InUrFace

Ok, so the green movement has a point when it comes to the corporate ambition and reverence for the bottom line. It works. That’s capitalism. So what?

If I were a lunatic the obvious answer would be to condemn the fiscal conglomerates and the infamous contributions they have made to the “Global Warming Crisis.” I would rant how overpaid CEOs oppress the middle class and will bring an unjust ruin to us all. Mostly though, I would suffer an internal edema of the brain, considering the political maneuverings of “Big Oil”.

But I am not, so I won’t. Instead I’ll say this.

The Green Movement appeals to people because it evokes emotions of responsibility and sustainability is the new password. I know I must mindlessly repeat that we must stop burning oil to save our children. Further more, we must cut the outrageously lucrative oil companies off at the knees to save or morals from a morass of profitability. What I want to know is this. How sustainable is this thinking? Can America continue to live in posh houses and expect the president to supply us with good fortune while we destroy the economic foundations of our enviable culture?

Tell me this. Would Green Peace be happy if all the retched Corporations of the world just shriveled up and died? That doesn’t seem like a very “sustainable” option to me. I like comfort.

Say I were to be, ironically, run over by a environmentally friendly semi and be reincarnated as the aforementioned lunatic. And, for the sake of the argument, I were to accomplish my goal of righting the right wing wrongs. What would that look like? 

Well, my Apple is now being powered by solar panels and friendly little breezes. My imaginary and in no way scientific carbon footprint has shrunk to the size of a small empirical cow. My house’s water is always luke warm due to solar heating when the sun is out. And the price of energy has increased 10 times more then Bush could have ever hoped because solar and wind energies are hugely expensive to develop. Oh, and no dams, those piss the fish off.

I have also managed to have the onerous CEO’s salaries reduced. Unfortunately the CEOs like getting paid that much and the shareholders (average people) like having the company running profitably. The CEO went somewhere else and the job got outsourced to an Indian with an MBA from New Delhi. Profitability has tanked along with consumer confidence (in the product) and investors don’t want to invest in a company that will cut off it’s head to spite it’s pocket book. Company over. 

Repeat the above a couple hundred times and I (the power crazed lunatic) will be preaching about more then just a recession. Try a super sized depression with those fries. Poverty anyone?

All I am saying is this. You and your Green Movement is a powerful force. Don’t let the aforementioned lunatic pirate your cause into dangerous waters. You may accomplish your dreams of a more clean more fair society and the world might be a better place for it, but don’t sacrifice everything America knows and holds dear. Please? 

Don’t be a tool, speak your mind and contribute!

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