Paul Roth | #VEDA 2020 22 - #EarthDay and Eco-fascism by @paulidin [OC] #WithMe #QVEDA @paulidin | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
"I'm going to try to make extra short vlogs for the rest of this month so I can put together my musical final video in the evenings! Sorry?"

[music: Minor Swing]

"Hello PaulTalkers and other viewers! Happy Earth Day!

Prior to this COVID-19 pandemic, I'm not sure if I knew about something called 'ecofascism'. It's the idea that saving the environment is worth killing off some people.

There's a meme going around about how "people are the virus." It's often associated with cute pics of animals or clear skies in cities many of which have untruthful captions.

And hey, I also get frustrated at humans who make individual choices to be selfish and inconsiderate of other people and nature and the world in general.

I do. I yell at them.

But if parts of the world are looking cleaner and nicer right now, it's not because people have gone away.

It's because our capitalistic systems that prioritize making money over protecting our world have slowed down because the means of production, namely human workers, have slowed the harmful patterns in order to escape dying.

Love cute animals and hate pollution as much as you want but don't go thinking it's your neighbors who decided to ruin the world, unless your neighbor is an executive in the fossil fuel industry.

A good article on this topic can be found on bitch media's site, link included below: bitchmedia.org/article/world-on-fire/ecofascist-messaging-is-increasing-during-coronavirus-pandemic"

The fake animals in pandemics posts is discussed on NatGeo: nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-fake-animal-viral-social-media-posts

Let's hope tomorrow is better."

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Recorded using a Google Pixel 3's front-facing camera.
Scripted using Google Docs
Open Captioned with AutoCap.
Edited with Quicktime
Theme song: Minor Swing / I Will Survive by The Bitter Dose Combo with permission from Matt Henry
Title Card photo taken by Paul Roth, 2019