The green movement, in other words, is the red movement stripped of the veneer of reason and science and bent on the destruction of reason and science rather than take the trouble to learn what reason and science actually are. The green movement is the red movement no longer in its boisterous, arrogant youth, but in its demented old age.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author criticizes the green movement as irrational and destructive to science.
- In plain terms
- The green movement is seen as a destructive version of the red movement.
- What can you take from it?
- Critique environmentalism as anti-science.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is environmentalism anti-science?
Another view
It generalizes a broad movement with harsh terms.
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