Posted on 09/22/2014 7:47:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Those in politics who spend much of their time railing about the dangers associated with anthropogenic climate change will often assert that the public largely shares their concerns about catastrophic climate shifts. You rarely hear from those oft-cited members of the public who are supposedly alarmed by climate change alarmism. Reason Magazine’s Kmele Foster, co-host of Fox Business Network’s The Independents, revealed why that is when he took to the People’s Climate March in New York City this weekend armed with a camera and a microphone.
Unsurprisingly, the People’s March more resembled a throwback anti-capitalism protest than it did a climate rally. When Foster asked random protesters what they wanted to see done to address climate change, those who did not merely say they wanted to see a “coming together” and a general raising of “awareness” usually promoted familiar policies that would achieve the deindustrialization of the first world originally espoused by the Soviets and their allies.
One protester said his “movement” was preparing to mount a “resistance” and lead an “actual revolution” that would lead to a “whole new society.” … Sounds familiar. What kind of new society, Foster pressed. A “socialist” one, the protester replied.
One relatively older rally attendee – most of the protesters Foster spoke with were silver-haired – insisted that hydraulic fracturing, a process which was proven safe again at the conclusion of a study funded by National Science Foundation and Duke University study, should be criminalized.
“Capitalism destroys the planet,” one large banner promoted by representatives with RevCom.us read. “We need revolution. Nothing less!”
“We live in a grotesque era where we have everything we want right now,” one protester told Foster, graciously packaging her entire movement up in one self-hating nutshell.
There appear to be two strains of protesters who attended the People’s March. Some cling desperately to the ideals of Marx and who repeat rhetoric and slogans which have largely remained unchanged since the Rutherford B. Hayes administration. These folks ironically consider themselves “progressives.” The other strain of protester who spoke with Foster seemed lost, misplaced, left behind in a world which no longer made much sense.
It is a condition as old as time; the aimless in search of personal meaning complement the ranks of a movement which promises personal purpose. The revolution is over, but the tragically committed revolutionaries persist.
What Foster uncovered in New York City was what so many on the right have known for years, but the public rarely sees. The modern climate alarmism movement has been hijacked by the remnants of those who still adhere to the defunct tenets of revolutionary Marxism. It is no wonder, then, that so few climate change devotees in government and the media go out of their way to make sure you never hear from their grassroots supporters.
Today is Flood Wall Street day. On twitter I suggested that they #FloodWallStreet with the Marxist Mulch (trash) left in the street by the climate protesters yesterday.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/FloodWallStreet?src=hash
The Environmentalist Movement is the new home of the Communist Party.
- Jim Quinn
With all due respect we are seeing mass insanity in the movement....they have no idea what they are saying or what they want done.
I heard one of the guys say we need an “astral revolution.”
http://www.lightagemasters.com/revolutionbylight.php?page=5
I yearn for the days of editors actually performing their jobs.
“Capitalism destroys the planet,” one large banner promoted by representatives with RevCom.us read.
Hippy Dippy Weathermen!
Yeah the communists running the Chernobyl nuclear plant did a bang up job. LOL
People protest for the sake of protesting.
People had more than they needed,
people didn't know what was precious and what wasn't,
people threw away things they kill each other for now.
- the Book of Eli
"Whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad."
~Seneca
Every one knows that occurred because they tried to use the autobot fuel cell recovered from the moon.
Reminds me of asking an eight year old on what they would do if they had all power.
“I would make people live in peace.”
And what if they didn’t?
“Then I would hurt them!”
Yep. And they are still reaping the benefits a quarter century later. One of my coworkers is from Romania and gets ribbed for eating yogurt which may be two months or more past the expiration date. She told us once that it was considered an antidote to all the environmental pollution and poisoning when went on in the Ceausescu era.
Watch the video for a good morning laugh.
“...People protest for the sake of protesting...”
Hammer hitting nail squarely on head........
Hippies, they want to change the world, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad...
cartman
- Jim Quinn
Green in the color of the straw man covering the REAL end-game agenda.
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