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Jul 25, 2022
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson did an interview with a college student - and it turned into a conversation about how younger men should "drop out of college" and read 100 books instead.
Daniel Schmidt, 18, a University of Chicago student and creator of the YouTube channel Piece of Schmidt, recently uploaded a video of his interview with Carlson.
Schmidt asked the Fox News host about the "virtue" of getting married at a younger age.
Following digs about the rise of secularism, Carlson said that self-reproduction is "the highest level of achievement there is," and that most people should start having kids early.
The topic of discussion also caused Carlson to speak about young people seemingly going far away from the responsibilities of adulthood.
He also gave his piece of life advice to young men about discontinuing higher education.
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"Just dive face first into it. Drop out of college. College is ridiculous, unless you're moving towards some very specialized degree that you can only get in college; you wanna be a veterinarian or physicist or something.
"But if you're in humanities, I can give you a list of 100 books you can find on the internet. And you'll be better educated than you will be at whatever stupid college you go to, A. B, get married," he said.
Carlson also proceeded to note that "hot and "nice" are the "main qualifications" a man should seek in a woman he considers marrying.
\u201cTucker\u2019s advice to young men: \u201cDrop out of college. College is ridiculous .. Get married .. have more children than you can afford, take a job you\u2019re not qualified for, go balls out.\u201d\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1658706937
People on Twitter also got a hold of the clip and called out what they felt was hypocrisy in Carlson's views.
One wrote: "Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson, stepson of a Swanson heiress/Fulbright scion, graduate of St. George's School & Trinity College, was advised by his father to join the CIA bc 'they'll take anybody.' (They rejected him.) He earns $35 Million/yr in Fox News salary alone."
"It's always the rich kids who can play with Daddy's money that are like 'durr I know more than my professors; college is stupid.' They just want to stay on top and not be questioned," another added.
A third wrote: "Carlson to young men… 'drop out of college & have more children than you can afford'… BREED, BREED, BREED! The 1% need an uneducated & desperate workforce who will work for pennies. It's the only way they can continue to live well while workers starve."
Check out other reactions below.
\u201cTucker Carlson\u2019s advice to young men is to drop out of college.\n\nIt\u2019s his long term plan to make young men stupid enough to listen to advice from Tucker Carlson.\u201d— Trent Capelli \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@Trent Capelli \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6) 1658718403
\u201c@RonFilipkowski They want you uneducated.\nSaddled with kids you can\u2019t afford.\nThey want you tethered to a life where you are DESPERATE for someone, anyone to tell you \u2018they\u2019ve got you\u2019.\nThat your whiteness alone makes you \u2018great\u2019.\nAnd that they \u2018get that\u2019.\nThey aren\u2019t even pretending anymore.\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1658706937
\u201c@ZaleskiLuke @RonFilipkowski Immediate flashback to 40 years of GOP moralizing about women having children they can't afford\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1658706937
\u201c@RonFilipkowski He's summarizing the core beliefs of the Delta Tau Chi Fraternity House circa 1962.\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1658706937
The interview included Carlson bashing pornography, internet obsession, and his right-wing critics.
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