I was wondering what you all think of environmentalism
I sometimes see an overlap between saving money and being "eco-friendly" as certain "waste" products are just unused potential raw material
It seems like the mainstream right is pretty "anti-environmentalism" which... kind of sounds weird and like some industrialized steps removed from being more of an agrarian society I guess
Things like climate change seem like a scam to distract people from more tangible environmental issues, things like:
-(actual waste like mentioned above)
-pollution, which causes diseases in people and corporations dodge paying for the clean-up. Corporations cause this actual problem of pollution and then conveniently offer political solutions of their choice to solve the problem they created (and also kind of try to lump these real problems into vague proposed problems like "climate change" which are less directly visible)
-proliferation of microplastics which harm our ecosystems and cause diseases in our bodies
-carcinogenic additives to foods, whether they are pesticides or artificial flavoring and so on (or fluoride in the water, etc.)
Do you have an interest in "environmentalism" and what do you think would get more "conservatives" interested in taking care of the environment and what do you think "right-wing environmentalism" should look like?
All was going swimmingly until....... a big foreign corporation swooped in and offered ridiculous sums of money to buy all the surrounding farms to turn them into a giant nature reserve.
This will kill the farming community, which by the way is a very unique community. You have to be very enterprising and resourceful to survive in the Karoo. No doctors or vets for miles (4 and 2 hours' drive respectively). I've spent alot of time on the farm and love it there; it's the safest place in SA. You can see someone coming for miles, you can get rid of a body very easily. The police can't find the farm (they tried once and gave up!) Your neighbouring farmer will drive all the way to you after a hard days' work to bring you fresh eggs from his chickens, or veggies from his veg garden.
His farm borders on the one neighbouring farm in 3 places. Until now, he has used his neighbour's tannery and butchery to process meat. That neighbouring farm is less than half the size of his and these foreigners have offered 55 million rand for it. It's a ridiculous price. They also want several farms in the area in addition.
My nephew doesn't want to sell his farm. But if the foreigners turn just the one neighbouring farm into a game reserve (let alone the others), it will finish him.
He does predator control on a regular basis (killing of jackals, caracals, etc). Predator control is very labour-intensive and time consuming. A nature reserve won't kill animals so he will be overrun with predators that will kill his sheep and goats. He won't have access to the tannery and butchery which enables him to offer hunters a one-stop-shop. Come and hunt and get your meat and hides processed at the same time.
I think these "nature conservationists" will try and force him out, who knows what stunts they might pull to get him gone. Because it looks like 2 of the 5 other farms (besides his neighbour) will sell. Their children all live and work in Europe so there's no one to take over.
It will destroy the farming community and destroy the closest one-horse town which relies on business from the farmers.
So I am now seeing nature conservation and environmentalism from a new perspective. Some believe this is a ploy by globalists to destroy farming in South Africa under the guise of "nature conservation".
(Ps not a fan of hunting or predator control myself having seen it all up close, predator control is fucking inhumane the way it's done in the Karoo)