The System (Interlude) Lyrics

Good evening, it's Tucker Carlson

One of the first things you realize when you step outside the noise for a few days

is how many genuinely nice people there are in this country

Kind of decent people, people who really care about what's true

And a bunch of hilarious people

Also, a lot of those

It's got to be the majority of the population, even now

So that's heartbreaking

The other thing you notice when you take a little time off

is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are

They're completely irrelevant

They mean nothing

In five years, we won't even remember that we have them

Trust me, someone who's participated in them

And yet, at the same time, and this is amazing

the undeniably big and top-notch, the ones that will define our future

Get virtually no discussion at all

War, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change, corporate power, natural resources

When was the last time you heard a legitimate debate about any of those issues

It's been a long time

Debates like that are not permitted in American media

Both political parties and their donors have reached consensus on what benefits them

And they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it