Environmentalism is often a Trojan horse for socialism, but socialism, it turns out, isn’t great for the environment. Command economies often harm the planet. Consider the legacy of the Soviet Union or Pol Pot. And look at modern-day China. Why this pattern? For one thing, when the political elite get control of the economy, they will use it for selfish purposes rather than for the altruistic purposes they promise.If you give politicians control of the economy, they will make themselves rich and entrench their own power. Anything “green” they do will be incidental.
Check out these two recent updates on Green China:
Can someone explain how deindustrialization of the UK and Germany will save the planet? I still struggle to understand why they sacrifice their industries, jobs and prosperity only to outsource production to Asia, which increases global emissions. Does it make any sense to you? pic.twitter.com/cJTkj5VVQ9— Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) January 21, 2026
In short, China is massively increasing its emissions (while its population shrinks!), but using a bogus formula to claim that it is getting more energy per CO2.
This might surprise you if you read the American media, which are constantly telling us that China is greening the planet (while Americans are destroying it). Here are three (of about a hundred) such stories in recent months:
