Why the conspiracies around environmentalism?

[Allen773]

Is this the part of the thread where we talk about Hitler being an environmentalist and vegan or something?

 

[Hellbound]

Is this the part of the thread where we talk about Hitler being an environmentalist and vegan or something?

Knock yourself out.





No, really, I mean that literally. Please apply a sap liberally to the back of your head, and knock yourself out.

 

[Brainster]

I don't think there's any doubt that many if not most environmentalists think that the sustainable population of Earth is a number quite a bit lower than the current population. From there to "they're going to kill us all," is a logical step--for a conspiracy nutter.

 

[Puppycow]

I don't think there's any doubt that many if not most environmentalists think that the sustainable population of Earth is a number quite a bit lower than the current population. From there to "they're going to kill us all," is a logical step--for a conspiracy nutter.

There is a humane way to go about it if you're willing to wait a few generations to get there. It has to do with educating women, liberating them and giving them access to birth control. Nothing need be compulsory. Economic development and liberal social policies and feminism seem to do the trick.

I started a thread about it in the science forum, but not everyone agreed with me that lower populations would be desirable in the long run:

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=335916

Just to be clear: within the constraint conditions of not ruining our planet in a few decades or a few hundred years, I would still prefer a relative large human population. But long-term sustainability is still an important goal.

 

[3point14]

The United Nations. A lot of our conspiracy fans are convinced the UN is the public face of the NWO and only exists to destroy the USA.

And Donald's an agent?

 

[Allen773]

Knock yourself out.





No, really, I mean that literally. Please apply a sap liberally to the back of your head, and knock yourself out.

I was merely pre-empting any actual nutters from bringing it up.

 

[catsmate]

I don't think there's any doubt that many if not most environmentalists think that the sustainable population of Earth is a number quite a bit lower than the current population. From there to "they're going to kill us all," is a logical step--for a conspiracy nutter.

Citations for this claim?

 

[Roboramma]

Citations for this claim?

Only because it's not clear, did you mean to highlight the rest of that sentence?

"many if not most environmentalists think that the sustainable population of Earth is a number quite a bit lower than the current population."