What the heck is going on with Tucker Carlson?

Is Tucker Carlson creating a victimhood subsection of the populist movement? It certainly looks like it as he continually decries the success of free market capitalism and advocates government measures to limit advancements, like prohibiting self-driving trucks.

One of Carlson’s latest monologues asserted that the Republican Party should not worship market capitalism (emphasis ours):

There’s no option at this point. But first, Republican leaders will have to acknowledge that market capitalism is not a religion. Market capitalism is a tool, like a staple gun or a toaster. You’d have to be a fool to worship it. Our system was created by human beings for the benefit of human beings. We do not exist to serve markets. Just the opposite. Any economic system that weakens and destroys families is not worth having. A system like that is the enemy of a healthy society.

Where did the idea that capitalism weakened and destroyed families? And how the heck is it an adversary of society?

Capitalism has enhanced the living standards of families everywhere, especially in developing countries. The global poverty rate has dipped below 10%, the net worth worldwide is at an all-time high, and the quality of life is better than it has ever been.

So, what is Carlson prattling on about?

While Carlson is great at attacking political correctness and slamming neoconservative foreign policy, he would be better off staying mum on economics.

Of course, now the left is drooling over Carlson, despite accusing him of being a white nationalist for years.

Here is Vox in July 2017: “Why white supremacists love Tucker Carlson.”

Here is Vox in January 2019: “Tucker Carlson is one of the most important voices in conservative politics. Last week, he attacked American capitalism in primetime.”