Climate Activism Has a Cult Problem

The Free Press ^ | 23 Jan 2023 | Zion Lights

[Rummyfan]

Maybe you saw Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” smeared with two cans of tomato soup. Or the 20-year-old man who set fire to his arm at a tennis tournament, wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the words “End UK Private Jets.” Or the traffic on London’s M25 highway blocked by protesters for days. One 24-year-old girl, Louise, climbed atop a crane on the highway. “I’m here because I don’t have a future,” she exclaimed between sobs.

All these stories feature young members of a movement that claims to fight climate change by demanding their governments stop using and producing fossil fuels immediately.

Their methods seem unorthodox, and you’re probably wondering how defacing artwork or gluing your hand to the floor of a Volkswagen showroom reduces carbon emissions. I don’t blame you.

The difference between me and you is I used to be one of them.

[Rummyfan]

At the XR office in London, there was a sign that told you to keep your shoes on. Initially, I thought this was funny—a wink to our reputation as barefoot hippies—until I had to sit by people who were in fact barefoot. We had constant problems with people not cleaning up after themselves, and walking around without shoes. I remember collecting all the mugs and other dishes in the office and washing them myself so that we could have a clean environment to work in. The building’s management was always threatening to kick us out. Eventually, they did.

Apparently they couldn't be bothered with keeping their own environment clean.

[crusty old prospector]

I bet those morons don’t know that most of the things they value in life are made from hydrocarbons. Their phones, buds, laptops, vape pipes, on and on. Why, even their petroleum jelly.

[bray]

Love to tell them to sell their cars, computers, and cell phones for the eart.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Things will only get interesting if they turn into a Thuggee death cult. More “Thulsa Doom” style assassins, I imagine.

Murder can be addictive to the weak minded.

I am actually surprised that the Mexican (Aztec based) “Santa Muerta” cult didn’t turn into one of those. At its height it was estimated at 2m individuals, and could have plunged all of North America into chaos.

In their case, I think they just lacked a charismatic leader to touch a spark to the fuse.

But what would you get if the Eco-freaks, Antifa, BLM, and other anarchists banded together to commit homicide?

[butlerweave]

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