Topic: Jurgen Habermas

Al Gore utilized a speech to compare current political tactics to the "moral autopsy" of the Third Reich performed by Frankfurt School philosophers like Theodor Adorno. Gore accused the Trump administration of converting truth into power by making claims about "clean coal," wind turbines causing cancer, and the climate crisis being a Chinese hoax. The segment analyzes Gore's use of the "open sewer" metaphor for the atmosphere and his criticism of fossil fuel expansion.