What Is an Environmentalist, Anyway? Options

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/58930.html

Posted by Thomas DiLorenzo on June 1, 2010 04:51 PM

After four decades of observing the antics of the “environmental movement,” a clear definition of an “environmentalist” would be: A communist hiding behind a green facade. A watermelon; green on the outside, red on the inside. He wants to destroy capitalism as much as possible and replace it with socialist central planning. The professed concern for Mother Earth is only a means to the real end.

By contrast, a conservationist is one who is genuinely concerned about conserving natural resources.