-- Mother Gaia, I come on behalf of all humans to apologize for destroying nature (...). We never meant to kill nature.
-- You’re not killing nature, you’re killing yourself. That’s what I mean by self-centered. You think that just because you can’t live, then nothing can. You’re fucking yourself over big time, and won’t be missed.
This framing is marginally saner, but the weird panicky eschatology of pop-environmentalism is still present. Apparently the author thinks that using up too many resources, or perhaps global warming, currently represent human extinction level threats?
From a surprisingly insightful comic commenting on the whole notion of “saving the planet”.
This framing is marginally saner, but the weird panicky eschatology of pop-environmentalism is still present. Apparently the author thinks that using up too many resources, or perhaps global warming, currently represent human extinction level threats?