Why Conservationists are Elitist and Misguided.
You know who I’m talking about: they’re so hardcore. Why don’t you wear all hemp and stop having babies…you call yourself green? PathETic.
I think conservationists take the wrong approach, as far as the casually eco-friendly are concerned. Their arguments runs roughly as follows: Well, if, in principle, you think global warming, then you should be doing more drastic things about it.”
Instead, I think it makes sense to think of myself as someone not defined by one single principle. There are a lot of things in the world which concern me, and a lot of issues I could chose to support. However, I weigh these issues against my own immediate concerns, as well as against eachother. So, if one issue fits in best with the rest of my lifestlye, it performs better in my “partly-altruistic-partly-self-motivated” calculus.
It really pisses me off that some people act as though they are completely altruistic. It may be that some people get their jollies by feeling like better people than us lowly green friendly types who just do what we can within reason.
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