Most climate scientists would not go this far, of course. But for at least one segment of the environmental movement, the ends justify the means. Truth and honesty are irrelevant, because in a postmodern world, they are relative anyway. All that matters is the cause, the right policy, and the effectiveness. The goal is an increase in government control of the economy and restraints on business, free markets, and capitalism, since, as ecofeminism argues, these are the source of environmental problems, rooted ultimately in patriarchy — or in the West’s concept of inalienable rights. In essence,
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