Ai Weiwei | Full Episode 11.12.21 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

[@otpyrcralphpierre1742]

Political Correctness is NOT the Language of a Free People.

[@zeemancan3713]

Exactly. Especially not when it's enforced by violence (Antifa and BLM) and supported by multi billion $ big tech (cancel culture that runs rampant on Twitter)

[@nikkinicole5967]

Amen... it is NOT!!!

[@pappyodanial]

Why is she even talking about Trump? The Democrats are the nasty little authoritarians.

[@gregj831]

Wei is 100% correct and Hoover's typical Socialist Elitist arrogance prevented her from seeing what he was talking about.

[@koenwelsh7994]

@@pappyodanial 100%

[@MyCoffeyBreak]

"In many ways, you’re already in the authoritarian state. You just don’t know it." ~ Ai Weiwei

[@sp3_outdoors]

"you're talking about orange man..... right?!" - *CNBC CNN CBS NBC PBS*

[@nikkinicole5967]

Speak Truth AI Weiwei...SPEAK TRUTH!!!

[@sellmav]

Some of us know it.

[@shane1489]

More know it than he thinks it’s really a question of how many actual factor it into their daily lives.

[@richarddelaney9593]

She knows it, she's a participant.

[@Joaquin-mp8ub]

UPS, PBS's wokeism got challenged. Man speaks the truth.

[@kageshadow10]

Lol, and here you are proving his point by saying that your anti-woke attitude is the true way, replicating just what he denounced: the attitude of “only one right way of thinking”. I’m his words “you don’t have to act on anything, you just think you’re purified by certain ideas you agree with”

[@Rell-eu8wv]

@@kageshadow10 no you’re proving that you’re lacking comprehension skills. Free speech and political correctness are antithetical and cannot occupy the same space. Wokeism is tied to “cancelling” and silencing the voices of your opposition it’s rooted in Communism and Marxism

[@ludanyke2895]

@@Rell-eu8wv Nah, as "free speech" exists as an idea, it can totally become an identity and a label, thus also allowing itself to be commodified, regardless of the content of said idea, similar to how you can readily buy Marxist apparel in America. It's ironic, but it's a real world occurence. Also, you're comparing the most authoritarian end of "wokeism" to the libertarian end of "free speech," with quotes denoting its identity in the public space, and not so much the content of it. This is tied to the issue of many people seeming to blur the lines of "wokeism" by equating criticism with cancelling, which are two very different things. An idea that people identify with can be easily skewed, much in the same way North Korea calls itself a "democratic republic." Just like the original poster, you lack fucking nuance. Wokeism is indeed tied to "cancelling," but so what? Conservatives are tied to cancelling the Dixie Chicks, except one hides behind "free speech." It's always been a matter of who is in power at the time, not the ideas themselves. Being an ideologue, no matter the idea, is toxic for society, and that's the actual content of what Ai is trying to communicate. I've seen this clip get spread around the internet as a defense of Donald Trump, and just like Marxist apparel in America, it's really fucking ironic. Also, I assume the 1984 in your name is in reference to Orwell. Try reading it again, maybe improve your comprehension skills in general. Then read his "Notes on Nationalism."

[@godblessamerica9356]

@@ludanyke2895 Still, the only threat really relevant in this era is the staggering power growth of woke propaganda "news," corporate boardrooms, and their sick threeway marriage with politicians. No one is in any danger of the stuff the media *says* Trump threatens civilization with, except for those threatened by ordinary people having freedom to do business, raise families, and govern their communities for themselves. You worry about "Nationalism" but really we are so far out of balance you have nothing to worry about. So conservatives used the boycott too, once upon a time. But they have no power if all that happens is the media and the global corporations look down on them and sneer. Look, only a handful of companies even advertise on FoxNews. The others either are afraid of woke cancellation outrage or they despise conservatives. Their power is obliterating freedom.

[@ludanyke2895]

@@godblessamerica9356 You’re too focused on the idea of “woke” vs the idea of “free speech.” That is the conflict the powerful want you to focus on. They want to be “woke” caricatures, don’t you get it? And you can replace “woke” with any other cultural phenomenon. If you attack the strawman, you don’t attack them. That is the authoritarianism. That is how they control the opposition. “American values.” They pigeonhole you into an identity in order to divide and conquer. What free speech fully entails is obviously better for human societies than what flimsy legs “wokeism” stands on, but until the people who actually value free speech acknowledge the responsibility that comes with it, you will never escape the vicious cycle and continue on in this corporate rat-race.

[@manseimark]

LOL her face when she realized he’s calling out the woke culture in the US!!

[@bhbluebird]

She was probably thrilled -- the lady is known as a conservative commentator.

[@gregj831]

Her arrogance has blinded her from the fact she's an integral part of the Authoritarian structure which Wei refers to.

[@dogbarbill]

@@bhbluebird A conservative commentator?? On PBS?? Are you kidding??

[@koenwelsh7994]

@@bhbluebird How far up the left hole are you to believe that?

[@2davivadiva]

He’s probably somewhere in the jejunum 🤣

[@avocado6623]

He basically called everyone fake news in the nicest way possible when she tried baiting him on assange.

[@gregj831]

Her arrogance is such, she doesn't have the slightest clue she's part of the authoritarian structure.

[@Angelum_Band]

Biden pardoning a turkey and not Assange is the state of hipocrisy and authoritarism.

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

mainstream American female reporters are dolts. just pretty blondes. Take megyn kelly during her conference with Putin for example. She embarassed herself on the world stage lmfao

[@sarajomendez7994]

I felt WeiWei was very guarded in many of his answers. I didn't get the sense that the interviewer was very good, her questions seemed shallow! He is an amazing man! God bless and protect him.

[@dogolonginus889]

He's Chinese. They are rarely flippant

[@dystopian2153]

He was trying to avoid angering her because she is stuck on her liberal brand and it's very hard to have a different opinion with people like her.

[@pumajlr]

-"please tell us Trump is the enemy" -"well...actually, you are the enemy..."

[@charlesferrin5]

You missed the part where he compared Trump to Mao.

[@Stolat79]

@@charlesferrin5 YOU missed the part where he clearly pointed out how it is troubling how the US is becoming more authoritarian. Cute.

[@gregj831]

Well said!

[@alinastefana4138]

@@charlesferrin5 Jeesus…he didn’t compare Trump to Mao. On the contrary, he said that it’s not the same because a dictator needs to be supported by the system. Pay attention, ffs! 🙄

[@dystopian2153]

🤣🤣

[@gwm6102]

Wow she is just so happy with herself until he says NO.

[@joseph8275]

It is really weird how she’s explaining his backstory, talking about how his family suffered through being made into political prisoners/slaves with a gigantic s*** eating grin on her face

[@overworked1084]

@@joseph8275 Good catch- she is smiling when she details his struggles and abuse by tyrants- but when he says a carefully crafted truth about tyranny and brings it home- her demeanor completely changes, like truth pains her.

[@thewalruswasjason101]

I’ll paraphrase: “ idiots on Twitter and other social media platforms shouldn’t dictate policy”. Also “ everything woke turns to shit”

[@richarddelaney9593]

Trump was right again.

[@dystopian2153]

👍

[@NonNam3d]

He is very good in choosing his words to avoid angering and being cancelled by this woke culture.

[@Viewable11]

Just wait until the woke mob finds out he called them a danger to democracy.

[@shane1489]

They’ll come for him eventually

[@alinastefana4138]

@@Viewable11 They’re too dumb to find out. All they’re going to get from this is that he called Trump a dictator. I’ve seen their reactions. Some of them started attacking Ai weiwei when they finally “got it” 🤡

[@feliciamankobrien4501]

I thought his responses were calm and measured but clearly spot on. He has a much credibility because of it.

[@Angelum_Band]

@@alinastefana4138 I can agree the liberals shoot their own foot but you can't deny their intelligence is based on evil, hate and actual discrimination.

[@davedelecto4148]

I can’t wait for Joe Rogan to interview him

[@Jaden.Xie1]

Or even with Jordan Peterson. I would love to see that for sure.

[@charlesferrin5]

@@Jaden.Xie1 If Jordan Peterson detoxes, he might be able to blurt out a few canned questions.

[@vicnad92]

@@Jaden.Xie1 heck no. Jordan is a loon who wants to sell a utopia vision to desperate western men while making $. Similar to the marxists who preach communism. Its all about the 'utopia' that never comes.

[@Dhia3933]

@@vicnad92 the man's basic message is life is tough and get used to it. There is no promise of utopia or constant or even semi constant happiness

[@vicnad92]

@@Dhia3933 if thats the case, he should follow his own advice instead of popping pills and puting on a "stoic" act to his desperate incel followers. Also, he DOES sell uptopia-like visions in his books of how a society should be, singing the same tune of marxist.

[@S.J.L]

I have great respect for this man and anyone who speaks against the CCP, especially those with something on the line. I have recently studied Chinese history. It is a great land and culture. The people of China need to reclaim their country and their future. Best wishes to the citizens of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

[@leapfrog4561]

The Chinese people were disarmed by the ccp, lessening their chances to be able to reclaim freedom.

[@bannerlad01]

And to the citizens of USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. At least the Chinese know that are in a crap situation

[@shaan4308]

I think the westerners doped up on the freedom and democracy juice can never understand how important the CCP leadership has been in the transformation of china from a third world country to a world power.

[@S.J.L]

@@shaan4308 Yeah, markets are great...the CCP is only holding back the market..."doped up on freedom." Spoken like a true eunuch.

[@VictorSpeed9]

Thank you for that and don't forget to support Tibet and xinjiang

[@cbtx8615]

I wish the interviewer wasn't so smug. It makes this hard to watch. She's trying awfully hard to make him fit a liberal narrative he's does not want anything to do with. I hope people listen to what he is saying.

[@SSs-ch4ey]

Nothing "liberal" about the imperialist, totalitarian agenda she supports.

[@martinvon9973]

Margaret Hoover is not smug in any way, she is just well prepared and very professional. I have never seen her do a bad interview. She is really a breath of fresh air in this industry.

[@paulfee5462]

@@martinvon9973 If you can’t see her liberal agenda, then perhaps you should reconsider your own views.

[@martinvon9973]

@@paulfee5462 Listen, Pet, I am as conservative as they come, and she had no "Liberal Agenda", as you say.

[@iamgolden911]

@@martinvon9973 she is smug

[@JD4A84]

I'm seeing the authoritarian state in action right now in a Kenosha courtroom, where the prosecution in their rebuttal actually suggested Kyle should have taken the beating he had coming to him.

[@edwardspan396]

The guy putting out fires has the local, fbi, atf, and justice department all working against him. The guy who got his jaw broken and his furniture store burned down have zero investigators interested in what happened to him. This isn’t by accident.

[@shane1489]

Kangaroo court At least the judge is keeping it fair.

[@ronaldlincoln2935]

@@edwardspan396 Made possible by the lemmings that voted blue because they were told FREEDOM was racist. The Chinese are smart ass hell to have half the American people believing freedom is equal to racist!!! WOW

[@2davivadiva]

Oh yea kinda like how Andy Ngo did and now he has a TBI 👍

[@dystopian2153]

@@ronaldlincoln2935 true!

[@DerangedLeftWingers]

PBS asked Chinese dissident, anti-communist artist Ai Weiwei about authoritarianism, hoping he would condemn Trump. He says Trump isn’t authoritarian-and calls out wokeness as authoritarianism akin to Mao’s Cultural Revolution. The host is visibly upset.

[@martinvon9973]

@Anglia Ex PatriaExactly, well said.

[@jewelbell5]

@Anglia Ex Patria Yes, and you see the state propaganda media praising and covering for our potato president now, that should scare the hell out of anyone with a brain.

[@JohnDoe-pt7ru]

Also kept on about the Russian hoax with Assange. These corporate media puppets are so obsessed with the Russia narrative.

[@michaelneufeld4515]

@@jewelbell5 dude what else are they gonna do lol, of course they're going to try to prop up the President, the alternative is worse in their view. Also money

[@Kai-tn4yx]

@Anglia Ex Patria It's certainly now worse than "any time in previous decades". In previous decades you could even get locked up for having butt sex or being gay, luckily we're past that.

[@TheCaddyMan]

I will give credit where it's due... PBS publishing this piece that contains sentiment opposite of the majority of their output is... commendable and a sign of journalistic integrity.

[@scottsanders5821]

A very small sign against a sea of propaganda which includes the host's ignorance and denial of reality.

[@calc4648]

It shouldn’t be commendable. It should be common practice. That’s the problem 😕

[@Jason-33W]

Later, when asked about authoritarianism in the U.S., Weiwei said “certainly, in the United States, with today’s condition, you can easily have an authoritarian.” “In many ways, you’re already in the authoritarian state,” he said. “You just don’t know it.” When asked how so, he responded, “Many things happening today in U.S. can be compared to Cultural Revolution in China.”

[@Ev_deGallery]

Its terrifying

[@gregj831]

Her mind blowing arrogance prevented her from having a clue what he was talking about. She's everything that is wrong with our Media.

[@ClownCarCoup]

he compared to Trumps tweets to the nightly messages from Mao Zedong

[@dystopian2153]

@@ClownCarCoup think more abstractly that. Listen to the entire sentence in its enti re context lol. Smh unbelievable

[@ClownCarCoup]

@@dystopian2153 Actually _you_ should listen to the entire interview. When he says "today" he doesn't mean specifically Nov 2020 or a Biden admin. He means in the political environment we've had for some tine now - a decade that has culminated in a POTUS trying to overturn an election. Hoover asks him "what kind political correct extremeism" he is talking about. He replies that we have an extremely divided and materialistic society. -*- AI WEIWEI: It’s very philosophical. With today’s technology, we know so much more than we really understand. The information become jammed. But we don’t really - and really have the knowledge, because you don’t work. You don’t - You don’t have to act on anything. You just think you’re purified by certain ideas that you agree with it. That is posing dangers to society, to an extreme divided society. MARGARET HOOVER: Why do you think that’s happened here? AI WEIWEI: I think, for a long time, the West is material. We have much more than we needed. And we are not caring about global situation. But, eventually, all the policies and the politics we play has to be examined under the global situation, such as China become a very powerful state. And how the West should deal with it.

[@zer0rez_]

She must have regretted interviewing Ai Weiwei after his response on Trump lol. We're talking about a man who has experience in living under authoritarian regime.

[@gregj831]

She's enjoyed an overprivileged existence for her entire life. She has no conception she's pushing racially hateful ideologies or helping drive our economy into record inflation. That man was calling her out and she was in total denial.

[@AuomAk]

Yep, people who actually experienced and lived under actual authoritarian and communism are looking from the outside in of America can clearly see that the woke left are turning into authoritarian/communism/fascism.

[@spawnjg]

Love how she was trying to bait him about Trump, that didn't end well.

[@_momosumomo]

"The hosts vibrant red dress was clearly symbolic of her getting thoroughly red-pilled, over and over again."

[@charlesferrin5]

It's really charming you think he's on the side of the Alt-Right and the Proud Boys.

[@Stolat79]

@@charlesferrin5 It’s truly charming how reductive YOUR view on being “red-pilled” is.

[@NightTimeDay]

@@Stolat79 lol it's just sad to see the tired "disagree with me and you're evil" rhetoric. So boring!

[@Samito07]

@@charlesferrin5 My brother you are so confused and blind to the truth. What have the Proud Boys actually done? I am black and I am South African but I can easily show you the destructive terroristic acts of marxists BLM and Antifa but I have not actually seen anything evil by the Proud Boys except what the NWO media claims. When are you going to wake up? For four years the media had people believing that President Trump was a Russian spy. They lied to the public knowingly and somehow you think these people are on your side. You are in for a rude awakening my friend.

[@gregj831]

That woke Socialist Elitist 'Hoover' is so brainwashed and stupid, she didn't have the slightest clue that she's actually part of the authoritarian structure he was referring to.

[@zeemancan3713]

Interviewer: so Trump bad man, just like Chinese Authoritarian government, right? This Based Chinese man: No, the bad thing is woke culture in the USA Interviewer (on the inside): REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@discowolf25]

Gamer kid. Wtf does based mean? lol I’m old. Also, Trump is still wack 😂. Get tf with it. Are you for workers rights or, not? If you are...then why are you not voting for the furthest candidate to the left? AOC, Ilhan, Ayana Presley are neo-lib corporatists. They’re not left at all. Don’t get tricked or trickled down lmaoooo. I love you gamer kids. You incels make me proud. 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Man thas a bar. Spãtulã A1 Certified🤟.

[@pappyodanial]

@@discowolf25 Based means based in reality. As in facts. For example in China black people have to eat outside McDonald's and aren't allowed in movie posters. In America, Trump brought blacks historically low unemployment, and has many black supporters because of it. See how those two facts oppose each other, but you were brainwashed to think Orange Man Bad? When in fact, Orange Man Rad. You were brainwashed because basically the globalist elite (Big Tech Oligarchy, Wall Street) own the neo liberal globalists in power (Clintons, Bidens, Obama) these are people bought and sold by the Chinese Communist Party. The CCP is working to divide and conquer this nation by race, it's part of a 50 year plan. You were tricked by PBS into believing the current generation of white people are bad, instead of realizing we can all work together. Your side is working to divide us, when in reality Trump united us all under a booming economy... Until the Wuhan Institute of Virology released Covid-19 onto the world of course. So when you say incel I mean, you're projecting. You cuck'd yourself by voting for Biden and watching PBS seriously. You're a cuck.

[@discowolf25]

@@pappyodanial n yo, ima just help you out cuz I triggered dem fingaz faster than bolt on a Wednesday (BARZ) next time, don’t get so emotional. It’s weak out here on the tube?! Wtf happened to that 2015 world star type KZbin?!?! smdh.

[@discowolf25]

@@pappyodanial Oh this is some good stuff right here son. You thought after that entire 5 paragraph essay that I voted for Biden? LOL bruh💀. An entire five paragraph, non-sensical, emo circa 97 essay on projecting. Then, projected the whole time. This is 🔥 lmaoooo

[@discowolf25]

@Potato Hero hey spiiiida

[@eddylopez4141]

Wow it takes some courage to speak up against the CCP, job well done.

[@kasimwaalidjecle223]

This man is legend , i really appreciate his critical thinking which is sharp and very sophisticated.

[@malcolmbruce9753]

A very good interview. Thanks Margaret. I appreciate his candor and honesty.

[@billw1958]

An outside voice telling you we are in very dangerous waters..

[@localjess838]

We are. Every junta or regime started the way the US is right now

[@vinasel96]

Simply fascinating! Please have more guests like this and fewer AOC and Lemon please!

[@mariosolis1802]

This is probably the only PBS (PureBS) video I give a 👍! And it’s not because of the show itself! I came to find it because of commentary on other channels. The man knows! Too bad the MSM think they know better than him! Arrogant folks!

[@roysimpson3391]

He left no doubt as to who the smartest most insightful person was in the room in this interview. Remarkable answers and for the most part left her floundering to keep up.

[@williamfriar6295]

Once all Intersectional grids are in place, each person will be in his or her own box, separated from everyone else, at war with everyone else, and looking to government as a “savior.”

[@hospice8896]

Could not be put more plainly. Some call it " religion" others " wisdom". This is ripped right from the Dao.

[@hospice8896]

@Random Thought you speak truth. We are teetering on the edge of disaster. It's pretty clear.

[@tragicslip]

Wisdom in the yt comments. Shocked

[@ethandale2012]

Listen to what this man says, then listen to it again. Hes describing the west to a T!

[@gregj831]

He sure did and she was in total denial over it. Hoover's arrogance is so typical of the Socialist Elites.

[@mikegugg1201]

Beautiful in his simplicity of speech and power of experience. We are a culture of unachievable ideals to which we should always strive to achieve. This is what makes, and made, America idealistic and great…striving beyond our human limits.

[@macroevolve]

Margaret Hoover's profile says she is a Republican, and she is married to a CNN contributor or something. I say that because she seemed kind of defensive when he said we are now in an authoritarian government, or the beginings of one anyway, and we don't know it....some of us do know, though.

[@nancyguzman8756]

RINO?

[@ronaldlincoln2935]

Saying someone is a Republican doesn't indicate non establishment...quite the contrary for a good half of them actually. The McCainites, the Romneyites, they are everywhere. China is in full control.

[@dogbarbill]

@@nancyguzman8756 Seems like it to me.

[@dystopian2153]

Well the Mccains, the Bush's, Cheneysa and many more are part of the establishment and not TRUE Republicans. They're corrupt.

[@dystopian2153]

@@dogbarbill no because if she really were she would have a better understanding of Communism and what it takes to be a dictator. She has zero understanding

[@stevepitzing2343]

Wow.... This guy gets it. The interviewer just can't grasp he truth.

[@leapfrog4561]

I don't think the interviewer is allowed to get it. She may lose her job.

[@shane1489]

@@leapfrog4561 😂😂 She’s already a costume party away from being a bartender 😂😂

[@leaheames8995]

@@leapfrog4561 the real truth.

[@timdaugherty4014]

LET'S GO BRANDON!!

[@RyuMai]

her facial expressions throughout the whole interview are so over the top and theatrical

[@JDH_MUSIC]

Yes, her expressions were so fake and insincere. Someone put in a position to shape a narrative rather than uncover truth.

[@Beast-xd3bz]

16:00 is the content is you are looking for

[@nikkinicole5967]

TRUTH! AI Weiwei..."They do not have the Right to hiding dirty games. There's a lot of dirty games going on!"

[@kellydarbyshire6693]

Amazing, apt interview! Thank you 🙏

[@Thericecakeman]

What a brave soul!!

[@sharongillesp]

This artist deserved a better interviewer. Mr. Ai WeiWei could have just as easily answered the questions from a list. What a missed opportunity.

[@raybod1775]

This interview was very interesting and seemed too short.

[@roseco581]

"With todays technology we know more than we understand". WOW MIC DROP

[@GUNMETALGUYUSA]

The look on her face when it didn't go her or pbs way was priceless...the perfect caught in their own lie moment..

[@jjtru21]

He’s right you know.

[@davidpaz9389]

A genuine Authoritarian could not be banned from any platform in their own nation.

[@davedelecto4148]

16:05 That look on her face when she asked him if Donald Trump was an authoritarian. “Do you want to go deeper”???

[@tn18977]

"Do you want to go deeper?" is him giving her an opportunity to save face.

[@Em.TS.13]

Yeah, “I’m about to practice some serious mental martial arts on your ass, so what do you really want to do??” Ha! Love it…

[@truenorth2977]

Bravo, and thank you, Ai Weiwei, for your solid truth. Wish we could have heard more from you on the aspects of the authoritarian state in the U.S. You could certainly recognize that impending danger.

[@lakers0910111]

I just watched Never Sorry. Incredible! Ai Weiwei is amazing. However the interviewer is not very good

[@jsedusjung461]

You meant not woke?

[@wenguo66]

His warning about the Woke culture shows his deep loves this country and his understanding of the dangerous direction this country is heading to.

[@loulex8184]

Wow! Margaret did a wonderful job interviewing Ai WeiWei. I am impressed by his answers.

[@joycemccloy]

16:20 "Certainly the United States, with today's condition, you can easily have an authoritarian," says artist and activist Ai Weiwei - "In many ways, you are already in the authoritarian state. You just don't know it."

[@lisag1153]

Watching this in December 2022 after the drip of Twitter files. Just wow He could just as easily be talking about the U.S. but most of the country has been conditioned not to see or believe it.

[@davedelecto4148]

19:18 Stands up to the CIA stooge’s questioning of his support for the freedom of the press.

[@georgeharris7448]

Blessings Ai Weiwei, Thank You.

[@davidrobinson5180]

To me, it looks like Hoover is highly resistant to Weiwei's description of American whistleblowers. While challenging questions are important, she goes beyond that. She asks only questions that would jeopardize his contentions and excludes questions that would use his contentions as a foundation for more analysis.

[@green8026]

This guy is so on point that it's mind blowing. I love it.

[@peace-yv4qd]

Seeking out the good in people is much harder when you're always looking for the bad.

[@yinka661]

Trying to bash ‘Trump’ back-fired on her big time. She began with such glee and was shell shocked in the end.

[@S.J.L]

"Politically correct" was a term uses by Hitler as well as Mao. There is no such thing. There is the objective truth and what is advantageous to certain factions...evidence speaks for itself and somethings transcend the partisan or the political.

[@michaelneufeld4515]

Want to lay out some specifics on this evidence and what truth(s) you're referring to?

[@S.J.L]

@@michaelneufeld4515 It's telling that not even "objective truth" is a clear term these days. It would depend on the objective. I mean this generally in the broadest sense like if the objective is to grow food then specific conditions and methods are necessary on a biological level. I also think that voluntary trade and peace is the favorable condition for society and that some basics have to be met as a prerequisite for any society, let alone a free society, to function, ideally free trade and civil liberty. Nations, like people, can only lead by example.

[@foosmonkey]

@@S.J.L it’s no longer speaking the truth, it’s about speaking “your” truth.

[@S.J.L]

@@foosmonkey If there is an objective then their is objective truth. There are different objectives however.

[@IblewuponyourfaceIII]

“Politically Correctness” is a Marxist Communist leftist ideology to control Speech. Fascism wasn’t politically correct, Fascism is an Alt-Right Ideology.

[@cranky17]

Love when the media and social media get a back slash 😂

[@LunazulBaraka]

Since trying to bait him to put everything outside of US fault or responsibility and couldn't she switched back to China 😂😂😂

[@OregonBacon]

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. - Ronald Reagan Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect. - Eleanor Roosevelt

[@lordgibbness]

Those channel sponsors don't even hide their obvious control of the show

[@escapethehatetrix]

Love him. Powerful interview (despite the interviewer being a psychotically peppy Stepford wife).

[@dystopian2153]

🤣🤣

[@tiffanyfett1159]

Oh wow shes back in studio now?! Finally.

[@truthseeker9679]

She is NOT a good interviewer. He stated that we, the United States is already in the totalitarian state, WE JUST DON'T KNOW IT!!!!She is bad as circle back Jen, she is the, How So, version of Jen.

[@KC-jq9kw]

Great interview.

[@fleonard4]

That's something you don't want to say to a Chinese person speaking out against China: "welcome to the firing zone".

[@er406]

With today's technology, we know so much more than we understand- Ai Weiwei

[@ke6264]

Somebody please turn her reactions into a meme 😂🤣😂

[@robs9557]

Interviewer: so Trump bad man, just like Chinese Authoritarian government, right? This Based Chinese man: No, the bad thing is woke culture in the USA Interviewer (on the inside): WUT.

[@MichaelThomas-bb6mz]

Trump still lives in their heads.

[@jooppoojk2356]

Free Assange!

[@sam_mathai]

16:36 what do you mean ‘how so?’ madam?? How are you a journalist and not able to understand your current zeitgeist and its authoritarian tendencies?

[@justinweston2353]

An American “journalist” accusing China of having an Authoritarian government. XD

[@alkatraz706]

Trump smear backfired huh! 😆😆😆

[@dogbarbill]

Backfired big time!!

[@janwilliamson8470]

Not at all a Trump smear. She actually *read his book*. And knew exactly where he’d go with it when she quoted his book where he does compare Mao and Trump.

[@Shackleford_Rusty]

He spoke so much truth about the county this last year

[@Beast-xd3bz]

16:58 mic drop, the vacant look on the interviewers face says it all

[@joseph8275]

He didn’t give the answer she wanted to her Julian Assange question so she straight up just repeats the question 🤣 😂 🤣

[@S.J.L]

Ideally art transcends politics. It is above both simple definitions of love and hate and appeals to the sense of the the profane and divine within us all.

[@countpicula]

Lol, PBS did not expect that answer TO BE “ no trumps not the authoritarian, it’s the sole left.” I’ll give them credit for not editing it.

[@SamtheIrishexan]

With the political bombshells he dropped aside. Its important to note how dangerous it is for this man to do this. His family and friends too. He is warning us not to go any further down that path

[@oliviawoods5418]

I love this meeting of minds in an unguarded way ( you know, the way we use to speak in the old days🙄)

[@awallerfamily]

Dude kept it real

[@Marcus_-sy9fi]

"..we know so much more than we really understand.", "...you just think you're purified by certain ideals ". The problem with wokeness

[@Meitti]

Chinese have had these "free anonymous speech" walls called Dazibao for hundreds of years. During Culture Revolution, people used it to call out their neighbours and people they don't like as "enemies of communism" for minor infractions, such as wrong opinions. Sound familiar? Culture Revolution was full Cancel Culture in full steam and eventually turned into a full blown civil war. Eventually the army had to put down the Social Justice Warriors called the Red Guard when they refused to budge. Millions of people were beaten, robbed, raped and killed by these so called warriors of justice.

[@janwilliamson8470]

You don’t quite have what happened with the Cultural Revolution right - those folks are the army and are still running the country. But are you for or against trolls? Or are you just in favor of trolls that you agree with?

[@Meitti]

@@janwilliamson8470 You don't read history books. Culture Revolution turned into a civil war, Red Guard were eventually defeated by the chinese army and those who were surrendered were forced to work on farms. Culture Revolution was the one thing CCP admits outright was a major mistake, thats where the "Mao was 70% right, 30% wrong"-phrase comes from. The reason why CCP stood in power was they took 4 leaders of CCP (including Mao's wife) after Mao's death and turned them into scapegoats for the whole thing. And this has nothing to do with trolls. Dazibao= Internet. Red Guard= Twitter Cancel Mobs.

[@inconvenientTruther]

She just wants to change the topic to Julian Assange asap, but stepped into another landmine

[@WowRixter]

I'm surprised PBS didn't experience a sudden outage

[@0_k_1_]

When you bring on an artist thinking they're "woke" but then you realize he's actually woke 😄 her face when he took on P.C. culture. He's like Miyagi in real life

[@meejinhuang]

He basically says that Woke culture needs to be put back to sleep.

[@krishcapricorn]

What a beautiful person he is.

[@jennbi1627]

Good... need to interview him more 😇

[@autumnfragrance6326]

Do you Americans really believe you are free ???

[@Georgieqturkey]

Love this guy

[@ellieyoud]

"Were you paying attention to me or staring at the women in the red dress?!"

[@kmerriweather1]

Best comment

[@JohanEssenceExplorer]

Brandon is an authoritarian....he has a system ...social media.

[@kraftdinna5650]

amazing questions. she pushed to the limit

[@씨발조바이든]

Ai Weiwei needs his own show. he just destroyed her with telling her she is a puppet for the harris/biden misadministration

[@ClownCarCoup]

What? He actually thanked her for tough questions at the end of the interview

[@carpevinum9537]

@@ClownCarCoup ofc He would, only the wise man like Mr. Ai himself can ace Those questions.

[@JohanEssenceExplorer]

Ai WeiWei just described the American social media controlling what ppl can say.

[@npoliver2757]

and not just in USA -- everywhere in the West

[@yuluntsang]

Yeah, Americans really need to wake up before we lose this very country that we all live in.

[@Orf]

12:00 ******my art shakes the foundation of their legitimacy. And that is the obstacle they can never overcome”

[@Em.TS.13]

So does yours Matt! Keep pumping out the cynicism to shake the foundation of their legitimacy… Time to really fire up the comedy art. Nothing more infectious than laughter. 🤙🏼