Activists Profiting Off Panic Are Wrong. The World Is Getting Better.
The world must be getting so much worse!
Activists protest everywhere.
Listening to them, I’d think hate, homophobia, racism, and environmental threats are at record highs.
But it’s not true.
Despite our ugly election politics, for most people, life is better than ever.
Our air and water are cleaner. People live longer and healthier lives. There’s less racism and homophobia.
But if they admit that, activists would be out of a job.
In my new video, John Tierney, a journalist who’s covered protests for years, says, “For activists, success is a threat. It is going to put you out of business.”
I push back. “They’re not a business. They’re not making money doing this.”
“Yes, they are!” Says Tierney.
He’s right. Environmental groups probably make the most. The head of the World Wildlife Fund pays himself $1.2 million a year.
Somehow, that will reduce climate change?
“Climate change is the perfect crisis,” says Tierney, “You can attribute anything to it, and it’s always in the future.”
The fund says climate change increased the number of “major hurricanes.”
“There’s been no long-term growth in the intensity or the number of hurricanes,” Tierney points out, “but every time one comes, it’s a great photo op for the crisis industry to use to say, ‘This is climate change!'”
When it comes to deceitful self-dealing, says Tierney, “The ultimate example is the Southern Poverty Law Center.”
When the SPLC opened, it promised legal help to those harmed by racism. After its lawsuits bankrupted chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, the SPLC changed its “Klanwatch” to “Hatewatch,” Tierney points out, “fabricating the idea that there’s a rising tide of hate in this country.…It scares people, and they get money.”
“They think they’re making the world a better place,” I suggest.
“But they’re not!” he says. “They’re viciously attacking and smearing.”
Smearing gro
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