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Why They Want You to Think Feudalism Is Bad

A newly surfaced transcript from the Tucker Carlson Show

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Welcome to the Tucker Carlson Show. Today, I want to talk about how they lie to you. They just lie. [cackles] You’ve probably been told, for example — I certainly was, this is just how it is in America — that feudalism was a bad thing. But is it?

Obviously, I don’t want to starve to death. At least I don’t think I do. But look, I’m an American. This is my country. England’s famous villain, King John, may have been a bad guy — who isn’t? — but he didn’t import 10 million illegal immigrants, did he? He didn’t kill anyone with fentanyl. At a certain point, you have to ask: Why would the people in authority — the ones who have the power and the money, and who want to keep you living like a serf — why would they want you to think that feudalism is bad? Why would they teach you that? It almost feels forbidden for us to ask this. I’ve never heard anybody say out loud that, maybe, if you want to avoid the destruction of your country, you need to have a medieval lord, sitting in a castle, doling out affinity. Have any Americans said that out loud? I don’t know. But I’m laughing here because it just seems so obviously true. When you lose the family values, when you lose the connection between the family itself, you will lose the connection between the people in the same neighborhood, or fiefdom, or kingdom.

Charles C. W. Cooke

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Charles C. W. Cooke

Charles C. W. Cooke is a senior editor at National Review and the host of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast.

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