Human Liberation Front
14th June 2014, 00:36
The weapons of contempt that which the Capitalist Class wields against the lower classes is unfathomable in it's diversity, but perhaps the most dangerous weapon in their arsenal the wanton destruction of the environment to primarily maximize profits. Any attempt to decrease the size of their companies footprint is met with stiff resistance due to the idea that their already hefty paychecks will be decreased a hairs width. Oh! The horror!!! The Objectivists and Conservatives absolutely agree that caring for the environment is not in the best interest for Capitalism. However, aside from the profit motive, there's another insidious reason to destroy the environment.
The history of the Lower Class from the beginning of human history is rife with abuses from the ruling classes. From the Romans subjugating the plebeian classes with bread and circus to the current times of...well...kind of the same thing only with cheap McFood and reality television. The Lower Classes make up the majority of society. We are the blood, the life line of every society, so it only makes sense that in order for the Ruling Class to remain in power is to severely weaken the Lower Classes in any way possible.
Aside from the usual points concerning the environment, the assault on the environment makes for a lethal weapon both physically and morally defeating. Destroy the beauty of the natural landscape and replace it with a dreary, post-apocalyptic mess and you easily just made people more miserable. Let's take for example the procedure of mountain top removal. It's the process which a corporation actually blows up a huge portion of the mountain, along with acres upon acres of forest, to get to and extract coal. It leaves behind a, for lack of a better term, a wasteland. Nothingness. Bleakness. Even the moonscape looks beautiful in comparison. This process itself also effects the people in various ways from increased incidents of brain cancer to heart disease because of the pollution it throws into the air and leaks into the drinking water supply. (Google and read The Last Mountain by Brooke Hauser for more information into this problem) Another disgusting process that contaminates the water supply is fracking aka hydraulic fracturing where the employment of a fluid as a source of energy to fracture rock layers to extract oil and natural gas. The fracking fluid itself are hazardous chemicals and thus has a tendency to contaminate drinking water. The list goes on.
You can open a newspaper or browse through websites concerning certain environmental disasters and the striking theme that underlies all of these is not just that capitalists care not about the environment, but also that those who suffer the most are the Lower Classes. When was the last time you heard about cancer clusters in the Hamptons or contaminated water in other wealthy communities? Hardly ever to never. It's always some working class or middle class community that suffers. Now, how is this possibly a weapon? Easy, consider what I stated earlier that the Lower Classes comprise the majority of society, we pose a treat as an imposing and powerful revolutionary force in dire times like now. So, it's reasonable to suspect that poisoning area of Lower Class concentrations producing either ill effects and even death decreases the likelihood of a revolutionary force coming to grips with it's own power. Think of it this way, you have people too sick to organize and plus burdened down with medical bills thus demoralizing them into submission.
With all the science that we have, all the technology (computer aided simulations, knowledge of chemicals, etc.) you can't tell me that knowledge of the effects of all these procedures wasn't considered? I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist nor do I listen to Alex Jones, but some things just never add up when you think about it, so bear with me on this. Besides, if this was all perceived to be safe, then why aren't these procedures done near wealthy enclaves as well?
In the end, those who suffer the most from environmental catastrophes will always be the Lower Classes. For example, take the BP oil spill mess, who suffered greatly? BP? Nope, the small businesses that relied on the Gulf from fishing companies to even tourism. The loss of profits by BP were meager in comparison to the loss of profits by the small businesses along the Gulf. BP made out like a bandit in the night when you boil down to the bare bone facts. They essentially got away with murder. Murder of small businesses. And this is where the second tier of the Capitalist Class weapon comes into play. Small businesses have always been a pesky problem for the monopolies. Small businesses tend to generate things of high quality in order to stay in business which poses a problem for Big Business. Now, with those small businesses dead or dying on the table, Big Business can swoop in like vultures and fill the void left behind. Never underestimate the callous culture of capitalism.
In conclusion, we all deserve to be in good health and that not only stems from universal access to healthcare, but also a clean environment. Let the Conservatives say what they want about the environment, but they neglect a key fact that is backed up by hundreds of cases of cancer and other illnesses attributed to environmental degradation, that a diseased environment leads to a diseased population. So, it's reasonable to conclude that a healthy environment leads to a healthy population.
The history of the Lower Class from the beginning of human history is rife with abuses from the ruling classes. From the Romans subjugating the plebeian classes with bread and circus to the current times of...well...kind of the same thing only with cheap McFood and reality television. The Lower Classes make up the majority of society. We are the blood, the life line of every society, so it only makes sense that in order for the Ruling Class to remain in power is to severely weaken the Lower Classes in any way possible.
Aside from the usual points concerning the environment, the assault on the environment makes for a lethal weapon both physically and morally defeating. Destroy the beauty of the natural landscape and replace it with a dreary, post-apocalyptic mess and you easily just made people more miserable. Let's take for example the procedure of mountain top removal. It's the process which a corporation actually blows up a huge portion of the mountain, along with acres upon acres of forest, to get to and extract coal. It leaves behind a, for lack of a better term, a wasteland. Nothingness. Bleakness. Even the moonscape looks beautiful in comparison. This process itself also effects the people in various ways from increased incidents of brain cancer to heart disease because of the pollution it throws into the air and leaks into the drinking water supply. (Google and read The Last Mountain by Brooke Hauser for more information into this problem) Another disgusting process that contaminates the water supply is fracking aka hydraulic fracturing where the employment of a fluid as a source of energy to fracture rock layers to extract oil and natural gas. The fracking fluid itself are hazardous chemicals and thus has a tendency to contaminate drinking water. The list goes on.
You can open a newspaper or browse through websites concerning certain environmental disasters and the striking theme that underlies all of these is not just that capitalists care not about the environment, but also that those who suffer the most are the Lower Classes. When was the last time you heard about cancer clusters in the Hamptons or contaminated water in other wealthy communities? Hardly ever to never. It's always some working class or middle class community that suffers. Now, how is this possibly a weapon? Easy, consider what I stated earlier that the Lower Classes comprise the majority of society, we pose a treat as an imposing and powerful revolutionary force in dire times like now. So, it's reasonable to suspect that poisoning area of Lower Class concentrations producing either ill effects and even death decreases the likelihood of a revolutionary force coming to grips with it's own power. Think of it this way, you have people too sick to organize and plus burdened down with medical bills thus demoralizing them into submission.
With all the science that we have, all the technology (computer aided simulations, knowledge of chemicals, etc.) you can't tell me that knowledge of the effects of all these procedures wasn't considered? I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist nor do I listen to Alex Jones, but some things just never add up when you think about it, so bear with me on this. Besides, if this was all perceived to be safe, then why aren't these procedures done near wealthy enclaves as well?
In the end, those who suffer the most from environmental catastrophes will always be the Lower Classes. For example, take the BP oil spill mess, who suffered greatly? BP? Nope, the small businesses that relied on the Gulf from fishing companies to even tourism. The loss of profits by BP were meager in comparison to the loss of profits by the small businesses along the Gulf. BP made out like a bandit in the night when you boil down to the bare bone facts. They essentially got away with murder. Murder of small businesses. And this is where the second tier of the Capitalist Class weapon comes into play. Small businesses have always been a pesky problem for the monopolies. Small businesses tend to generate things of high quality in order to stay in business which poses a problem for Big Business. Now, with those small businesses dead or dying on the table, Big Business can swoop in like vultures and fill the void left behind. Never underestimate the callous culture of capitalism.
In conclusion, we all deserve to be in good health and that not only stems from universal access to healthcare, but also a clean environment. Let the Conservatives say what they want about the environment, but they neglect a key fact that is backed up by hundreds of cases of cancer and other illnesses attributed to environmental degradation, that a diseased environment leads to a diseased population. So, it's reasonable to conclude that a healthy environment leads to a healthy population.