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I resent that remark.

I remember some years back when the big issue in environmental policy circles was the question of so-called "epistemic communities" of scientists. There was concern about the possibility of scientists over-emphasising the problems associated with climate change in order to further their own agenda (and their own careers). I think the debate has settled down now, but what we do have, and there is a lot of it on this forum, is mindless contrarianism that merely confuses the situation without contributing anything useful whatsoever. I suspect some folk may be driven by a simple fear of change, which is a bit sad. But values do change...

I am very excited by the concept of post-materialist politics. I think most people are coming around to that way of thinking, which is actually the prime reason for green issues being so important today. Interestingly, conservatives appear somewhat resentful of this change in social and economic values. Discussing this shift recently with a prominent conservative writer and academic, I was told "I hope you are wrong!"

I don't think I am wrong...

Hamburg University have everything that matters in post-materialist thinking on this website.

A Refined Inglehart Index Of Materialism And Postmaterialism