Is Green the new Red?
To Al Gore: can you name a problem with our planet that can’t be cured by government intervention?
On that theme, Brussels Journal has an interesting new piece:
A rallying cause
These movements also provide an enemy, and enemies are useful for defining your place in the world. While it is difficult to share friends, you can easily share enemies, since hatred is far less demanding than love and requires no shared judgment—only a common target.
But I object to the statement that environmentalism is necessarily Red. Just because the movement has been subverted does not make it an invalid concept.
Next: Capitalism and the environment, how can they make good friends
