>>2070051Indigenous North Americans lived without nation-states for literal thousands of years without significantly opposing or damaging the land. European monarchies and capitalist/mercantilist states landed here and pretty much immediately set to clear cutting, monocropping, introducing invasive species, strip mining, driving animals extinct, etc. Left and right aside it's obvious that centralized states and colonization are bad for earth.
>>2070039Abbey's position on immigration was ridiculous though. He spends years decrying industrial development, militarism, state power, and especially the desecration of the desert, and then says he'd love for a militarized police force to build a bunch of infrastructure in the middle of remote wild desert areas. Sure, they'll cut off wildlife migration routes, drain vital oases, dynamite ancient hills, and bulldoze Saguaros. Sure, every time you want to hike in peace and quiet near the border you're watched on surveillance cameras and buzzed by helicopters while BP agents on ATVS demolish cryptobiotic soil, but it's worth it to save the environment! Completely fucking incoherent.
