All photos by blue origin / facebook
All photos by Blue Origin / Facebook

The Far-Left’s Hypocrisy: Eat Bugs, Save the Planet—But Fly Rockets for Fun

The far-left has a vision for your future: a life of sacrifice dressed up as virtue.

They want you to ditch steak for bugs, swap your car for a bicycle, and cram into mass transit—all to “save the planet.”

They preach about slashing your carbon footprint, using less water, less energy, and buying pricey eco-friendly appliances.

Meanwhile, they jet-set in private planes, lounge in sprawling mansions, and indulge in every luxury they tell you to forgo. The message is clear: do as they say, not as they do.

Now, the absurdity hits a new high.

The far-left is cheering six women blasting to the edge of space on a tourism rocket flight—a joyride for the elite.

The far-left’s hypocrisy: eat bugs, save the planet—but fly rockets for fun
All photos by blue origin / facebook

This isn’t about science or progress; it’s about fun, status, and spectacle. Yet these same voices demand you cut back to save the environment. The irony is staggering.

Consider the numbers. A single rocket launch, like the Blue Origin rocket that took six privileged Americans into the upper atmosphere for fun, spews about 350 tonnes of CO2—equivalent to driving a gas-powered car for nearly a million miles.

Larger rockets, like Elon Musk’s Starship, can emit over 2,000 tonnes. Beyond CO2, rockets release soot, nitrogen oxides, and water vapor into the upper atmosphere, where they can linger for years, potentially damaging the ozone layer.

Those launches are done in the name of science, not space tourism. They are meant to advance mankind, not to indulge in self-fulfillment.

This isn’t about denying space exploration’s value, but space tourism’s value, which is only available to the wealthy elites who enjoy telling the rest of us how to be better stewards of planet Earth.

The far-left’s hypocrisy: eat bugs, save the planet—but fly rockets for fun
All photos by blue origin / facebook

It’s about the double standard. They want you to ration water, carpool to work, and eat crickets to “fight climate change,” while they celebrate burning thousands of tonnes of carbon for a 10-minute view of Earth’s curvature.

It’s a pattern: your sacrifice fuels their privilege. They get richer, you get less.

The far-left’s eco-zealotry thrives on contradiction.

They demand you live smaller so they can live larger. Next time they lecture you about your carbon footprint, ask them about their rocket rides. The silence will speak volumes.

Phil Stilton

Phil Stilton

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