Exploit the Earth or die. It’s not a threat. It’s a fact. Either man takes the Earth’s raw materials—such as trees, petroleum, aluminum, and atoms—and transforms them into the requirements of his life, or he dies. To live, man must produce the goods on which his life depends; he must produce homes, automobiles, computers, electricity, and the like; he must seize nature and use it to his advantage. There is no escaping this fact. Even the allegedly “noble†savage must pick or perish. Indeed, even if a person produces nothing, insofar as he remains alive he indirectly exploits the Earth by parasitically surviving off the exploitative efforts of others.
The fact annoys some people. But it shouldn’t: Hence our “Exploit the Earth or Die†campaign.
Place a link on your blog or website; wear an EED T-shirt; drink from an EED mug. The good guys will smile. The bad guys will snarl. And the battle for civilization and against “environmentalism†will be brought to the fundamental alternative whereupon the matter ultimately must be decided: life or death.
Link. Direct link to t-shirts. Via GeekPress.
*Update: I deleted a comment that was mere profanity. Please don't reduce the conversation to mere insults and profanity. I'm interested in hearing why this t-shirt is so inflammatory, and I'd like to hear something other than "Randians are fools" (or worse).
**I've closed the comments. Thanks for your thoughts everyone.
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Getting pissed off by it just shows how much people have been convinced that humanity is somehow unnatural and evil.
Still, I'll give you it is an illconceived idea and will wind up having the opposite effect that it intended.
And might I add, besides extremist philosophies like the Church of Euthanasia, most environmental campaigns, when you boil it down, is saying that people should exploit the Earth responsibly.
It should say: Yes if we use up all the earths resources it will be the end of our species. But we need to recognize that we all use the resources, and while that may not justify wanton exploitation of everything we find, it's important to consider so we can keep some perspective on the debate.
But I doubt that would fit on the shirt.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS211US213&defl=en&q=define:exploit&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title
-use or manipulate to one's advantage
-draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"
"to use selfishly for one's own ends"
Randroids are universally fools.
Now they've twisted what little ideas Rand had and combined them with Satanism "The rule of law is to doest what thou wilt" and the Objective Standard is what we get.
guffaw
I've told this story many times. A Randroid was hired as my wife's assistant, after about 6 weeks at the company she gives a speech to the team about how she is "the architect," Howard Roark, beset by petty minds just like the Fountainhead and how negotiation of her ideals will kill her soul, etc. They fired her immediately for insubordination and she got a job, not a joke, at the Home Depot because Randians HAVE no ideas and can't actually LEAD anyone. They turn to a philosophy that espouses the individual because they are incapable of success in normal society that requires ideas that inspire.
Anyone who says that "all" movements use radical language to shock or offend is a fool, most movements absolutely do not do this as we all know- outside of high school anyway. And the objectivists just never got over their mommies saying they were special on the way to the bus stop.
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Sorry, I can't help but being offended by this. I always thought that I'd get most irony or sarcastically meant messages but it seems this is too far our for me.
I am bit disappointed that something like this could get posted here.
And by "like" I mean "am disturbed by".
as someone who studied architecture and worked as an architect for several years i speak on behalf of all of us who've had to endure the question, 'oh, did you read the fountainhead? is that what made you want to go into architecture?' at social functions from people after you tell them that you're an architect. PLEASE, DON'T EVER ASK THIS QUESTION. EVER. AGAIN.
ayn rand is a twit and she perverted the popular conception of what architecture is about for a generation of high school and college students.
did i mention this t-shirt sucks?
"Oh god. Ayn Rand. Fourteen year olds of the world unite! The car keys shall be yours by sheer force of will! Objectivism requires it!"
Though, I suspect a lot of people won't get that, especially those that have come to the conclusion that the earth's resources need to be used responsibly by being indoctrinated instead of having thought about and investigated the topic themselves. In the end it's a cute and novel idea, but it will without a doubt have the opposite effect than the creators intended. To me this is just white noise.
It seems like a lot of hullabaloo just to sell a t-shirt.
Use the earth wisely or die.
Foul your nest and die.
Harmonize with the earth or die.
Mother earth bats last.
Disappointing.
"We must not only exploit the earth, but all of the lower beings that live upon it. If we need their land we will take it by any means necessary. If they resist, then they are going against 'progress' and will be dealt with. Whether the resistance be human or non-human alike, they will be dealt with accordingly."
I approve this message only to point out the stupidity and insanity of people who actually believe this.
everyone exploits something, its the ability with which something is exploited that matters!!!
and the whole new thing about carbon is such a mimsi pile of absolute crap that in the UK is simply a tax on the public...
please can I have the contract to print your tees, but on organic cotton, and made by the dying clothing industry here in the uk, by fairly paid workers, in good conditions??? Exploit me... badger me for a deal
I'm not a Randian, but I love to see them mix it up with the other wackos.