Environmentalists filled with self-doubt as it’s revealed Nazis adored nature
Climate activists, conservationists and animal rights advocates have all been suddenly ridden with self-doubt after it was revealed that Nazis ordered soldiers to plant trees, lead the establishment of nature reserves in Europe and passed numerous laws on animal welfare
Reporting by environment correspondent Grottee Glurgberg
Developing artisan and agricultural economies based on co-operation, growing your own produce and elevating the natural world to a position almost higher than humanity — sounds like a hipster’s wet dream.
And it absolutely would be were it not for one caveat: these are all things advocated for or brought in by the Nazis, therefore rendering them useless concepts unless you are a fascist.
A quote from a random webpage we found reads: “The Nazis promoted the view that the class-struggle in the city could be overcome by returning to the villages and developing artisan and agricultural economies based on cooperation. Aryans needed to get back to the soil and simple life.”
“Argh I wish you hadn’t shown me that!” shouted Extinction Rebellion leader Corondom Rublin when we showed her the quote.
“Are you sure that this is what the Nazis believed? Because if you swap out Nazis and Aryans for Communists and Comrades then I’m all for it but right now my rigorous moral compass simply won’t allow me to continue in my current role.”
Similar reports are coming in from around the globe where environmentalists suddenly abandon their work when presented with this challenging new information.
A man drowned after he experienced an existential crisis getting plastic out of the Indian Ocean, another activist deliberately crashed their fully-electric Tesla while, perhaps most alarmingly of all, one young environmentalist left their Facebook comment lecturing someone who doesn’t believe global warming is as bad as the media would have you believe unfinished.
Animal welfare campaigners, vegetarians, hunt saboteurs and people who like German Shepherd dogs have also been facing a similar crisis of confidence in their beliefs.
Many high-ranking Nazi officials were passionate about the protection of animals, making efforts to ban hunting, passing laws on animal protection that are still partly in force in Germany today and, famously, Hitler was a vegetarian and adored his German Shepherds. Some even believe that Hitler’s hatred of Jews partly stemmed from how the faith valued humans and animals.
All this information has presented activists around the world with an intriguing ethical dilemma: accept that the Nazis got some things right and carry on their activism or continue the belief that everything the Nazis did was horrendous and abandon their life’s work.
For decades socialists have been excusing the death count of Communist regimes around the world as they believe the pursuit of utopia is worth it, perhaps it’s time we start excusing Nazi atrocities so we can save our planet without it playing on our collective conscience.
