Michael Shellenberger

government is we see this agency that was always there in their peripheral vision. Everybody sort of knew about, but you kind of forgot about, USAID, Agency for International Development. And what opens up is a bunch of, you know, things that you had forgotten but are important to remember. The first is that human economic development, prosperity, growth comes from within.

government is we see this agency that was always there in their peripheral vision. Everybody sort of knew about, but you kind of forgot about, USAID, Agency for International Development. And what opens up is a bunch of, you know, things that you had forgotten but are important to remember. The first is that human economic development, prosperity, growth comes from within.

government is we see this agency that was always there in their peripheral vision. Everybody sort of knew about, but you kind of forgot about, USAID, Agency for International Development. And what opens up is a bunch of, you know, things that you had forgotten but are important to remember. The first is that human economic development, prosperity, growth comes from within.

It comes from the core values of within, namely delayed gratification, hard work, saving on principle, waiting to get married until you can afford your own home and sustain your own family, which means, you know, healthy marriage. sublimation, that those things are the recipe.

It comes from the core values of within, namely delayed gratification, hard work, saving on principle, waiting to get married until you can afford your own home and sustain your own family, which means, you know, healthy marriage. sublimation, that those things are the recipe.

It comes from the core values of within, namely delayed gratification, hard work, saving on principle, waiting to get married until you can afford your own home and sustain your own family, which means, you know, healthy marriage. sublimation, that those things are the recipe.

The Congo. Yeah, I mean, I think that that picture that you're describing is the same one that Harvey Mansfield lays out in his wonderful book, Manliness, where he has three levels of masculinity. The first is weak men who are incapable of defending themselves and others. Manly men, who are strong men who look down on the weak men, but will also abuse their power.

The Congo. Yeah, I mean, I think that that picture that you're describing is the same one that Harvey Mansfield lays out in his wonderful book, Manliness, where he has three levels of masculinity. The first is weak men who are incapable of defending themselves and others. Manly men, who are strong men who look down on the weak men, but will also abuse their power.

The Congo. Yeah, I mean, I think that that picture that you're describing is the same one that Harvey Mansfield lays out in his wonderful book, Manliness, where he has three levels of masculinity. The first is weak men who are incapable of defending themselves and others. Manly men, who are strong men who look down on the weak men, but will also abuse their power.

And then the gentleman, who has the power of the manly man, but keeps it in reserve to protect his family, you know, his bride, his children, his family, his nation, etc. civilization, but he's not going to abuse his power. So we've seen a regression where civilization was created by gentlemen, as you said.

And then the gentleman, who has the power of the manly man, but keeps it in reserve to protect his family, you know, his bride, his children, his family, his nation, etc. civilization, but he's not going to abuse his power. So we've seen a regression where civilization was created by gentlemen, as you said.

And then the gentleman, who has the power of the manly man, but keeps it in reserve to protect his family, you know, his bride, his children, his family, his nation, etc. civilization, but he's not going to abuse his power. So we've seen a regression where civilization was created by gentlemen, as you said.

They became gentlemen, in the process of creating civilization, they become gentlemen, or in the process of becoming gentlemen, they create civilization, which is to say a society based on universal rules, on the view of humans as all equal under first God and then equal under the law. and that everybody has these fundamental inalienable human rights.

They became gentlemen, in the process of creating civilization, they become gentlemen, or in the process of becoming gentlemen, they create civilization, which is to say a society based on universal rules, on the view of humans as all equal under first God and then equal under the law. and that everybody has these fundamental inalienable human rights.

They became gentlemen, in the process of creating civilization, they become gentlemen, or in the process of becoming gentlemen, they create civilization, which is to say a society based on universal rules, on the view of humans as all equal under first God and then equal under the law. and that everybody has these fundamental inalienable human rights.

This is the basis of what we call Western civilization, and it's a civilization of gentlemen. Well, we've seen a mass derangement over the last 12 years, but particularly with the election of Trump, you saw a derangement occurring in every institution. And what happens with USAID,

This is the basis of what we call Western civilization, and it's a civilization of gentlemen. Well, we've seen a mass derangement over the last 12 years, but particularly with the election of Trump, you saw a derangement occurring in every institution. And what happens with USAID,

This is the basis of what we call Western civilization, and it's a civilization of gentlemen. Well, we've seen a mass derangement over the last 12 years, but particularly with the election of Trump, you saw a derangement occurring in every institution. And what happens with USAID,

And within the intelligence communities and the foreign policy establishment is a massive derangement and abuse of power where the gentlemen stop being gentlemen. They become aggressive manly men, and they decide that they know what's best, and they can't stand all this democracy, which they dismiss as populism, and they describe populism as its opposite.

And within the intelligence communities and the foreign policy establishment is a massive derangement and abuse of power where the gentlemen stop being gentlemen. They become aggressive manly men, and they decide that they know what's best, and they can't stand all this democracy, which they dismiss as populism, and they describe populism as its opposite.