It is hard for many to take environmentalism seriously. Even the term ‘environmentalist’ lends itself to harsh and humiliating social terms that make the practice seem unfashionable. The public’s perception of environmentalists always ties into ‘liberal’ agendas. This misconception is a dangerous idea that has been allowed to fester and will be the death of the planet and all living organisms on it, unless it is changed.
The issue of protecting the ecosystems, the inhabitants of, and the planet itself is not a political issue. It is an issue of humanity, and an obligation of the rational-beings we have evolved to be. Homo sapiens are the most successful macroscopic being on Earth, and have developed the ability to reason (though some choose not to), and therefore, have the duty as apex-species to protect the ecosystems that we are destroying with our gross overpopulation and the consequences of our advanced societies.
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