Pseudo-Green Leftism

December 8, 2018 By Bruce Walker

The left pretends to care about the environment. It sounds as though Bernie Sanders is going to make this faux interest in protecting the environment a salient point of any 2020 presidential run. In fact, leftism – both economic leftism and social leftism – is the primary cause of environmental problems.

Sanders, who honeymooned in the Soviet Union, apparently missed the horrific destruction of nature under the Soviets, who were dramatically worse for the environment than the tsars. Indeed, Marxism in virtually every land it has been tried has been an environmental horror story. Nations before Marxist rule and after Marxist rule, like Poland, demonstrated as clearly as possible that Marxism is the worst system of government imaginable for the environment.

What about free-market economic systems and statist economic systems? Can the government compel cleaner air and water, more green spaces, compassion for animals, and the other "green" issues? Coercion is nearly always the worst way possible of achieving objectives, and this is true with environmentalism.

Free markets are better than statism in every way, and not just in the narrow confines of economic choices – and that means businesses and individuals compete with each other to be "greener." If that sounds odd, consider in a grocery how many goods are touted as good for the environment. Once people are affluent, they give their attention to other values, and environmentalism is chic, popular, and sincere. .......To Read More......