Why Tucker Carlson pretends to hate elites
Why would Tucker Carlson, who used to brag about being an “out-of-the-closet elitist,” use his primetime Fox News show to rail against the “ruling class?”
Become a member of the Vox Video Lab! http://bit.ly/video-lab
Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO
Tucker Carlson has branded himself as a populist, condemning the “liberal elite” that he argues makes up the American “ruling class.” It’s a good shtick, and it’s helped him stand out from other Fox News hosts. But while Tucker decries the “elite” on his show, he regularly ignores major stories of Republican economic policies that harm the working class, choosing instead to focus on bogus culture war stories.
That isn’t an accident. Carlson’s show is meant to distract Fox News viewers from Republican economics, channeling their frustration and anger at groups that don’t deserve it. That kind of misdirection produces what Marxist theorists call “false consciousness”: when workers are tricked into accepting their own exploitation.
On Strikethrough, Vox producer Carlos Maza explores the challenges facing the news media in the age of Trump. Follow Carlos on Facebook for more: https://www.facebook.com/CarlosMazaVox
Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what’s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.
Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE
Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o
Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H
Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what’s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.
Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE
Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o
Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H
@Vox
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Thanks for watching Strikethrough! To see more of Carlos Maza's work, check out his new independent channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8l1OH0DOYARGUTrqAcWW2w
@jamesandy346
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
I can't believe Tucker has a podcast
@Braglemaster123
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
He’s a Putz’
@HellaAwesomes
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Still rewatch this all the time. Super informative.
@Littledove-u2y
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
He’s a pretender, he pretends a lot of things.
@Susieq26754
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
I can't stand his ferret face and Im conservative. My last name is Swanson and Im not getting any money from tv dinners!
@tbm9031
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Why nobody listens to box…
@NewenEliscu-Saraza
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
He IS right about the ruling elites
Hes just wrong about who they are
@Michael_H_Nielsen
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
The Truth. So impoarntant. Thank you 🙂
@badkarma35xbox76
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Eat the rich
@Libertariancryptomania
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Onto Trump try number 2.
@FreddieVee
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
I'm surprised that Tucker Swanson has not moved to Moscow so that he and Edward Snowden can share an apartment.
@sophiepooks2174
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Hilarious hypocrisy, TC the indisputable is being brought over to Australia by one of our own scandalous elites Clive Palmer so he talk about what is happening in our country and "freedom" ROFL. Freedom for Carlson and the elites to do whatever they want, they and their media have already mostly succeeded in turning the working classes against each other, as life gets harder for those struggling to make ends meet for basic necessities clowns like him getting wealthier off it.
@mariaelisacruz
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
BDG jumpscare
@coryryder9070
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
muchin could be next joker with that mouth
@iamnotpaulavery
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
He is a phony that says what he thinks we want to hear. He isn't in it for the truth. He is in it for attention and money.
@thebattlefieldnick1
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Spiderman pointing at spiderman.
@PacificForager
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Bernie Madoff of Broadcasting,
@neokorteks2009
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Tucker
@00vTv00
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Tucker made 24 Million working for FOX, he wrote "begging letters" to BLM leader to get his son into liberal COLOMBIA U, Tucker is a "silver spoon" faketrioit, fooling his watchers into believe the CIA/FBI narratives and accepting their enslavement, while making them think "Big Bro" is there to fix it all..
@chrisbennett6260
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
my god this needs to be plastered all over social media
@chrisbennett6260
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
this should have a 100 million views
needs to slammed all across social media
@chrisbennett6260
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
brilliant
,tremendous reporting
@moreece1713
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
All right wing populists are rich and pretend to care for the people 😂😂😂
@UnAutreCompte-zr6eo
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
I just learned about his parents' business venture… I'm not buying Swanson's ever again.
It's garbage anyway (exactly like Tucker! His parents were obviously very talented at producing garbage.)
@science212
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Capitalism is America.
Very well, my people.
@alchilds3710
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
I would rather be lied to about tax cuts (happens all the time anyway) then lied to about an unsafe vaccine
@kmystr2118
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
At least he isn't being entirely deceptive. It would be good for more people to see his off show remarks.
@coryryder9070
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
bow ties only look cool on doctor who
@natemjonesd6264
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Thank you
@gyattrizzV
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
I used to think not highly of tucker carlson but this makes me view him in a more positive light
@buyerofsorts
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Whoa! During the Tucker Carlson interview with Adam Carolla, Tucker had the nerve to say "I'm not rich and I'll probably never be rich". Is this guy for real!? He's worth tens of millions if not hundreds of millions! His house in Florida alone cost 5.5 million!
@krizo66
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Great Video. Can we have an update video, not that Tucker no longer works for Fox?
@stevensica89
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson – real, that is a real common man fellow.
@skidooshlayman12
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Why do rich liberals pretend to hate capitalism?
@samuelpo3378
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Where can I find the video or file for that phone call with him?
@christinez4m
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Oh i make fun of all the elitists, no matter what their political bent. I dont think the WEF is (R) or (D). But if your policies cause me 'kitchen table' suffering, that's all the rage bait I need.
@maxzoch9705
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
4:41 Silicon Valley Bank Origin Story
@fredsmith1813
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Taxation is theft .
@iammashdots
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
ngl i forgot bdg was in this video
@itsjamesoh
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Had to revisit this, Tucker was just fired by Fox News
@yellowfelloh
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Almost everything Republicans say about Democrats is just them projecting
@alexconner3958
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
Hey, look at how that bank deregulation just blew up in our face!
@MrCool144
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm
You are part of them too. Name the Jesuits and the Jews or else you can’t be trusted.
Comments are closed.