Global Warming As European Imperialism

by James Lewis - February 26th, 2007 - The American Thinker

The great Global Warming scare is only the latest eructation(Sic) of European imperialism. Euro-imperialism used to be known as socialism. Before that, it was just called British or French imperialism, because those countries were very proud of it. There was no need to lie. The only reason today's huge European effort to control the world isn't called "imperialism" any more, is that its supporters hate that word.

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The BBC Class considers itself internationalist, socialist, and Green (and not just with envy). The Greens are of course Reds with camouflage paint. After the USSR fell of its own internal contradictions around 1989, the Left needed a new shtick. They could not admit that free markets and democracies worked better than their engrained ideology. So they found a different set of reasons to do the same thing. The old way was European imperialism à la Karl Marx. The new way was European Imperialism à la Al Gore.

The fact is socialism is alive and well. Like those who were communists back in the 50s and 60s, socialists talk two different ways about their beliefs. When they feel they are among the true believers they are open about their goal. When out in the public they deny they are socialists and they have a number of ways to talk about their desires to suppress America. They are anti-war or anti-pollution or anti-homophobic or anti-male or anti-whatever as long as it includes being anti-free-enterprise too.

If you support free enterprise they say you are hate filled and reject the possibility that you can be a decent person. Socialists are the only people who have ever argued that they can want the troops to fail but they are still patriotic because they want the troops brought home so they don't die. America may die if we don't fight our enemies but if they don't want the troops to die they are pro the troops and therefore patriotic. If you argue against this logic they denounce you for claiming they are not "patriots" whether you ever said it or not. Their logic is circular so you can never win an argument with them.

This article by James Lewis is very good. He documents his logical case that many environmentalists are merely socialists with a pro-European agenda. An equally good article can be written about the socialist agenda of PETA and the socialist agenda of NOW and the socialist agenda of the plethora of gay groups whose names change constantly.

The failure of socialism has not ended its fervent popularity among many and they continue their long term goal. The reality is that socialists have always used front groups to attract many other fellow travelers into helping their cause. European elitists, socialist true believers, are just using one of the current fellow traveler groups as double speak for their continuing cause. Left wing Democrats accept this logic of European supremacy and environmental supremacy since they are closet socialists as well.