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Tucker Carlson: “Tribalism, which is to say the stoking of primordial fears…”

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

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This Is Their Red Line. Tucker Doubles Down.

Published | Video Starts at 08:05

I live in a. I'm white, I live in a rural area. I campaigned for Trump, voted for him. But we just have to be honest that Tribalism, which is to say the stoking of primordial fears that my group is gonna get killed by that group, makes us much more obedient to our leaders and much more likely to stick together on the basis of tribal identification and much less interested in reasoned argument or appeals to the common good. It's just a fact. And I think you're seeing that in part now, and I think I do. Yeah. On the verge of pogroms. (08:05–08:28)

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Asserts that tribalism increases obedience to leaders and decreases interest in reasoned argument.

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