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America is not about more cheap stuff from China

Tucker on America today. The elites don't get it. Powerful social science, in a Tucker populist way, and good advice to Republicans.

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Well he admits he's no libertarian and he's not exactly a federalist either, he's all for nanny-state Federal government restrictions on recreational marijuana. Why? To turn one of his pet phrases, apparently because he's smarter than us and knows better than we do what's good for us.

#1 peacelovewoodstock on 2019-01-03 17:11 (Reply)

Actually, that's not what he said at all. He said he's against big corps owned by moneyed elites doping up all our teenagers and pushing them into failure, just so they can profit from it.

If you can't understand that, then Tucker's not nearly the only one in the room way smarter than you.

#1.1 Fred on 2019-01-03 21:32 (Reply)

Tucker Carlson shows he is joining the ranks of Edmund Burke. America needs more of this point of view. In Canada it is known as Toryism. In the States you will have to figure out a more acceptable name for this form of conservatism. It is largely invisible to the main parties and to American discourse generally. A non-market conservatism which is not leftist, not progressive, but which emphasizes the health of the nation.

#2 tim@tmdenton.com (Link) on 2019-01-03 17:28 (Reply)

I don't watch television, but I was in the kitchen when this came on yesterday. 15 minutes for an opener! My wife and I watched this, naturally stopping what we were doing as he got rolling, to listen, almost transfixed. He sounded a little like Howard Beale, in Network: Mad as hell, with a preppie accent. [url] https://youtu.be/AS4aiA17YsM [/url]
Carlson frankly calls himself an elitist, with a head nod to his upbringing and family heritage I guess. I don't think we've heard the whole message yet.

#3 Aggie on 2019-01-03 18:13 (Reply)

I guess I'm not alone; Tucker articulates this case better than I ever could. Our betters traded good jobs for cheap goods. It's a win,win for everyone, doncha know, despite leveling great swaths of America and cutting the ground out from beneath millions of Americans, who had done nothing wrong. Weren't we all supposed to have amazing short term, dead end, service jobs by now?
This, Mitt Romney, is why you got Trump. It is a rejection of the bleak future that you, the Globalists, the Financialists, along with the rest of the skimmers and opportunists have for Middle America.

In any case, I agree that there is more to a human life than just material well being. As for cheap stuff from China, am I the only one who has noticed that many house holds are just buried in cheap crap which is expensive to get rid of, now that our landfills are overwhelmed.

Tucker's commentary reminded me of another discussion from 1994, I think. It is worth a listen. Sir James was prescient.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwmOkaKh3-s

#4 Exasperated on 2019-01-03 20:51 (Reply)

I'm not sure I agree with every point he makes about the causes but I agree with him on where we are. His comments spur me to think more about where we are and how to get out of it.

What has caused the decline of the middle class that started before the Reagan administration? In the '60s you could live very well on $30,000/yr, but I don't think you could live nearly as well making four times as much. I'm not sure just a factor of taxes or inflation.

Whatever the causes, we need to really find out and fix our situation and I haven't heard anybody else point a light on this till Tucker. We better start thinking about this soon - not to mention the future of automation - or we'll be in bigger trouble.

#5 mudbug on 2019-01-03 21:45 (Reply)

At this point, Trump is the ONLY person behaving like a responsible leader. And you can see the reaction from the ruling political class.

#6 Jim on 2019-01-04 02:01 (Reply)

Trump exercising leadership:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL-A_NyzDjw

Professional media assassins are shocked at his impertinence to them.

#7 Jim on 2019-01-04 02:12 (Reply)

Meh. Sounds good, but dissolves on contact with reality.

He has no real alternative to market capitalism that does not involve gubmint "helping" or picking winners and losers.... which is how we got here.

I am almost half way into this clip and there is not One.Single.Mention of personal responsibility. So a buncha bankers and Tee Vee execs destroyed the American family from afar with their death rays, eh?

He also mentioned culture being connected to economics - then said NOTHING about how Judeo-Christian personhood has been replaced with Marxist naked-apehood. Again - where is the discussion of morality and personal responsibility?

#8 Ben David on 2019-01-04 06:10 (Reply)

I agree with you completely. Until personal responsibility once again becomes the underpinning of raising our young and an ideology that rings through the generations, this nation will continue to devolve. Government is now "mama", and most are tied to her apron strings.

#8.1 Pocono pam on 2019-01-04 06:52 (Reply)

Classic Whataboutism!
So he was supposed to present a thesis in 15 minutes?

Crony capitalism does not equate to free markets.

#8.2 Exasperated on 2019-01-04 07:04 (Reply)

Nope. He cast a very wide net in his exposition. This was explicitly about culture not just economics.

#8.2.1 Ben david on 2019-01-05 11:26 (Reply)

One thing is for sure: We are heading toward a conflict with China that will last for a long time. That means fewer Chinese imports, and more domestic manufacturing.

But this will not necessarily translate into better jobs for Americans unless the "temping" and the "1099" industries are brought under control.

Apple just announced that they are shifting part of their production to India. Why not America?

#9 Ron B Liebermann on 2019-01-04 20:41 (Reply)

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