Fox News fires Tucker Carlson

Are we really going to pretend that there isn't objective metrics? Low crime, high social trust, good infrastructure, are all things rational people would consider the basis for a good nation.

The metrics vary wildly based on your own leanings. Are we going to pretend that's not the case? 'good' is a highly subjective word.

The metrics you just pointed out are objective yes, but they're also the most benign metrics you could have used.

How about immigration. Would you view a country with high immigration as a 'good' country?

How about religion? morality? Power? All of these things can influence a countries views on foreign policy, the need to go to/ not go to war, all could make a country a 'good' country or not based on someone's political viewpoints.

A lot of of folks view Ireland's neutrality as something that makes this a 'good' country for example. Other's think it would make us a 'bad' country and we need to have more of an input in international affairs, perhaps even joining NATO.

I suppose what I am trying to say is your post was completely without nuance and full of assumptions.

I'm not saying there isn't subjective metrics, of course there is, but every nation should aim for the objective ones that I've mentioned. And if you don't have those objective metrics, you should probably be totally focused on achieving them, and not focused on a war in another nation far away from you. Your average American likely cares far more about the quality of their own lives than the quality of the lives of Ukrainians, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. If American was in a healthy place, then focusing on other nations would be more just, but it's not healthy, so it's not just in my view, which is likely the thinking of Tucker and his fans too. America First is a thing for a reason, and it's not going anywhere, and things like the war in Ukraine only fuel the need for putting their own first.

Isn't infowars bankrupt? The problem is no one can pay his Fox news level salary.

It's up there with the idea that NATO moved in to the Baltics. As if Baltic nations have no agency of their own.

RT has promised to pay him in grain but he'll need to provide his own bags.

When Ireland relied on its own resources it was the poorest country in Western Europe.

Russia invaded ukraine....

Like Wakey wakey, I know some have these alternative realities they live in , but this wasn't a proxy war no more than 9/11 conspiracy theories,

Taiwan wants to be Taiwan a sovereign democracy like most countries they aren't china ,and China knows Taiwan will fight backed up with the US , not a whole lot of people coming to support china

Fox's own lawyers stood up in Federal court and testified under oath that the whole point of Carlson was that he doesn't tell the truth, that he exaggerates and engages in "non-literal commentary" for entertainment purposes.

https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-karen-mcdougal-case-tucker-carlson-2020-9?r=US&IR=T

Your gullibility is your own business, but you should really be asking questions about your beliefs if they happen to align with someone who admits that they're just making things up to exploit the ignorance of a particular demographic for profit.

And when we last relied on foreigners telling us how to use our own resources, there was genocide.