For quite some time now, those of us on the Climate Realist side have pointed out, among others, that the “climate change” movement seems to be focused mostly on pushing far left progressive doctrine. Here’s another Warmist, Cameron Fenton, a Canadian who’s the “National Director, Canadian Youth Climate Coalition”, who lets the cat out of the bag in a post that discusses getting schools to divest themselves from fossil fuels companies
 (HuffPo) But that’s not the only reason we’re seeing the rise of one of the largest and fastest growing student-led environmental movements in decades.
At a recent convergence in Swathmore, Pensylvania student leaders declared,“Divestment is a tactic, justice is the goal.” In other words, while the main tactic of this movement appears to be an economic one, the goals of this movement go far deeper.
The far left has taken on the mantra of justice, and regardless of whatever pretty words they use, it is about instituting Progressivism (you can also call it Marxism, Socialism, etc), what Jonah Goldberg termed “Nice Fascism”.
Extreme weather, desertification, drought, deforestation, species loss, and the countless more climate disruptions these emissions are driving mean hunger, lack of water access, displacement and worsening impacts on people around the world. Typically, these are the people least responsible for historical climate emissions.
Typically, these are the people who could best reap the rewards from cheap, affordable power, which these 1st World youths are hell bent on denying the 3rd world people. It’s easy for these students to whine and agitate when they can walk over to the wall and flip a switch, to open the door to the fridge, to take a shower in hot water, to jump in the fossil fueled vehicle and head down to the coffee shop for a cupajoe and a croissant.
Divestment is just one tactic in the climate fight. But just like during the student-led campaign to divest from companies complicit in South African Apartheid, others have followed. Already two cities in the United States are reviewing divestment, Seattle and San Francisco, along with a number of public funds and faith institutions.
It’s a far, far road to get from apartheid to “climate justice”, which is a first world problem propagated by students who can spread awareness after a good meal with their high tech devices. Yet, few of them practice what they preach. If they want a carbon neutral life, they should go live somewhere with no power and back-breaking work. But, again, their point is to push fascism, not make the world safe from hotcoldwetdry.
