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THOUGHTCRIME Ep. 134 — Batman Goes Shopping? He-Man and the Masters of the Culture War?
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Europe's Deadly Heat Wave and the Air Conditioning Wars
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Blake pivots to the European heat wave, noting temperatures are topping 100°F Fahrenheit while many countries actively resist air conditioning on environmental grounds. Jack calls for shutting down European governments until further notice. The panel then turns to a revealing round of thermostat confessions: Jack keeps his home at 71–72 due to his European wife Tanya's preferences; Andrew keeps it at 74; Russ floats between 73–75; and Blake, living in Arizona where outdoor temperatures can hit 115°F, keeps his apartment at 79, explaining that the contrast between blazing outdoor heat and cold indoor air is more disorienting than comfortable. Russ shares a story from his time at Guantanamo Bay, where he cranked the AC to maximum in corrugated steel barracks, wore full PT sweats inside, and then walked outside into Cuban summer heat wearing sweats — an immediate and catastrophic decision. Andrew observes that Arizona businesses over-correct, running AC at 65°F inside while it's 115°F outside, forcing customers to wear long sleeves indoors.
About 1,000 people in France have already died in the current European heat wave while temperatures top 100°F. The continent that abandoned Christianity has replaced it with a climate religion that demands suffering as atonement, making air conditioning a sin.
Jack Posobiec cited a post by Sarah Salviander noting approximately 1,000 excess heat deaths in France as Europeans endure a major heat wave while largely refusing to install air conditioning.
You can't kill the religious impulse — you can only redirect it. Europe's climate ideology offers guilt and atonement without forgiveness, harsh rituals, and no mercy. The earth won't take punishment for your sins. You will. The human sacrifice for climate guilt is just people dying in apartments.
