The Discovery Channel hostage taker James Lee will be written off as a crazy but he is merely an extremist. The ideology behind his acts is embraced by the radical green movement and is behind many anti-Capitalist, anti-technology groups and protests. He is no different that the Earth Liberation Front or the radicals who tried to burn a family alive in 2008 or the lefty commenters who cheered on mountain lion attacks on children about a year ago.
Anti-humanism is a key pillar in radical environmentalism. It is a philosophy that views humans as an inherent evil that needs to be minimized through extermination. Starvation, sterilization and de-industrialization are all means to the final end which is the end of mankind. To be sure many anti-humanists envision a world where they themselves, living a romanticized tribal existence, are still around but their goal is an end of all civilization, everywhere.
The basics of anti-humanism are mainstream ideas taught in schools and pushed by the media. Human industry is bad, people are “unnatural” and not part of nature and more importantly civilization, prosperity and success are evil. Only animals and primitive tribes are good and the Earth is so fragile that every thing you do is destroying it. You now people, maybe even your children, who on some level believe this.
Failed bomber James Lee’s manifesto is simply an exaggeration of the anti-human philosophy we let fester everyday. Here’s his manifesto, entitled My Demands, in full: Continue reading
