https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/12/30/the-rise-of-the-eco-cult/<snipit>
It’s often remarked that we live in an era of moral puritanism and political extremism. This year, we have seen transgender ideology become ever more outlandish, racial identity politics become ever more militant and, most notably, the environmental movement become increasingly hysterical.
This spirit of belligerent righteousness has been evident in the green movement since the middle of the past decade. But it was turbo-charged in 2020 when the first lockdowns drove millions indoors. A mixture of outrage, frustration, boredom and rising wokery online resulted in a summer of riotous madness. This year, the shock of the economic upheaval has fostered both a simmering spirit of revolution and a mood of impending doom.
You could see this shift towards extremism in the green movement’s increasingly eccentric tactics. 2022 was the year activists threw soup at works of art, glued themselves to roads and climbed motorway gantries. It was the year that a girl poured excrement on a Captain Tom statue and set fire to her arm. All these acts were performed, as the activists tearfully explained, because if we don’t act now the world will end. Literally.
The environmental movement was always likely to drift toward cult-like fanaticism, because the worldview of eco-activists is itself apocalyptic. For instance, Just Stop Oil, which emerged this year as an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, describes the issuing of new oil and gas licences as a ‘genocidal death project’.
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I usually don't put much credibility or air time to slight left leaning rags like this. But the fact, there are libertarians waking up, and recognizing the Climate Change Scam and their tactics, is IMO a good sign that the tide is turning on this matter. As the eco-scam starts resulting more human death and misery, watch for more converts.
