Much has been made of Tucker Carlson‘s video grocery shopping in Moscow. It was supposed to convey that Russia, or at least Moscow, offered a better or, at least, less expensive life than what Americans have experienced under President Joe Biden. However, Carlson’s video is very disingenuous and reveals more about what he doesn’t know than what he learned.

The foolishness started in the very beginning when Carlson filmed himself getting a grocery cart. He was shocked to discover a supermarket with carts chained together that required a coin deposit to release them. When visitors finish shopping, they return the cart and receive their coin back.