An incontrovertible bit of wisdom surfaced at last weekend’s Masters of Income Property Investing live educational event, delivered succinctly and without great fanfare from the lips of Platinum Properties Investor Network’s own Jason Hartman. There’s really no polite way to phrase it, so let’s just say it outright:

“The best thing an environmentalist can do is not reproduce.”

Ahh, the beauty of truth, and what a perfectly harmonious way to kill two birds with one stone. Not only will there be fewer humans on planet earth to consume our precious commodities but, assuming that environmentalists tend to birth other environmentalists, we’ll be whittling away at the total number of misguided points of view in existence.

We’re still looking for the first big name environmentalist to put his money squarely where his mouth is do something besides play the shell game of buying carbon credits to reduce his consumerist footprint on the earth. An obvious example is enviro-nut numero uno, Al Gore, who, when he’s not hiring massage prostitutes, continues to flit hither and yon in his private jet, burning through fossil fuel like an alcoholic on a month-long Milwaukee’s Best bender.

Are you an environmentalist wacko and out-of-control consumer? That’s got to be the surest prescription for a one-way trip to the insane asylum we can think of. Here’s what we advise you to do. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid. Stop blindly hating evil-doer capitalists. Trust in the free and open market to reach an equilibrium that is good for both humans and earth.

Think about it like this. Artificial market conditions created by a meddling government and bureaucracy are at the root of everything you think you hate. A purely capitalistic system has no vested interest in draining the earth of natural resources or laying waste to huge swaths of Amazonian rainforest in the morning, leaving the afternoon free to desecrate the nests of Northern Spotted Owls.

It’s tough to admit it when you’re wrong but we of the capitalist persuasion stand ready to accept your apologies at any time. The line forms to the left. And, please, if you plan on adhering to the earth religion your entire life, we beg of you to not forget the condoms.

The AIPIS Team

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