It will be the usual suspects:
eco-statists calling for worldwide socialist policies to control everyone
(and his/her reproduction) in order to "Save Mother Earth." They will never
call for less government and more capitalism, despite the irrational childbirths
and economic underproduction fostered by welfare, entitlements, subsidies,
and other freebies of socialism. http://rexcurry.net/ecotags.html
Cuba, eastern Europe,
the former Soviet Union, China and other socialist messes have demonstrated
that the Malthusian theory is manifested only in socialist economies. The
problem is not overuse of resources; rather it is the underproduction for
which socialism is notorious. "Dwindling resources" and "overpopulation"
are the buzz-words statists use to excuse socialism's failure, to justify
yet more socialism, and to blame the entire population with the ominous
whine, "there's too many of you -- that's the problem." http://rexcurry.net/socialismmalthus.html
Eco-freaks adore statists
like Paul Erlich. That socialist has-been and author has inadvertently
demonstrated the environmental superiority of capitalism over socialism
through decades of humiliatingly inaccurate predictions of the Earth's
impending demise. The United States would be like eastern Europe, the former
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Cuba and China if Erlich, the eco-freaks
and their supporters had been followed. http://rexcurry.net/greens.html
The only overpopulation that
exists is an overpopulation of socialists and other eco-freaks. There are
too many people in the world who think there are too many people in the
world.
Statist policies confiscate,
redistribute and exhaust more wealth than they produce. A collectivist
approach to natural resources leads to the "tragedy of the commons": overuse
of resources held in common. The libertarian environmentalist Dr. Rex Curry
summed up the real problem: "The world needs zero socialism growth, not
zero population growth."
Capitalism, to increase profits,
always seeks to increase efficiency in the use of resources to maximize
productive results. Capitalism always seeks to increase profits by lowering
costs through reduced wastes or byproducts (meaningful conservation). Capitalism
also seeks increased profits by producing more resources and new, substitute
materials. The highest standards of living and the cleanest air, water and
resources are in the more capitalistic countries that recognize and protect
private property rights. http://rexcurry.net/ecoart.html
from http://www.weeklyplanet.com/2001-09-27/notebook.html
http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A956
A web search reveals that rexcurry.net was the first website to use the
phrase "overpopulation of socialists" on newgroups, and the second to use
that phrase on the web. rexcurry.net also joins many others in popularizing
the phrase "too many socialists."
Rex Curry is a member of
the Libertarian Party and a lawyer. for more ideas on liberty visit http://rexcurry.net
As a contender for the honorific title of "Top Libertarian
Environmentalist," I spend a lot of time writing about libertarian
environmentalism and how to speak to environmentalists. http://rexcurry.net/comindex.html
There is a lot of material available on the internet about
eco-capitalism, and many books provide a lot of help, too.
If you hear that all libertarians want to "sail the seas,"
listen again because you probably heard the maxim that all libertarians
want to "sell the seas."
Libertarian environmentalists use the following phrases in
a sincere positive manner: sell the oceans, sell the seas, sell the
gulf, sell the lakes, sell the rivers, sell the parks, sell the Everglades
http://rexcurry.net/commentary/everglades.html
"We love manatee!" Eco-capitalists quip, "They taste just
like chicken." http://rexcurry.net/manateefarm.html
But the reasoning of free market environmentalism shines.
Cuba, eastern Europe, the former Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, The Peoples' Republic of China and other socialist
messes have demonstrated that the Malthusian theory is manifested only
in socialist economies. http://rexcurry.net/socialismmalthus.html
Any eco-capitalist can explain why.
Socialism is an environmental disaster. Enviro-capitalism
rocks!
Enviro-capitalists explain why the best environment is a capitalist
environment. The color of a healthy environment and the color
of money are the same. Mother Nature is a capitalist. Capitalists
are the true greens.
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Environmental socialists want to anthropologize for being
human.
NYC's Central Park was a swamp, er, wetland, and no one
is trying to restore IT.
Venice Italy was a swamp, er, marshland, and no one is
trying to restore IT to it's natural state.
By 2020, the four most popular seafoods - shrimp, salmon,
tilapia and catfish - will likely come from the aquaculture industry,
and not from socialized saltwater , but from farms that are privately
built and owned, according to industry analysts.
A Libertarian
environmentalist once said "I am a team player - but I play for
the other team!"