While some are taking to the streets to protest against climate change and fossil fuels in an attempt to make a change in the world, one American teacher stands behind the movement that welcomes the extinction of the human race.
For decades, Les Knight has been the voice of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, a group of “people who care about life on planet Earth” according to their description.
“I’m often referred to as the founder [of the movement], but I’m really the finder. The idea was here all along, just got lost in natalist cultural conditioning. I gave it a name so it might not get lost again,” Mr. Knight explained in an interview with UNILAD.
“I started promoting human extinction in the early 70s when I was at university – eventually I realized I had to put a ‘V’ in for voluntary because people always presumed when I said ‘human extinction’ their mind jumps to death.
“They would think ‘oh, you want everyone to commit suicide?’ or ‘oh, you want to kill everybody?’ – once we get over that misconception, they realized the idea is that we need to stop procreating.”
As the substitute teacher went on to add, he believes that as many as three to ten million years are required for the planet Earth to recover from the effects of the human species.
According to Knight, the only way to avoid future human disasters is for the human race to die out voluntarily by stopping procreation.
“Wherever we go, extinctions occur and we are causing the sixth mass extinction. We may not be able to stop that from happening, but the sooner we go extinct and the more species that are left – the pasture and the biosphere can return to biodiversity,” he added.
“It still could take three to 10 million years to recover from our activities – which is pretty amazing considering how short a time we’ve been here. We’re pulling strands from the web of life and putting more pressure on it, so as we phase ourselves out we can clean up our messes.”
Living by the motto ‘live long and die out,’ Les has done what he preaches himself by getting a vasectomy at the age of 25.
“I knew how simple the procedure is so I wasn’t worried about [the doctor] doing it. I’ve never regretted my ability to avoid impregnating anyone,” he said.
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