Benji Backer

When people think of environmentalists, they don't think of people who care about the environment anymore. They think about AOC. They think about Bernie Sanders. They think about Leonardo DiCaprio or Greta Thunberg. And these are people who don't really care about the environment. They care about growing their own brands, and they...

When people think of environmentalists, they don't think of people who care about the environment anymore. They think about AOC. They think about Bernie Sanders. They think about Leonardo DiCaprio or Greta Thunberg. And these are people who don't really care about the environment. They care about growing their own brands, and they...

When people think of environmentalists, they don't think of people who care about the environment anymore. They think about AOC. They think about Bernie Sanders. They think about Leonardo DiCaprio or Greta Thunberg. And these are people who don't really care about the environment. They care about growing their own brands, and they...

They care about basically making a political statement that is actually not just a political statement, it's an extremist political statement. What politician's gonna look at soup being thrown at a painting and think, oh, now I know exactly what I need to do to help the environment. Like, that does not help at all. They're not even hearing from hikers and skiers.

They care about basically making a political statement that is actually not just a political statement, it's an extremist political statement. What politician's gonna look at soup being thrown at a painting and think, oh, now I know exactly what I need to do to help the environment. Like, that does not help at all. They're not even hearing from hikers and skiers.

They care about basically making a political statement that is actually not just a political statement, it's an extremist political statement. What politician's gonna look at soup being thrown at a painting and think, oh, now I know exactly what I need to do to help the environment. Like, that does not help at all. They're not even hearing from hikers and skiers.

They're hearing from radical people who don't have any ideas behind them. They just have complaining and they just have extreme actions. And so it basically has made the environmental movement completely ineffective.

They're hearing from radical people who don't have any ideas behind them. They just have complaining and they just have extreme actions. And so it basically has made the environmental movement completely ineffective.

They're hearing from radical people who don't have any ideas behind them. They just have complaining and they just have extreme actions. And so it basically has made the environmental movement completely ineffective.

Over 80% of Americans self-identified as environmentalists. back in 1990, because it was like everyone agreed that we love these places, we love our home, we love nature, and instead that got co-opted by partisan politics.

Over 80% of Americans self-identified as environmentalists. back in 1990, because it was like everyone agreed that we love these places, we love our home, we love nature, and instead that got co-opted by partisan politics.

Over 80% of Americans self-identified as environmentalists. back in 1990, because it was like everyone agreed that we love these places, we love our home, we love nature, and instead that got co-opted by partisan politics.

I would blame Al Gore and people on the left for that, but now when people think of the environment, when they go hiking, when they go hunting, when they go fishing, when they go skiing, they don't actually think about how much they're enjoying their love of nature only. They're also thinking about, you know, the fact that this is caught up in political culture wars and it's so unnecessary.

I would blame Al Gore and people on the left for that, but now when people think of the environment, when they go hiking, when they go hunting, when they go fishing, when they go skiing, they don't actually think about how much they're enjoying their love of nature only. They're also thinking about, you know, the fact that this is caught up in political culture wars and it's so unnecessary.

I would blame Al Gore and people on the left for that, but now when people think of the environment, when they go hiking, when they go hunting, when they go fishing, when they go skiing, they don't actually think about how much they're enjoying their love of nature only. They're also thinking about, you know, the fact that this is caught up in political culture wars and it's so unnecessary.

So much of what the climate community does is counterproductive. This is a perfect example of the hypocrisy of the environmental community, which is that we are going to destroy the environment to claim that we're saving it. I just think that the environmental movement's not honest with themselves. Like, there is no perfect solution to things, right? It makes sense.

So much of what the climate community does is counterproductive. This is a perfect example of the hypocrisy of the environmental community, which is that we are going to destroy the environment to claim that we're saving it. I just think that the environmental movement's not honest with themselves. Like, there is no perfect solution to things, right? It makes sense.

So much of what the climate community does is counterproductive. This is a perfect example of the hypocrisy of the environmental community, which is that we are going to destroy the environment to claim that we're saving it. I just think that the environmental movement's not honest with themselves. Like, there is no perfect solution to things, right? It makes sense.

that you have to create a road to have a conference in Brazil. But then don't lecture people on how evil they are when they're doing something much more minimal than that in their own day-to-day lives.

that you have to create a road to have a conference in Brazil. But then don't lecture people on how evil they are when they're doing something much more minimal than that in their own day-to-day lives.