Some people might have seen the recent Tucker Carlson episode featuring the historian, Darryl Cooper. If not, it’s an interesting discussion and well worth a look – https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1830652074746409246
The parts of the interview touching on WW2 have duly set off a storm of protest online. What’s interesting about that was that it was just two years ago that Kanye West set off similar outrage by going on Alex Jones and saying he “loved nazis”. He was duly cancelled with extreme prejudice.
Tucker Carlson’s approach is far less sensational than Kanye but has much the same aim of questioning the foundational mythology of the post war years. It will be fascinating to see what unfolds, but this fits with the general political trend right now as the American right is inching its way towards what might end up being the dismantling of the post-war status quo.
In any case, the response to the Carlson interview is entirely predictable as it has triggered what I like to call the Hitler Complex. I wrote about this a couple of years ago as part of my series of posts on the Unconscious Empire (i.e. the US empire).
I think it’s one of my best posts and those who haven’t read it might find it interesting in light of the debate set off by the Carlson interview.