Tucker Carlson: What’s happening to truckers in Canada reveals the future of the United States

The situation in Canada is what the collapse of democracy looks like

You have to feel a little bad for the many heads of western democracies. For them, the end of the coronavirus pandemic is really the worst thing they can imagine.

Put yourself in their position. For two years you’ve wielded unprecedented power over your country. You’ve told citizens where and when they can work and shop and worship and go outside. You’ve controlled what they wear. You’ve decided how their children will be educated and what drugs they must put into their bodies. For a person with no useful skills and limited job prospects in the real economy, and that describes all of them, it’s been an extraordinary experience: No democratic leader in history has ever been this powerful, as powerful as you are right now. You’re like a god. Each morning, you wake up and survey your creation, and you revel in your omnipotence. You can hardly believe how far you’ve come. The last thing you want is for all of it to end.

But of course, it is ending. The virus that gave you these powers is in retreat. It’s no longer a public health emergency. The vaccine that you promised would be a panacea, didn’t work in the ways you pledged they would. They didn’t stop infection or transmission. Now you’ve done your best to hide that fact, but everybody knows it. So for you, the jig is up. The ball is over. It’s almost midnight. Just a few hours from now, you will once again be merely a scullery maid. You’ll be taking orders from your citizens rather than giving them and the thought of that sends you into a panic.

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