"In our postmodern, anything-goes, Oprah-ised, non-judgmental era, it is increasingly difficult for elite elements to lay down the law on what is right or wrong, or to induce guilt and shame in the wayward masses, or to make nakedly moral judgments about the apparently soulless, greedy populace. Instead, ostensible scientific fact - "evidence" about individuals' disgusting impact on their surroundings - has become the main means through which the elites hector us and police our behaviour. "It is amusing to note that in this day and age where we teach kids there is no such thing as "good" or "evil", it's all relative to your point of view, unless of course you're talking about Western culture (in which case it is all capital E "Evil"), that it prevents those who know better to actually pronounce moral judgements on anyone or anything. So to get around this self-imposed hurdle we have the "scientisation" of morality.
"No, it's not the fact you are acting the same way as the rest of the smelly masses and we don't approve (because you're smelly and part of the masses), it's that your consumption is 'evil' and killing the planet. See look at this Documentary! Look at these graphs! It's science you see, so it is Truth. So stop taking those flights to your holiday destinations, stop reproducing, and for Gaia's sake, accept these draconian carbon measures immediately and WITHOUT DISSENT! And stop asking why we need to take those same flights, have huge homes, and why our caviar has to travel more food miles than you ever will."
Carbon...it's a sin.
I wonder what the carbon footprint of Hell is?
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