Bowers and Wired Atlas

I was intrigued by Bowser's writing, especially his claims that Westernized thinking often separates us from recognizing that everything is interconnected.. As I read “The Wired Atlas of the Human Ecosystem,” I immediately realized that humans function because of the presence of microorganisms that live within us. Not only would our bodies, but also our minds would not be able to survive without these organisms thriving within our bodies. I think that Bowers would appreciate us understand that if we cannot see these organisms, that we should know that they affect our abilities to function.

For the most part, I understood what Bowers was expressing. I do have some confusions, though. The biggest one is that I I don't know if I’m missing something  what Bowers is trying to state about political affiliations. At the end, he claims that progressive/liberal ideologies hinder ecological thinking. What  is he suggesting would benefit ecological thinking? A mixture of the two,or something entirely different? I would hope that Bowers would think that it depend on the certain situation, but I really want not sure what he was getting it in terms of politics.