Of course many workers and technocrats have resisted the new radical environmentalism, for fear of losing their work, even as Bergonian factories continued fouling the water and air. The Bergonian radicals have understood that their environmentalism would never take hold unless prevailing cultural values permitted it. This explains why environmentalism may ultimately fail in most countries where the prevailing values are capitalist values. Capitalism, an utterly materialist credo, refuses to admit that beauty, repose, or prayerful meditation are compelling values. Ultimately, Bergonians know that they easily became environmentalists because they had first discarded capitalist values.
Democracy is one method of harmonizing parts and wholes, as is the ecological way of life.