Some Swiss guy named Urs Gehriger interviewed Tucker Carlson. There’s a change of pace! Being a Carlson fanboy of sorts I found the interview fairly interesting. There were no big surprises but the questions and answers were fairly satisfying.
One of my favorite quotes is toward the very end of the interview:
Weltwoche: In general, what gives you hope in a rather worrisome time, looking into the future?
Carlson: That the stakes have suddenly gotten so high that smart people are rethinking their assumptions. I see it all around me. I see people all around me asking themselves, “I used to believe this. Is it still true? Was it ever true? What is the truth?” People are focused on questions of truth and falsehood, I think, much more deeply than they ever have been, and that’s a good thing.
I also see an awakening of spiritual awareness and religious faith in the United States that I think is great. Not everyone is reaching the same conclusions that I’m reaching, but that’s okay. It’s better than thinking that Amazon’s going to make you happy, because Amazon is not going to make you happy, actually. That’s not true. That’s a lie. And more and more people seem to be concluding that it’s a lie, and I think that’s a great thing.
That Tucker Carlson thinks there are “smart people” who are rethinking their positions on important issues might give me some cause for hope. He has access to some of the movers and shakers and maybe there really is a change going on among the elites. I haven’t seen any proof of that. In fact, the exact opposite seems to be the case. The term “doubling down” seems to be the order of the decade. But maybe he can see that starting to happen. At least it leaves a sliver of hope.