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Tucker Carlson: “The fact that the government doesn't have to tell you what…”

Featuring: Tucker Carlson, Conservative, Right-wing | Political Commentator, Former Fox News Host | National

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But that's what I think the game is here. They don't want to condition us that you can elect a president and he can automatically change the bureaucracy. I mean, this fact, The fact that the government doesn't have to tell you what it's doing, even though you pay for it, just invalidates the whole concept of consent to the government. How can you give consent to something you know nothing about? Yeah, right. But more than that, it creates a moral poison at the center of the society. (1:50:53–1:51:02)

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