Finally, don't expect to successfully reach every environmentalist you meet. Other environmentalists are dedicated extremists, seeking to polarize the situation by taking more radical positions than anyone else. The great majority of environmentalists, however, are open to new ideas. Not surprisingly, those most willing to embrace libertarian ideas have operated their own businesses or worked in the private sector at some time or another. So if at first you don't succeed, try again.
Some libertarians worry that the environmental movement threatens liberty.
While this is true of some of the tactics used by some of the environmental groups, it is not true of environmentalists in general. Treating environmentalists as threats will have the effect of polarizing them into an anti-libertarian stance. Libertarians will be much better off if they work with, rather than against, environmentalists. Return to The Electronic Drummer .