Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution
Written by Tucker Carlson
Narrated by Tucker Carlson
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“Informal and often humorous…an entertainingly told narrative of elite malfeasance” (Publishers Weekly), Tucker Carlson’s Ship of Fools tells the truth about the new American elites, a group whose power and wealth has grown beyond imagination even as the rest of the country has withered. The people who run America now barely interact with it. They fly on their own planes, ski on their own mountains, watch sporting events far from the stands in sky boxes. They have total contempt for you.
In Ship of Fools, Tucker Carlson offers a blistering critique of our new overlords and answers the all-important question: How do we put the country back on course? Traditional liberals are gone, he writes. The patchouli-scented hand-wringers who worried about whales and defended free speech have been replaced by globalists who hide their hard-edged economic agenda behind the smokescreen of identity politics. They’ll outsource your job while lecturing you about transgender bathrooms. Left and right, Carlson says, are no longer meaningful categories in America. “The rift is between those who benefit from the status quo, and those who don’t.”
Our leaders are fools, Carlson concludes, “unaware that they are captains of a sinking ship.” But in the signature and witty style that viewers of Tucker Carlson Tonight enjoy so much, Ship of Fools is “bulging with big and interesting ideas, presented succinctly with wit and precision, each chapter a potential book in itself” (The Washington Times).
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson is the anchor of Tucker Carlson Tonight on the Fox News Channel. He has hosted prime time programs on CNN, PBS, and MSNBC, and cofounded The Daily Caller. He lives in the middle of nowhere with his wife and four children and dogs.
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Reviews for Ship of Fools
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Trying To get through it but having a real difficult time getting the knowledge of tucker privileged background out of my head is polluting the whole experience. I keep having the thought that all he’s trying to do is pivot so that he will remain a survivor
10 people found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5brilliant- You can’t cuck the tuck. 9/10
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Just another loud extremist view, hellbent on insulting opposing views.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5this is actually a very interesting book as Tucker, who I am no great fan of, takes on both sides of the establishment. He also exposes potential motivations behind the tribalism phenomena we are seeing in American politics today.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5great book! makes a lot of sense. Didn't agree with everything. but I did the majority of things he said
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A lot of good points, but all the examples are of democrats and nothing about republicans. i gave up at chapter 5. Could have been a great book if he had been more impartial. For example, wasn't it the republican elite who didn't know how to replace obamacare with their own alternative so they just wanted to get rid of ALL government supported health care until they could come up with their own plan? Seriously? Lindsey Graham would lose half his constituents in the first year to untreated health problems of diabetes, obesity and HBP. I know because I live in his home town. And to Lindsey--would you mind hiring a yard service to clean up all the dead trees in your yard? Your neighbors are tired of cleaning up your mess.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Just a great book and it does show how crazy this world is gotten. But a better ending would’ve been at the end the ship of fools sink and drowned out in the Atlantic
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An eye-opening analysis of how we arrived to the hot mess of 2020. It was almost prophetic.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It is an introspective view of where we are. I am disappointed that he failed to tie his perspectives together with the title idea of "The Ship of Fools." His introduction was the most cohesive chapter of the book.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A lot of good points; all though a he mostly stays focused on pointing out the Democrats and failing to express equal blame on a number of republicans who are guilt of different but equal “crimes” in this country. The also need to be in the ship of fools.
Signed someone who put Republicans and Democrats in office.2 people found this helpful
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Another six hour editorial from Tucker filtering everything through his all or nothing glasses. In the 90's cities were " virtually uninhabitable " due to crime and Clinton used this as an election topic which conservatives ignored. Trump tapped into the anger of all " White Men " to help him win an election. Tucker's sensationalizing and over-generalizations gets old.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'm a physician in fly - over country. Tucker hits the nail on the head with this book. This is a concise treatment of our major social issues that is fair and accurate. Read it.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fantastic. Liberal tears could be heard in the background.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoy Tucker's style. It made it extra enjoyable to hear him read it himself.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good fodder for discussions if your liberal friends are not already so far down the rabbit hole that they can't or won't see daylight. My only concern was in one area of the research that being The report from the IPCC for 2013. I found no cooberating information as suggested by the book
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Fascist putin lover is trying to take your money as well as those he scorns
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I can only compare listening to this book to that of ongoing head trauma. One has to cling to the hope that at some point it will stop or that death will offer a sweet, sweet release from which. So for as bad as this experience was, I'm left wanting to argue quantum physics and the string theory with Rudy Guiliani as a better allocation of my time.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tucker brings his A game in this critique of our elites and how they claim to be superior yet are hypocritical and fake. They show fear and this could lead to conflict. Tucker draws the lines and dots the I’s to show you exactly what is going on today.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I cannot believe any sane human being could label this highly educated, very reasonable man as a “white supremacist”. It is absurd. The book is excellent.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An amazingly thoughtful and logical description of America's current situation.
There are numerous observations made and some great questions raised. Americans would do well to have an honest public dialogue to determine what is working and what is not. Perhaps reasonable and logical conclusions could be reached and we would all be better off.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5He's missing a few things but this is a great start! Fantastic work!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love that it was read by Tucker. Insightful, witty & packed with supporting evidence for every claim. Excellent read & despite it being years old, still timely as ever.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Solid read. Carlson isn’t a run of the mill Bill Kristin neocon. In this book he criticizes both parties for the incipient decline of the country and the west in general. The writing style is lucid, it’s an easy listen and keeps the audience engaged. I would recommend.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book. This shows the hypocrisy of the left and the elites
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You've been "Tuck'd!" Made me imagine that he was making that famous confused dog face while reading the book.
The face he makes while asking sarcastic questions on Fox News. Good points about how low and middle class men are falling behind.
Although I question how Tucker who is an elite himself, can criticize Democratic elites. Fun arguments!
Glad to see some Conservative viewpoints on Scribd!1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A must read for all. Especially those self proclaimed “Woke” people who are driving this wonderful world into oblivion with their destructive ideologies. Practical, honest, journalism at its finest. Please read and “Wake Up”
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This WONDERFUL BOOK. Tucker writes in a way that is thoughtful and insoght-filled! His mixing of facts, feelings, and fun is superb. After reading the book I begain listening to it juat to hear the author and anything else he wanted to. It was, and is, absolutely worth reading and listening to a second (and even third) time! Thank you Tucker. Keep up the great work.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is an extension of his TV show Tucker Carlson Tonight. If you like the show, you’ll like the book.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tucker has a pleasant voice and his book is an easy listen to. He told some very interesting stories, the kind one could and should share with others. His book also covers serious topics that are conveyed not in the usual authoritarian or heavy intellectual manner, nor preaching attitude, but do come from a man who is intelligent. He delivers his subject matter and topic of discussion well in a style he could be sitting across a table sharing conversation with you. I enjoyed his work.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another voice crying in the wilderness. Tucker Carlson nails it with this one. Everyone needs to hear this and comprehend what he's saying.