‘Bizarre Paganism’: Ben Shapiro Reacts To ’60 Minutes’ Hosting Climate Alarmist With Decades Of Failed Predictions

Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro Reacted to “60 Minutes” Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University biology professor, to discuss purported dangers overpopulationEven though his work has been repeatedly proved wrong over the past 50 years, he still believes in it.

Ehrlich was a Stanford University professor emeritus who wrote a book called “The Stanford University Professors Emeritus”. “The Population Bomb” Which predictions were made? “hundreds of millions of people will starve to death” In the 1970s and 1980s. His appearance on “60 Minutes,” He also claimed That “humanity is not sustainable” And said “five more Earths” Support is essential “our lifestyle.”

A segment of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” The host noted that many Westerners, who are against the idea of God and reject traditional values, subscribe to climate alarmism. “bizarre paganism.” Ehrlich suggests mandatory population reduction policies like the establishment of a blacklist containing individuals and institutions “impeding population control,” Offering “responsibility prizes” For childless marriages and taxing parents to have children “luxury tax” You can save on diapers and cribs.

“There’s this great cosmic force out there that will avenge itself upon you because you are living too well,” Shapiro commented that climate activist Greta Thunberg has become a prominent figure in the community, according to Shapiro. “icons of religious leadership” Under the system.

Ehrlich made these predictions led Partly due to billions of dollars spent to fight overpopulation through entities like the United Nations Population Fund. Women were forced to sterilized in some areas of the globe. Julian Simon, a former professor of economics at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign was adamant that Ehrlich could create any resource basket that would be cheaper in the future. Shapiro says Ehrlich lost his bet. “people are innately creative and innovative, and therefore people will be able to innovate their way” Out of scarcity.

Shapiro said Ehrlich chose the show to host because he encourages people supporting the show. “socialistic redistribution programs” Leftists love them.

“What he said was completely and utterly debunked,” Shapiro remarked. “When you are a doomsayer, when you are doing jeremiads on national television about how the world is about to collapse unless you do the socialistic and anti-tradition things we want you to do, you become very popular with the group that is kind of socialistic and doesn’t like tradition that much.”

The ideology advanced by Ehrlich is similar to those once pushed by nineteenth-century British philosopher Thomas Malthus, who theorized that the nation’s birthrate would outstrip its ability to grow food and thereby induce mass starvation. His theories, which were also completely disproven, would later influence China’s infamous One Child Policy.

Even leading economies have to deal with these issues. demographic collapseMillions believe that having children is irresponsible, given the carbon emissions from additional humans. An investor note Two years ago, Morgan Stanley analysts stated that the “movement to not have children owing to fears over climate change is growing and impacting fertility rates quicker than any preceding trend in the field of fertility decline.” Many young people have supported the initiative around the globe. “No Future Pledge,” This encourages them not to reproduce in order to protect the environment.