Veggie Tales
Today’s CSM has an interesting article that is just one more confirmation for a theory I, as well as many others on the Right, have long held. Environmentalism is not a movement to “Save Mother Earth,” nor is it a misguided attempt to connect to Gaia, but is in reality a backdoor scheme to institute socialist policies that the Left cannot achieve at the ballot box. Is it just a coincidence that every policy proposed to alleviate some imagined or exaggerated environmental threat is coercive and collectivist?
What is the latest left-wing lifestyle choice that they want the rest of us to obey by government order? Vegetarianism! The article is no longer available online, but it states that “in the future a day may come when there isn’t enough grain for both humans and livestock — at least not at the U.S. consumption rate. Add to this the environmental impacts of modern industrial-scale meat production, and many wonder: With a predicted world population of 9.5 billion by midcentury, are we all destined to be vegetarians?” The reporter does briefly mention lab-grown meat, but not so subtly mentions possible war and collapsing nation-states if we continue to expect to consume meat at current rates. It isn’t until the end that the topic of the more delicious and healthy grass-fed meats is considered.
Let me make this clear, enviros: I will not be taking mass transit. I will not be driving a hippie car. I will not set my thermostat above 70 degrees in the summer. I will never recycle. And believe this, from an Atkins devotee: the day I become a vegetarian is the day that pig roasts fly, so you can kiss my Boston Butt and munch on my Italian meatballs.
