{"id":339862,"date":"2024-08-17T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T14:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339862"},"modified":"2024-08-17T16:30:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T14:30:48","slug":"environmentalism-or-individualism-part-6-the-ideal-of-primitivism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339862","title":{"rendered":"Environmentalism or Individualism? (Part 6: The \u201cIdeal\u201d of Primitivism)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"339864\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=339864\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0What-is-Primitivism-Featured.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0What-is-Primitivism-Featured\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0What-is-Primitivism-Featured.jpg?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0What-is-Primitivism-Featured.jpg?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0What-is-Primitivism-Featured.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0What-is-Primitivism-Featured.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0What-is-Primitivism-Featured.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0What-is-Primitivism-Featured.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0What-is-Primitivism-Featured.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0What-is-Primitivism-Featured.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0What-is-Primitivism-Featured.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-or-individualism-6\/\">Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Robert Bidinotto<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ed. Note<\/strong>. This concludes our six-part series on the incompatibility of environmentalist ideology with the foundational individualist philosophy of the United States. Previous posts were \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-and-individualism-1\/\">America\u2019s Enlightenment Heritage<\/a>\u201d (Part 1); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-or-individualism-2\/\">Conservation vs. Preservation<\/a>\u201d (Part 2); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-or-individualism-3\/\">Inhuman Rights\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;(Part 3); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-or-individualism-4\/\">Philosophic Conflict<\/a>\u201d (Part 4); and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-or-individualism-5\/\">The Value of Nature<\/a>\u201d (Part 5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEnvironmentalism reflects an antipathy for a complex, technological, and free society where survival is bought at the cost of ambition, learning, thinking, taking risks, and working hard, within a free, competitive marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite all the benefits of modernity, the primitive tribal \u201cideal\u201d of self-denial still persists, most explicitly within the environmentalist movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of its enduring popularity, many view its environmentalist advocates as sincere idealists, but simply too extreme. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, their supposed \u201cideal\u201d isn\u2019t ideal at all. No, I\u2019m not criticizing them for being too committed to a principle. I\u2019m accusing them of being committed to the&nbsp;<em>wrong<\/em>&nbsp;principle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask yourself the following question: Where is there a place for humans and their works in a world where pristine nature is deemed ideal, and the productive use of nature for human gain is deemed immoral?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In essence, environmentalists are attacking our very right to&nbsp;<em>live<\/em>, period. That position permits no compromise. To concede an inch of ground to it is to surrender, in principle, the entire battle for our lives, well-being, and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For too long, defenders of modernity have tacitly conceded the realm of philosophy\u2014and the mantle of moral idealism\u2014to its critics. Too few have demanded that the environmentalists answer such&nbsp;<em>philosophical<\/em>&nbsp;questions as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Why\u00a0<\/em>does untouched nature have \u201cvalue\u201d in itself?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>What<\/em>, exactly, does that mean?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>By what standards<\/em>\u00a0do you maintain that the human use of a natural resource constitutes an illegitimate claim, or an aesthetic desecration?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And\u00a0<em>by what standard<\/em>\u00a0is a life of scarcity and self-denial virtuous?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So long as the \u201cideal\u201d of a pristine nature unspoiled by self-interested human use remains unchallenged, that ideal will remain the compass that sets the direction of national debate and policy. And its logic will demand that we slowly, inexorably surrender more and more of our property and profits, more and more of our rights and freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s certainly the vision of environmentalist leaders. \u201cWe must make the rescue of the environment the central organizing principle of civilization,\u201d declares Al Gore. The changes demanded by this organizing principle, he says, will be \u201cwrenching\u201d and \u201cwill affect almost every aspect of our lives together on this planet.\u201d<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-or-individualism-6\/#97cedb9e-f0ae-4504-bb2b-e94d92337e49\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet that prospect doesn\u2019t appear to faze him or his environmentalist colleagues in the least. Paul Ehrlich, for example, makes it clear that the environmentalist goal isn\u2019t to make poor people better off. Since he believes that rich people, by using more resources, cause many times more \u201cecological destruction\u201d than poor people, Ehrlich concludes: \u201cActually, the problem in the world is that there are too many rich people.\u201d<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-or-individualism-6\/#fef76581-c03e-4a35-a83c-2677bbfa8d7f\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Environmentalism reflects an antipathy for a complex, technological, and free society where survival is bought at the cost of ambition, learning, thinking, taking risks, and working hard, within a free, competitive marketplace. One sees the true environmentalist motive clearly captured in the book title&nbsp;<em>Returning to Eden<\/em>\u2014a woozy yearning for an egalitarian garden, where fruit drops from the tree into one\u2019s lap, where the struggle to survive ceases, where all animals lie down in peace and harmony. The Eden of environmentalism is a risk-free place where idle wishes will be the coin of the realm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Defending the Human Quest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we don\u2019t live in a mythical Eden. We live on a planet where the struggle to survive is an implacable fact of nature. And those of us who do wish to survive\u2014and thrive\u2014can no longer afford to remain on the moral defensive. We can no longer afford to remain agnostic and mute about the philosophical issues at the root of the attacks on our lives and livelihoods. We can\u2019t expect to rally public support against the environmentalists if we fail to challenge, openly and unapologetically, the moral assumptions underlying their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, a moral assault must be met head-on\u2014with a moral response. To clarify the public debate, we must do two things. First, we must begin to understand and uphold&nbsp;<em>the moral rightness of the human use of nature<\/em>. Second, we must begin to understand and uphold&nbsp;<em>our own moral right to do our work, and to profit from it<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, the critics of modernity have been winning the public relations battle. But there\u2019s nothing inevitable about that. I don\u2019t believe that the public is fundamentally predisposed against a rational view of Man and nature. They\u2019re merely confused by arguments that pit the alleged moral claims of nature against the moral claims of human nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But defenders of Man have one huge advantage over their adversaries. The anti-human premises of environmentalism clash with every person\u2019s life, well-being, happiness, and\u2014perhaps above all\u2014his self-esteem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a case in point, science writer Jeremy Burgess, himself an environmentalist, wondered aloud: \u201cIs it just me, or does everyone else feel guilty for being alive too? \u2026Eventually, and probably soon, we shall all be reduced to creeping about in disgrace, nervous of our simplest pleasures.\u201d<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-or-individualism-6\/#153e4093-d4b3-4867-9a2f-a62f0daa0858\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This, then, is the emotional reward of environmentalism: a&nbsp;<em>metaphysical<\/em>&nbsp;inferiority complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And how could it be otherwise? If untouched nature is the ideal, then, in logic, our lives, interests, well-being, and pleasures must be sacrificed to the \u201cgreater\u201d interests of our surroundings. And if they aren\u2019t\u2014if our selfish, life-serving acts impinge on the \u201cideal\u201d in any way, as they must\u2014then we will come to feel guilty about being alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But no one is born spitting into his own face. A metaphysical inferiority complex has to be acquired. It clashes with everything in the human spirit: the desires to learn, to grow, to do, to succeed, to be happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s time that we reject the environmentalists\u2019 degrading view of human nature, and go on the moral offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s time that we, as human beings, assert our right to exist as&nbsp;<em>our<\/em>&nbsp;nature demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s time that we stop apologizing for our every footprint, for our every fence, for our every meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s time that we stop regarding our homes as morally inferior to the trees they came from, or our children\u2019s needs as less morally important than Bambi\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s time that we recapture the Enlightenment legacy, and build upon the philosophical work begun so nobly by America\u2019s Founders\u2014those heroic achievers who \u201cexalted Reason and worshipped at the altar of Liberty.\u201d It\u2019s time that we define and defend a new vision: an inspiring&nbsp;<em>individualist<\/em>&nbsp;vision of human potential, in which each human being is honored as an end in himself, with reason as his guide to action, and his own life, well-being, and happiness as his ultimate reward.<br><br>_____________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Al Gore,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/earthinbalanceec00gore_0\/mode\/2up\"><em>Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(New York: Plume edition\/Penguin Books, 1993), p. 269.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-or-individualism-6\/#97cedb9e-f0ae-4504-bb2b-e94d92337e49-link\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quoted in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.lib.vt.edu\/VA-news\/ROA-Times\/issues\/1990\/rt9004\/900406\/04060076.htm\">\u201cPopulation Expert Says Americans Most Destructive,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Associated Press, April 6, 1990.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-or-individualism-6\/#fef76581-c03e-4a35-a83c-2677bbfa8d7f-link\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeremy Burgess,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg13017726-400-forum-excuse-me-for-being-alive-jeremy-burgess-is-in-danger-of-being-overwhelmed-by-his-guilty-environmental-conscience\/\">\u201cExcuse Me for Being Alive,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Forum,\u00a0<em>New Scientist\u00a0<\/em>130, no. 1770 (June 8, 1991), p. 52.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/deep-ecology\/environmentalism-or-individualism-6\/#153e4093-d4b3-4867-9a2f-a62f0daa0858-link\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert Bidinotto is an award-winning journalist, editor, lecturer, and novelist who reports on cultural and political issues from the perspective of principled individualism. Over three decades he has established a reputation as a leading critic of environmentalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a former Staff Writer for&nbsp;<em>Reader\u2019s Digest<\/em>, Bidinotto authored high-profile investigative reports on environmental issues, crime, and other public controversies\u2014including articles on global warming and the 1989 Alar scare. His Alar article was singled out for editorial praise by&nbsp;<em>Barron\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;and by&nbsp;<em>Priorities<\/em>, the journal of the American Council on Science and Health. He authored a monograph,&nbsp;<em>The Green Machine<\/em>,and for several years ran a website (\u201cecoNOT\u201d), both critically examining the environmentalist philosophy and movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bidinotto\u2019s many articles, columns, and reviews also appeared in&nbsp;<em>Success<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Writer\u2019s Digest, The Boston Herald<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The American Spectator<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>City Journal<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Freeman<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Reason<\/em>. He served as the award-winning editor of&nbsp;<em>The New Individualist<\/em>, a political and cultural magazine, and as editor of publications for the Capital Research Center, a nonprofit watchdog group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2011, Bidinotto began writing political thrillers.&nbsp;<em>HUNTER<\/em>\u2014the debut novel in his Dylan Hunter series\u2014soared to the top of the Amazon and&nbsp;<em>Wall St. Journal&nbsp;<\/em>bestseller lists.&nbsp;<em>BAD DEEDS<\/em>, the first sequel, dramatizes the evils and dangers of environmentalism. A number-one best-selling Audible political thriller,&nbsp;<em>BAD DEEDS&nbsp;<\/em>was named \u201cBook of the Year\u201d by the Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Alliance. Bidinotto\u2019s thrillers are available&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4fyN2Ee\">on Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about Robert Bidinotto at his fiction website,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidinotto.com\/\">\u201cThe Vigilante Author\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;and at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bidinotto.blogspot.com\/\">his nonfiction blog<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEnvironmentalism reflects an antipathy for a complex, technological, and free society where survival is bought at the cost of ambition, learning, thinking, taking risks, and working hard, within a free, competitive marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":339864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819079,691825754,691818798,691830202,691830203],"class_list":{"0":"post-339862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-al-gore","9":"tag-environmentalism","10":"tag-paul-ehrlich","11":"tag-primitivism","12":"tag-returning-to-eden","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0What-is-Primitivism-Featured.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1qpE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":364292,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=364292","url_meta":{"origin":339862,"position":0},"title":"No Laughing Matter as Net Zero Nutters Target Your Anaesthetics and Painkillers","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/02\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"First, they came for your cars, then your gas boilers, travel, food and farms. Now the Net Zero nutters, using their preposterous and invented climate emergency scare, have medicines, anaesthetics and painkillers in their crosshairs. 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However, as Michael Walsh\u2019s\u00a0excellent column, \u201cHoax of the Millennium,\u201d\u00a0elucidates, the scenario isn\u2019t quite as dire as climate alarmists would have us believe. 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