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Michael Shellenberger

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The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

In other words, she's going around suggesting to all of her people that work for her that they're not responsible for saving. But I think it reflects the mentality, which is a nihilistic mentality, which is that we don't belong here. We stole this land. And this is this let Malibu burn. I mean, it is...

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

In other words, she's going around suggesting to all of her people that work for her that they're not responsible for saving. But I think it reflects the mentality, which is a nihilistic mentality, which is that we don't belong here. We stole this land. And this is this let Malibu burn. I mean, it is...

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

definition definitionally nihilism i mean it's anti-civilization nihilism you know there's sort of two forms of nihilism one of them is basically anti-civilization anti-human anti you know modern life and it stems from this earlier nihilism which is that life has no meaning we're just like animals in the famous russian novel fathers and sons by turd you know the the nihilistic character

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

definition definitionally nihilism i mean it's anti-civilization nihilism you know there's sort of two forms of nihilism one of them is basically anti-civilization anti-human anti you know modern life and it stems from this earlier nihilism which is that life has no meaning we're just like animals in the famous russian novel fathers and sons by turd you know the the nihilistic character

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

definition definitionally nihilism i mean it's anti-civilization nihilism you know there's sort of two forms of nihilism one of them is basically anti-civilization anti-human anti you know modern life and it stems from this earlier nihilism which is that life has no meaning we're just like animals in the famous russian novel fathers and sons by turd you know the the nihilistic character

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

dissects a frog and says, we're just like this frog. You know, we're just matter. You know, we're just dead matter, just this assembly. So it's a very dark, nihilistic story that then leads to this just, yeah, nihilistic anti-civilization ideology, which became very fashionable.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

dissects a frog and says, we're just like this frog. You know, we're just matter. You know, we're just dead matter, just this assembly. So it's a very dark, nihilistic story that then leads to this just, yeah, nihilistic anti-civilization ideology, which became very fashionable.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

dissects a frog and says, we're just like this frog. You know, we're just matter. You know, we're just dead matter, just this assembly. So it's a very dark, nihilistic story that then leads to this just, yeah, nihilistic anti-civilization ideology, which became very fashionable.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

I mean, City of Quartz, the Mike Davis book, I mean, it was a very fashionable book to read in places like Pacific Palisades and Hollywood and Santa Monica and and Venice. So yeah, I think it's, you know, I hope it's a wake-up call. I don't know if it will be, but it is a completely preventable disaster. Fires are definitely not completely preventable, but that level of destruction absolutely is.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

I mean, City of Quartz, the Mike Davis book, I mean, it was a very fashionable book to read in places like Pacific Palisades and Hollywood and Santa Monica and and Venice. So yeah, I think it's, you know, I hope it's a wake-up call. I don't know if it will be, but it is a completely preventable disaster. Fires are definitely not completely preventable, but that level of destruction absolutely is.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

I mean, City of Quartz, the Mike Davis book, I mean, it was a very fashionable book to read in places like Pacific Palisades and Hollywood and Santa Monica and and Venice. So yeah, I think it's, you know, I hope it's a wake-up call. I don't know if it will be, but it is a completely preventable disaster. Fires are definitely not completely preventable, but that level of destruction absolutely is.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

And anybody who says that it's that it is not preventable, should be as far away from power as possible. Like anybody who believes that it was inevitable to lose 10,000 homes and buildings in Los Angeles over a week, they should be very far away from political power. They should not be in charge of any fire department because it ends up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

And anybody who says that it's that it is not preventable, should be as far away from power as possible. Like anybody who believes that it was inevitable to lose 10,000 homes and buildings in Los Angeles over a week, they should be very far away from political power. They should not be in charge of any fire department because it ends up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

And anybody who says that it's that it is not preventable, should be as far away from power as possible. Like anybody who believes that it was inevitable to lose 10,000 homes and buildings in Los Angeles over a week, they should be very far away from political power. They should not be in charge of any fire department because it ends up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

So I've taken you right to 50,000 Feet.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

So I've taken you right to 50,000 Feet.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

So I've taken you right to 50,000 Feet.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

No, it's not caused by climate change. I mean, certainly warmer weathers, all else being equal, makes the wood, you know, drier. But there is no change in precipitation over since 1877. They've kept very good records of rainfall, annual rainfall in the Los Angeles basin. And it's unchanged. Really? There are. I know it's incredible. There's wet years and dry years. You know, you look at it.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

No, it's not caused by climate change. I mean, certainly warmer weathers, all else being equal, makes the wood, you know, drier. But there is no change in precipitation over since 1877. They've kept very good records of rainfall, annual rainfall in the Los Angeles basin. And it's unchanged. Really? There are. I know it's incredible. There's wet years and dry years. You know, you look at it.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

No, it's not caused by climate change. I mean, certainly warmer weathers, all else being equal, makes the wood, you know, drier. But there is no change in precipitation over since 1877. They've kept very good records of rainfall, annual rainfall in the Los Angeles basin. And it's unchanged. Really? There are. I know it's incredible. There's wet years and dry years. You know, you look at it.