{"id":2016808,"date":"2023-08-30T13:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-makes-best-argument-against-american-city-life-during-powerful-speech\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:40:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:40:49","slug":"watch-tucker-makes-best-argument-against-american-city-life-during-powerful-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-makes-best-argument-against-american-city-life-during-powerful-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker&#8217;s Speech: Strong Case Against Urban Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-tucker-makes-best-argument-against-american-city-life-during-powerful-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2016808&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Watch: Tucker Makes Best Argument\u2063 Against American City Life During Powerful Speech<\/h2>\n<p>People\u2064 often wonder about the direction of the country.<\/p>\n<p>You hear it all the time, and recently polls have shown that people are not happy with this direction in the slightest. According to a \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23589424-230032-nbc-january-2023-poll-v2-129-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent NBC poll<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">made headlines<\/a> with its startling results, only 23 percent of Americans believe the U.S. is headed\u200c in the right directions while 71 percent believe \u2063the country has gone off-track.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly,\u2063 there does seem \u200cto exist a correlation between\u200c certain negative \u200dtrends, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/195943\/birth-rate-in-the-united-states-since-1990\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/italy-bets-on-quietest-of-places-to-host-world-leading-telescope\/\" title=\"Italy chooses peaceful location for top telescope.\">declining birth-rate<\/a><\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religion\/2019\/10\/17\/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decline in religion<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/deaths-of-despair-on-the-rise-in-the-us-why-here-and-not-in-other-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deaths of despair<\/a> (depression-caused-suicide and drug overdose). There is\u2062 another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-bidens-approval-rating-collapses-its-the-lowest-of-his-presidency\/\" title=\"POLL: Biden\u2019s Approval Rating Collapses \u2014 It\u2019s The Lowest Of His Presidency\">negative trend<\/a> which is under reported: the century long trend of urbanism \u2014 the increase in Americans living in cities.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lHKGYxU5508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent speech<\/a> given in Hungary, a nation moving in a strongly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hammer-can-christian-govt-freedom-based-hungary-can-thrive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conservative and Christian direction<\/a>, Tucker Carlson made the case against living in \u2064a bustling American city.<\/p>\n<p>In a portion of his speech, the conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-gets-great-news-crushed-tucker-carlson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">superstar<\/a> discussed the enslaving character of urban living in contrast with that of\u2062 living in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-data-for-masked-vs-unmasked-counties-would-be-on-every-front-page-if-it-showed-a-different-result\/\" title=\"This Data For Masked Vs Unmasked Counties Would Be On Every Front Page, If It Showed a Different Result\">rural area<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tucker goes on epic rant about modern life and nature:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ruling party is the party of the childless, the unmarried, the people working for low wages for large corporations\u2062 and living in tiny apartments in overcrowded cities that are rife with crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho votes for\u200d the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aamDc778UJ\">pic.twitter.com\/aamDc778UJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1695267436549878214?\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let the impact of Carlson\u2019s words\u2063 from the \u2064video on X sink in: \u201cYou are enslaved, and you can\u2019t think\u200c clearly. And your reference points are gone. And you can\u2019t see \u2063the stars, and you can\u2019t \u2062see the trees. You cannot see God\u2019s creation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What a powerful contrast between city and country \u200dlife!<\/p>\n<p>Now, some might find the characterization of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-makes-best-argument-against-american-city-life-during-powerful-speech\/\" title=\"Tucker's Speech: Strong Case Against Urban Living\">urban versus rural strange<\/a> or \u200dout-of-place, but this contrast is a historic one, with deep roots in both the American and Christian tradition, and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-election-data-tells-dem-horror-story-rural-voters-reject-partys-radical-left-turn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politically relevant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Jefferson, in contrast to Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.havefunwithhistory.com\/hamilton-vs-jefferson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a> that America should\u2063 have \u200cvery independent, self-governing states with very little federal power at \u2063all and that America\u2019s policies should promote self-sufficiency, rural-living, and agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Now let us compare this vision to that of the World Economic Forum as argued by the forum\u2019s frequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/ida-auken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributor<\/a> and member of the Danish parliament Ida Auken who wrote\u2063 the following in her <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/welcome-2030-nothing-privacy-life-better\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>, titled \u201cWelcome to 2030: I Own Nothing, Have No Privacy, and Life Has Never Been Better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome to the year 2030.\u200d Welcome to my city \u2014 or should I say, \u2018our city.\u2019 I \u2063don\u2019t own anything. I don\u2019t own a car. I don\u2019t own a house. I don\u2019t own \u2063any appliances or any clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce in awhile I get annoyed about the fact that I have no real privacy. No where \u2062I can go and\u2062 not be registered. I know that, somewhere, everything I do, think\u200d and dream of is recorded. I just hope\u2062 that nobody will use it against me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll in all, it is a good life. Much better than the path we were on, where it became so clear that we could \u2063not continue with the same model of growth. We had all \u200cthese terrible things happening: lifestyle diseases, climate change, the refugee crisis, \u200denvironmental degradation, completely congested cities, water pollution, air pollution, social unrest and unemployment. We lost way too many people before we realized that we could do things differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You cannot \u2062get much more\u200d dystopian than \u2062this, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-nothing-happy-seeds-planted-country-long-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it matches perfectly<\/a> with the aspirations of the\u2063 Democrats\u200b and establishment voter base as described by Carlson in his speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ruling\u200d party is the party of the childless, the \u200bunmarried,\u200b the people who are working for low wages\u2064 for large corporations and living in tiny apartments in overcrowded cities that are rife with crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Thomas Jefferson envisioned America as a country landscape with free and virtuous landowners attending their own affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCultivators of the earth are the\u2064 most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country\u200c and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands,\u201d Jefferson once <a href=\"https:\/\/tjrs.monticello.org\/archive\/search\/quotes?keys=&#038;field_tjrs_categorization_tid%5b%5d=2179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you agree with Tucker Carlson?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting \u200bthis poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. \u200bYou may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms\u2062 of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (8 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name = cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar \u200ddecodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca = decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var\u200b i = 0; i <ca.length; i++) {\n\t\t\t\tvar c = ca[i];\n\t\t\t\twhile\u2064 (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {\n\t\t\t\t\tc = c.substring(1);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif (c.indexOf(name) == 0) \u200d{\n\t\t\t\t\treturn c.substring(name.length, c.length);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\treturn \"\";\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tfunction ffp_setCookie(cname, cvalue, exdays) {\n\t\t\tvar d = new Date();\n\t\t\td.setTime(d.getTime() + (exdays*24*60*60*1000));\n\t\t\tvar expires = \"expires=\"+ d.toUTCString();\n\t\t\tdocument.cookie\u200c = cname + \"=\" + cvalue + \";\"\u2062 + expires + \";path=\/\";\n\t\t}\n\n\t\twindow.ff_poll_voted \u200c= false;\n\n\t\tvar voted_cookie_name = 'firefly_voted_3455085';\n\n\t\tfunction ff_poll_submit( event ) {\n\t\t\tevent.preventDefault();\n\n\t\t\tvar fireflyPoll = jQuery( '#firefly-poll' );\n\t\t\tvar fireflyPollContainer = jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\n\t\t\tvar pollFormBox = jQuery('#pollFormBox');\n\n\t\t\tif( window.ff_poll_voted || ffp_getCookie( voted_cookie_name ) ){ return; 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He is right to point out\u2062 that the reality of urban living, as well as the future vision of the global elite, is nothing short\u2064 of prison-like in not only its appearance, but in its level of control. We were once a nation of farmers founded by farmers, and we \u2062must make the choice between a return to the land \u200cas envisioned by Thomas \u2063Jefferson or into \u200dthe rented pods of urban enslavement as envisioned by Ida Auken and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/world-economic-forum-video-pushing-great-reset-receives-frigid-reception-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the World Economic Forum.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those of you who are\u2062 hesitant at the idea of being \u201creactionary\u201d and think that we \u201ccan\u2019t go back in time\u201d \u200dand must continue the march of \u201cprogress,\u201d I leave you with the wise advice of the great\u2062 Christian apologist and author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/404306-we-all-want-progress-but-progress-means-getting-nearer-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C.S. Lewis:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing progressive about being pig-headed and refusing to admit a mistake. \u200dAnd I think if you look at the present\u2064 state of\u200d the world it\u2019s pretty plain that humanity has been \u200dmaking some big mistakes. We\u2019re on the wrong road. And if that is \u200bso we must go back. Going\u2064 back is \u2062the quickest \u200bway on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-tucker-makes-best-argument-american-city-life-powerful-speech\/\">Watch: Tucker Makes Best Argument Against American City Life During Powerful Speech<\/a> appeared \u200dfirst \u2063on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People frequently ponder the country&#8217;s direction. Recent polls reveal widespread dissatisfaction. 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