[cripplecreek]

Environmentalism has far more affinity with National Socialism than it does with Communism precisely because fascism was based on nature, whereas Marxism is based on humanism.

Depends on what you mean by "environmentalism". Myself and MANY other FReepers are environmentalists without an ounce of socialism among us. It means we support economically viable (free market) solutions to environmental problems. It means I support clean coal over the idiocy of windmills. It means I prefer slant drilling under the great lakes to rigs on them. It means I don't throw trash in the lake or use lots of pesticides on my lawn or garden.

[Olympiad Fisherman]

Yes, I hear you, and agree. I love the outdoors myself, live on a farm, and used to being an avid hiker, with an occasional mountain peak under my belt. The problem is, however, that environmentalism is rooted in holism, and holism invariably leads to a totalitarianism precisely because it deprives man of his humanness. Holism denies the fundamental distinction between nature and history/culture, and forces people to live according to the dictates of nature, even though nature does not think, etc.