“Green Fascism”
Posted on April 23, 2008 - Filed Under Environment/Conservation, Political Philosophy, Politics | 1 Comment
Here’s an interesting post about green politics and over-population. I think the writer overreaches in describing a concern with overpopulation as “fascist”. As long as you don’t make racist recommendations as to who should be allowed have kids, then a basic proposal that fewer people would be conducive to a healthier planet does not sound in the least bit controversial. Until I can come up with another name as cool as Athens Trent Boland, then I only plan on having one kid (at most), so my hypothetical future wife and I will be doing our bit for planet earth (in that the next generation of our family will be half of that which preceded it).
Related to this notion is an idea I had a while ago, which could be sloganeered along the lines of “Airmiles for Vasectomies”, which would grant extra ‘pollution rights’ to those who forswear having children. Thus, someone would be allowed to use more petrol, fly in planes more often and so on, if he or she never had a child, since his or her carbon footprint would end when they died, and wouldn’t carry on through the next generation. Or is that idea too “Green Fascist” as well?
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To be honest it’s not going to be effective enough if you let a couple plunder resources just because they only have one baby. That means that there’s another mouth to feed AND they feel somehow entitled to be oil guzzling slags. We need to instill a sense of morality and green ethos into people not carrot and stick methods. I say tax carbon, that’ll probably be a good thing.