Turn Your Lights On!

Once again Earth Day is upon us, that day of the year when self-congratulating Leftists (or do I repeat myself?) gather together in order to demonstrate – to as wide an audience as possible – just how virtuous they truly are. The streets will stink of patchouli – and petulance.

The premise of Earth Day simple, and equally simplistic: Earth is a withering flower, and we evil humans are to blame. So in hopes of penance we'll..."raise awareness."

A month ago, we were all supposed to sit in the dark for half an hour.

Yawn.

Just a few hundred years ago, life was "nasty, brutish and short." Darkness and light were largely dictated by the sun.

Today the dull-witted embrace darkness – and the ethos of the Dark Ages. If love trumps hate, as these pious monsters chant, then maybe the next step will be a new kristelnacht – but the streets will be littered with broken incandescent light bulbs.

Radical environmentalist types like to say that Earth will only survive if we kill ourselves. But they never lead by example.

I, for one, will be celebrating Human Achievement today – the benefits of the Enlightenment, and the liberal societies and capitalist riches it spawned.

Leftists and enviros will be doing that too, albeit unwittingly – posting selfies from Earth Day gatherings on Facebook, uploaded via their fancy new iPhone purchased with high wages that provide an unprecedented standard of living. They'll be snug in modern clothing. They'll drive home in fancy cars. To houses with climate control, screened windows, well-stocked refrigerators, and indoor plumbing.

Meanwhile, in the Third World, peasants will struggle – as Westerners once did – to make it through another day. They don't have time for Earth Day. Instead they'll be working as hard as they can before darkness falls, no doubt marveling at the self-hate of those with enough money and time to complain.