Michael Shellenberger

It is the twilight. It's not even the twilight of the idols. We are zero dark 30 of the idols, and I think we're coming to daybreak. A new dawn is coming, but it's still very dark.

It is the twilight. It's not even the twilight of the idols. We are zero dark 30 of the idols, and I think we're coming to daybreak. A new dawn is coming, but it's still very dark.

And look at where then the revolution comes from. I mean, certainly there's been, I think you can argue there's been some return to some spirituality. There's been some return to, you know, some appreciation of marriage. But the real revolution is around the nation state and binding us together as a nation. That is what did it and what is doing it around the world.

And look at where then the revolution comes from. I mean, certainly there's been, I think you can argue there's been some return to some spirituality. There's been some return to, you know, some appreciation of marriage. But the real revolution is around the nation state and binding us together as a nation. That is what did it and what is doing it around the world.

And look at where then the revolution comes from. I mean, certainly there's been, I think you can argue there's been some return to some spirituality. There's been some return to, you know, some appreciation of marriage. But the real revolution is around the nation state and binding us together as a nation. That is what did it and what is doing it around the world.

And nationalism in its modern form, I'll say, there's a debate about nationalism. how long it goes back, but nationalism in its modern form is fundamentally democratic because what is nationalism if I follow Leah Greenfield's

And nationalism in its modern form, I'll say, there's a debate about nationalism. how long it goes back, but nationalism in its modern form is fundamentally democratic because what is nationalism if I follow Leah Greenfield's

And nationalism in its modern form, I'll say, there's a debate about nationalism. how long it goes back, but nationalism in its modern form is fundamentally democratic because what is nationalism if I follow Leah Greenfield's

definition, nationalism is a common people, a common citizen bound by a sense of equality, that we're all, you might be rich, I might be poor, you might be smart, I might be dumb, we're all Americans, or we're all British, and that that comes with entailments. There are consequences of of your national identity, but it is fundamentally democratic.

definition, nationalism is a common people, a common citizen bound by a sense of equality, that we're all, you might be rich, I might be poor, you might be smart, I might be dumb, we're all Americans, or we're all British, and that that comes with entailments. There are consequences of of your national identity, but it is fundamentally democratic.

definition, nationalism is a common people, a common citizen bound by a sense of equality, that we're all, you might be rich, I might be poor, you might be smart, I might be dumb, we're all Americans, or we're all British, and that that comes with entailments. There are consequences of of your national identity, but it is fundamentally democratic.

Once you're a citizen, you have a say, you have a vote. And so what got eroded with the snobbery, the elitism, the hubris, the pride, the arrogance of our elites,

Once you're a citizen, you have a say, you have a vote. And so what got eroded with the snobbery, the elitism, the hubris, the pride, the arrogance of our elites,

Once you're a citizen, you have a say, you have a vote. And so what got eroded with the snobbery, the elitism, the hubris, the pride, the arrogance of our elites,

and this is out of Toynbee and this is how civilizations fail, the creative class or the elites in a civilization start to identify with the elites in a different civilization and also sympathize and want to bring in the working people of another nation. Well, that's exactly what we saw happen in these Western countries where the allegiances between with other elites

and this is out of Toynbee and this is how civilizations fail, the creative class or the elites in a civilization start to identify with the elites in a different civilization and also sympathize and want to bring in the working people of another nation. Well, that's exactly what we saw happen in these Western countries where the allegiances between with other elites

and this is out of Toynbee and this is how civilizations fail, the creative class or the elites in a civilization start to identify with the elites in a different civilization and also sympathize and want to bring in the working people of another nation. Well, that's exactly what we saw happen in these Western countries where the allegiances between with other elites

you know, mediated by organizations like the World Economic Forum or the United Nations or any one of these elitist organizations.

you know, mediated by organizations like the World Economic Forum or the United Nations or any one of these elitist organizations.

you know, mediated by organizations like the World Economic Forum or the United Nations or any one of these elitist organizations.