ideas/1074/environmentalism-new-boogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-3132 Amy Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:15:29 +0000 http://www.amymossoff.com/?p=1074#comment-3132 Bill: I know it was around in the 80's, but it was not gospel like it is now. Of course, those parents on Family Ties were total hippies too. I don't think that happened in Growing Pains. :) Bill: I know it was around in the 80′s, but it was not gospel like it is now. Of course, those parents on Family Ties were total hippies too. I don’t think that happened in Growing Pains. :)

]]> By: Bill Brown http://www.amymossoff.com/ideas/1074/environmentalism-new-boogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-3128 Bill Brown Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:40:19 +0000 http://www.amymossoff.com/?p=1074#comment-3128 This is what I worry most about with my two oldest entering public school in the fall. But if anyone's going to be able to combat enviroprop, it's me and my wife. (Incidentally, I'm not sure how new this phenomenon since I distinctly remember an episode of <cite>Family Ties</cite> where Jen obsesses to the point of craziness about the ozone hole. I remember it only because it led me to buy a copy of <cite>50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Planet</cite> and then shortly after a copy of Dixie Lee Ray's <cite>Trashing the Planet</cite>. So that episode had exactly the opposite effect as its writers intended. :-) ) This is what I worry most about with my two oldest entering public school in the fall. But if anyone’s going to be able to combat enviroprop, it’s me and my wife. (Incidentally, I’m not sure how new this phenomenon since I distinctly remember an episode of Family Ties where Jen obsesses to the point of craziness about the ozone hole. I remember it only because it led me to buy a copy of 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Planet and then shortly after a copy of Dixie Lee Ray’s Trashing the Planet. So that episode had exactly the opposite effect as its writers intended. :-) )

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