Tucker Carlson, Josh Hawley, and Corporations

 

 

Musing About Tucker Carlson, Josh Hawley, and Corporations

 

 

I’ve begun to take Instagram a bit more seriously. When I began to expand The Wealthy Ironworker’s social media footprint, I decided to on YouTube, Rumble, and Twitter/X fairly early on. When I told other people, however, they said to me I needed to be on Instagram, too. I resisted. I had some difficulty separating Instagram from the “Instagram famous models” that are all over social media. Eventually, I acquiesced and started an account.

Today, I’m glad that I did.

It seems that there’s more to Instagram than I gave it credit for.

For example, while on there earlier (this past week as of writing), I was privileged to see two separate clips I thought worth writing about – Musing style. Let’s take a look at them both, and you, the reader, can see why I found them worth noting.

 

Tucker Carlson and Sean O’Brien on Amazon

I came across this clip of TeaGeneral President Sean O’Brien on Tucker Carlson’s podcast and, well, I’ll let you listen and tell me what you think:

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There’s a lot to unpack in this clip, but what really drew my focus was when Tucker Carlson said this little tidbit:

 

“Well, they [Amazon] offload their personnel costs onto the taxpayers through social services – Walmart does the same.”

 

Can I get an amen?!

What’s more, this has been something many other corporations have done – for a long time now.

I can recall, many years ago, someone told me personally that when he worked for Walmart, they gave anti-union rhetoric and indoctrination videos when new hires were brought on – and also how they would teach people how to file for government assistance.

Yes, you read that last part right. To the tune of 6.2 BILLION, according to World Hunger Education Service.

And this has been going on for at least two decades – probably longer.

What’s particularly distasteful is how the average American has been fooled into thinking that unions are part of the problem when corporations have fleeced them!

 

Josh Hawley on Amazon’s duplicitous independent contractor scheme

AGAIN, while scrolling Instagram (on my laptop – I refuse to have either Instagram or Facebook in the app on my phone) I came across this gem featuring Josh Hawley:

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I watched the whole segment – and appreciated seeing someone who labels himself a “Constitutional Conservative” with a line of questioning for everyday workers. He even mentions how the “scheme” prevents workers from organizing. Talk about a win-win. 🤘

I’m not one of those die-hard “Democrat-only” union advocates – nor do I believe the union movement overall should be that way. Find common ground where found – especially when it can be found from those “across the aisle,” as it were (that’s Republicans for the Democrat-only crowd). For my part, I don’t understand those who insist pro-union individuals align with Democrats lock and step; rather, we find common ground where we agree and move forward.

If only more Republicans, conservatives, or whatever you want to call those on the right were more pro-worker. And before we get mired in the mud, I don’t mean lip service to workers; I mean ACTUALLY pro-workers.

Now, this doesn’t always mean you are pro-union – but you can be sure unions are ALWAYS pro-worker.

 

Why Does This Matter?

 

Some may ask: “Why does this even matter?”

The answer is rather simple: EVERY step taken in the right direction is crucial to challenging narratives. America has been going in the wrong direction concerning workers’ rights for decades now, and even the tiniest sliver of light is welcome. The more people talk about it, the more we have the ability to expose propaganda for what it is. So when highly prominent people like Tucker Carlson and Josh Hawley make the statements they make about corporations, along with other conservatives and economists who support unionism as a check on corporations, I’m a little more optimistic.

2025 looks like it’ll be interesting – and I’m here for it.