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Of all the several cartoons with an environmental message at the time, Captain Planet was probably the worst, if only because it seemed to almost parody the envrionmental movement with its shit villains.
But at least it still dealt with real issues like industrial-chemical pollution, degredation of wildlands, wildlife loss/biodiversity issues, etc. Not too long ago, I saw some weird tweet about how "old school" environmentalists were "ignorant" of "climate change", and sneered at the concept of "pollution", or didn't seem to hink it important (the twit probably thought being anti-litter was racist or something, I bet, and probably would screech racism at the Crying Indian ads.)
I mean, for the audience it was meant for it seemed exactly as over the top as it needed to get its point across.
"Over decades the emissions from this factory will induce birth defects in the local population" won't matter to a 6 year old, while "A PIGMAN IS DESTROYING THE FOREST OVER GREED" will actually scare them into some kind of action. Even if its just learning a little bit about the environment.
Captain Planet was so over the top that I even realized it as a child. But it was cool.
True. Now you can’t have any sort of legit environmental discussion due to the climate cult
Counter point: It got me, a small six year old child, to run around a playground picking up garbage to put in the trash can. I'd argue that's a positive influence to instill in children.
The problem with Captain Planet is that it's so simplified & one-dimensional that it makes children vulnerable to more dangerous threats (climate cultists).
Protecting the environment is good. But you also have to realize that 90% or more of "environmentalist" causes are fucking scams (recycling, carbon credits, climate change, ESG, etc) which exist basically to make life worse for normal people and allow billionaires/corporations/politicians to launder money to themselves and their friends.
The latter message is way too complicated for a children's show, though. So I'd prefer if we just cut out the Captain Planet shit and showed normal people positive ways to respect the environment, without turning that normal & correct behavior into a cosmic battle of Good vs. Evil.