LUNGILE MASHELE: Eco-fascists throw authoritarianism and racism into the mix
Though they have legitimate concerns, their solutions are often extreme and grounded in hatred of other groups
Many years ago I was called into an executive boardroom where angry housewives calling themselves environmentalists had gathered to “educate” the C-suite and senior management on why our investments in fossil fuel projects were bad. This was after they had blocked access to the gate.
With nary a discernible science or engineering qualification among them, they began to “educate us” on how SA was lagging behind the energy revolution and needed to “run on 100% renewables like California, Brazil and Germany”. One woman went even further, saying: “People don’t have to run dishwashers; they can use their hands.”..
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