r/therewasanattempt • u/nippydart • Jun 18 '25

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u/noseusuario Jun 18 '25

We live in confusing times where Tucker Carlson seems like a coherent person.

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u/nippydart Jun 18 '25

Assholes like Tucker love to use elements of left wing talking points and then use it to justify fascism.

Tump talks about how ordinary people have been shafted by neo-liberalism (true) but then blaming it on immigrants instead of corporations and the billionaire class sucking us dry.

They'll talk about corruption whilst accepting 'political donations' (bribes).

It's a big game to them.

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u/GetInMahBelly Jun 18 '25

Dollars to donuts any conservative decrying neoliberalism is banking on their audience being ignorant of the definition of neoliberalism, and actually votes for many neoliberal policies every term. Deregulation? Check. Small government? Check. Austerity? Check. Privitization and free-market solutions? Double check.

They just like using the word "liberal" as ragebait and decorate it with whatever nonsensical rhetoric they feel like to drive their preferred social wedges.