The Fuentes-Carlson Dispute Reveals the Containment of the Right
In an August 1 interview, Tucker Carlson and his guest, Candace Owens, verbally attacked Nick Fuentes. Owens had claimed that after having a very successful interview with Fuentes, who was given free rein on the show to talk about whatever he liked, but had suddenly become “triggered” and continually insulted her after the interview was released for reasons unbeknownst to her. She continues by claiming that Fuentes had attacked the notion of marriage, that he had attacked “non-crazy” right voices like Dave Smith to discredit them, and that he had told Tucker that Fuentes had “little boy insecurity.” Tucker Carlson was incredibly receptive to her claims and added that Fuentes may actually be involved in the American intelligence community because Fuentes knew that Tucker’s dad was CIA before he even did; he ended by claiming that Nick was working on behalf of the CIA to disrupt the election of Joe Kent, whom the CIA supposedly hated, Tucker claimed:
“Nick Fuentes, this child, this little weird gay kid in his basement in Chicago, is participating in a super PAC to bump off Joe Kent. Like, I’ve been around that my whole life, I know what that is.”
Since that interview, this dispute has spread to nearly every major right-wing talking head and organization, which is leading to everyone tearing each other apart. Nick Fuentes has responded to Owens and Carlon on his podcast called “America First.” He claims that it was a well-known fact that Tucker Carlson’s father, Richard Carlson, was heavily involved in CIA activities. This included being appointed the associate director of the United States Information Agency and director of the Voice of America, an organization that was considered to be the “voice of the American government.” Even President Putin, during their one-on-one interview, mocked Carlson for being rejected by the CIA back in his twenties. There are many more accusations and attacks being flung around, including Elon Musk and Milo Yiannopoulos accusing Fuentes of being an FBI asset during January 6th, with Fuentes responding by using text messages by Milo that incriminate him of being an FBI asset. This internal war among these right-wing talking heads is not only ridiculous, but also plays into the hands of the state. Instead of becoming an organized minority and being an effective coalition, they split into factions and destroy each other.
Divide and Conquer
It is not unusual for governments to break the power of rival castles within their sphere of influence, whether this is done by force, by defamation, or through sly tactics, depending on the characteristics of that state. But no matter its character, the organized minority, as prescribed by the elite theorist Gaetano Mosca, will work to lead the disorganized mass but also actively break the power of any attempted coalition. He explains:
“In reality the dominion of an organized minority, obeying a single impulse, over the unorganized majority is inevitable. The power of any minority is irresistible as against each single individual in the majority, who stands alone before the totality of the organized minority. A hundred men acting uniformly in concert, with a common understanding, will triumph over a thousand men who are not in accord and can therefore be dealt with one by one.
This sort of containment is done to both right and left-wing groups; the post-war liberal order had sought to maintain its power through these means. During the Cold War, communists throughout Europe were defanged and their leaders split into factions of pacifists, parliamentarians, and a small shunned faction of idealists and militants. In a 1985 documentary, “The Mayor of Montellimone,” the communist mayor, Dino Labriola, faces this exact problem of complacency and infighting. When a northern company comes to build a dam near the small southern village, Labriola hopes that they will employ some of the many unemployed youths in the village. When the company shuts down his demands, the mayor makes a plea to the Ministry of Labor and the Communist Party Headquarters in Rome, in which he receives no support. Finally, Dino assembles the town’s socialist councilors to organize a strike; the meeting went terribly. Dino begins:
“We tell the provincial employment office that if they don’t meet our demands we’ll start a strike and occupy the site. The battle of the dam is not just about employment, it’s about everything. It’s an historic occasion: if we don’t win now, we never will.
The meeting fell apart; many of the socialist councilors felt as if Dino had cut them out of the loop and was being undemocratic and confrontational, wishing only to make the council into yes-men. These splits were common after CIA attempts to break the power of the Italian Communist Party in Italy. Revealed in the National Security Archives, the US Ambassador to Italy, Clare Boothe, oversaw financial support to centrist Italian parties and awarded union contracts to loyal members to weaken the communist hold on labor unions. By divide and conquer, the communists had lost complete control over Italy, and the end result was ineffective, non-confrontational councils in small towns.
Shattering Organization
In regard to the modern American right, a similar result has occurred in the sheer number of factions and deviations over the past decade. Some of the most popular conservative talking heads of the last decade, such as Ben Shapiro and Charlie Kirk, are seen increasingly as neocons who have a paid interest in keeping Israel first. Other right-wing figures are now facing defamation of character, usually from members of the same political orientation. Carlson and Fuentes accusing each other of being CIA assets or FBI informants will be stains on their reputations where neither can really be trusted. But it seems that these two figures are considered prominent leaders of the America First movement after President Trump had betrayed his campaign promise of peace by backing Israel against Iran and by protecting pedophiles by not releasing the Epstein list, going as far as to say Epstein even stole a girl from Mar-a-lago, putting Trump’s knowledge of Epstein’s activities in question.
Why are these two figures being elevated into leadership positions in the American right? For Nick, online rhetoric places him in a position equivalent to a chosen one, that he is the de facto leader of America First and the future leader of America. This propped-up position of leadership will only cause deeper divides in the American right; one user even claimed that Fuentes was the leader of all white people, but when confronted by a police officer about being a white supremacist, Fuentes had no problem pulling out his Mexican ethnicity to pull the conversation away from there. While he has done impressive research into Tucker Carlson and has been a vocal opponent of Israel, he eventually devolves into ranting and raving. Perhaps this says something about his personality and emotional stability that will make for disastrous leadership, and this is exactly why some may want him as leader of the right.
If Tucker Carlson really is a CIA asset, this opens up a secret aspect about the American government that is anti-Israel. Doing an interview with the Iranian president in the immediate aftermath of the 12 Day War and creating spheres where men and women can come in and talk about the crimes of Israel: segregation in Gaza, war crimes, Mossad and Epstein, and genocide are just some of Tucker’s work within the last two months. John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer and whistleblower, had claimed in interviews that the CIA has a deep-seated hatred for Israel and has a deep mistrust of the Israeli intelligence agencies, going as far as even banning the Mossad from Langley. While the CIA can never be trusted, they do have an interest in maintaining power and stability, something Israel has threatened both directly by attempting to draw America into war with Iran and undermining negotiations, and indirectly by creating a large anti-Jewish sentiment in the United States.
You Killed Us, Dave
The system will deal with Israel in its own way; multiple G7 nations, including Italy and France, have already set plans to recognize Palestine as a state as early as September; the pushback from America has been minimal. Since October 7th, Israel has revealed a nature about itself that will never be cleared. By butchering innocent people and asserting control over foreign governments, it seemingly modeled its image off of Dave Kleinfeld. Israel has crossed lines a nation can never come back from and took America along for the ride; the only question is if America will sink with Israel or leave it to its own “beautiful future.”