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John Muir, a forefather of the American wilderness movement, is mentioned as someone who argued that wilderness should be cleared of all of its inhabitants and set aside to satisfy the urban humans' need for spiritual renewal. In his writing, Muir described indigenous people as quote 'dirty, lazy, and uncivilized.'
dirty, lazy and uncivilized
— Episode: The Wilderness Tool
Episode: The Wilderness Tool
John Muir, a forefather of the American wilderness movement, is mentioned as someone who argued that wilderness should be cleared of all of its inhabitants and set aside to satisfy the urban humans' need for spiritual renewal. In his writing, Muir described indigenous people as quote 'dirty, lazy, and uncivilized.'
dirty, lazy and uncivilized