"You can still have critical areas protection without the growth management act. In fact you do, these are entirely separate laws"

Yes and the property rights advocates abhore them.

"while the guy who liked nature enough to live out in the woods is considered the bad guy and is getting his wealth confiscated by the government for preserving his little patch of land."

Not all rurally designated land owners are upset about it. Don't paint a broad brush. I'm betting most true single family farmers don't want a strip mall or whatever development on the adjacent land. GMA protects other property owners from you.