Toward the end of an article in the current issue of Nature there is a chilling comment by Melinda Gates.
Melinda Gates says that after a drink or two, people often tell her that they think the Gates Foundation may be contributing to overpopulation and environmental collapse by saving children’s lives with interventions such as vaccines.
Read that sentence again slowly and let it sink in. Is that who leftist really are at their core? I've had liberal friends say much the same thing when defending abortion. Does the life of the individual matter to them or is it just the collective? Is this why leftist have no qualms about proposing solutions to climate change that will negatively impact millions of lives (if not billions)?
I am not saying that leftist aren't sincere with their concerns about the world or that they are bad people per se, but I wonder about the moral framework with which they operate. Present in the above sentence is the kind of moral reasoning that leads to the evil that humans seem to embrace all too often in spite of all of our supposed progress. When you break it all down is leftism ultimately an ideology that will willingly sacrifice the individual for the imagined good of the society? Why not let those kids die if we can save the planet?
Notice that she says that this happens often so this is no slip by one unhinged individual.
http://www.nature.com/news/three-mi...will-change-your-mind-about-the-world-1.21143
By the way this article is very good. The focus is demographer Hans Rosling who's Ted Talks are a bit of a sensation and definitely worth checking out.
Melinda Gates says that after a drink or two, people often tell her that they think the Gates Foundation may be contributing to overpopulation and environmental collapse by saving children’s lives with interventions such as vaccines.
Read that sentence again slowly and let it sink in. Is that who leftist really are at their core? I've had liberal friends say much the same thing when defending abortion. Does the life of the individual matter to them or is it just the collective? Is this why leftist have no qualms about proposing solutions to climate change that will negatively impact millions of lives (if not billions)?
I am not saying that leftist aren't sincere with their concerns about the world or that they are bad people per se, but I wonder about the moral framework with which they operate. Present in the above sentence is the kind of moral reasoning that leads to the evil that humans seem to embrace all too often in spite of all of our supposed progress. When you break it all down is leftism ultimately an ideology that will willingly sacrifice the individual for the imagined good of the society? Why not let those kids die if we can save the planet?
Notice that she says that this happens often so this is no slip by one unhinged individual.
http://www.nature.com/news/three-mi...will-change-your-mind-about-the-world-1.21143
By the way this article is very good. The focus is demographer Hans Rosling who's Ted Talks are a bit of a sensation and definitely worth checking out.
