In his book titled “The Future of Life”, Edward O. Wilson effectively utilizes satire to illustrate the unproductive nature of an Environmentalist versus People-First debate. By lacking a complete arsenal of constructively, statistically, and logically correct arguments, both point of views were explained with the use of overly dramatic irony, extreme real life examples, and outlandishly childish name-calling. Wilson is able to depict a ludicrous display of an utmost unconstructive argument that ultimately leads to nothing except for the undermining of both parties.
One of the highlighting uses of satire that Wilson was able to incorporate, was the manner in which both sides attempted to weaken the opposition with the use of unproductive name-calling. We witness this immature behavior in that the People-First would refer to the …show more content…
We see this form of satire when the People-First states that, “Conservation pushed by these people always goes too far”, “The wackos have a broad and mostly hidden agenda that always comes from the left, usually far left”, and “They want environmental laws and regulatory surveillance to create government supported jobs for their kind of bureaucrats, lawyers, and consultants.” These claims not only attempt to explain the environmentalists’ faulty motives, but it also may be false. Similarly, the Environmentalists states that “What they are really after, especially the corporate heads and bigtime landowners, is unrestrained capitalism with land development über alles. They keep their right-wing political agenda mostly hidden when downgrading climate change and species extinction, but for them, economic growth is always the ultimate, and maybe the only, good.” Once again, this form of dramatic irony to try and explain the motives of the other party does not provide a valid
One of the highlighting uses of satire that Wilson was able to incorporate, was the manner in which both sides attempted to weaken the opposition with the use of unproductive name-calling. We witness this immature behavior in that the People-First would refer to the …show more content…
We see this form of satire when the People-First states that, “Conservation pushed by these people always goes too far”, “The wackos have a broad and mostly hidden agenda that always comes from the left, usually far left”, and “They want environmental laws and regulatory surveillance to create government supported jobs for their kind of bureaucrats, lawyers, and consultants.” These claims not only attempt to explain the environmentalists’ faulty motives, but it also may be false. Similarly, the Environmentalists states that “What they are really after, especially the corporate heads and bigtime landowners, is unrestrained capitalism with land development über alles. They keep their right-wing political agenda mostly hidden when downgrading climate change and species extinction, but for them, economic growth is always the ultimate, and maybe the only, good.” Once again, this form of dramatic irony to try and explain the motives of the other party does not provide a valid