This is How a Civil War in America Will Happen w/ Richard Dawkins

[@HJ-jy7fw]

Bill starts a show where he invites interesting people on to learn how he feels about everything..

[@mr.c.2888]

its awful

[@michaelj6392]

Are you surprised? Dude has always been a narcissist. This is Bill’s very boomer take on trying to have a podcast.

[@kavirajanr]

Not good, he talks all the time not giving the opportunity to the guests.

[@mustangmikep51]

he's so self absorbed and has a huge ego...i don't like him

[@994Xp]

💯

[@Jcholla]

Bill acts like he didn’t contribute to all this divisiveness.

[@Me_AV]

Yep. He helped sow these seeds of division and it makes me sick.

[@buckchile614]

I'm glad he's not a sheeple, like so many

[@milkyway-in7ff]

Holding liberals accountable to their core values I don't feel like is sowing seeds of divisiveness.. because if he didn't call liberals out we'd be calling him sheeple and bought and paid for it by the mainstream media.. it's like the whole situation with Disney World, liberals are like "corporations should pay their fair share" until a republican says that then we have a million reasons why Disney shouldn't.. don't abandon your core principles just bc someone across the aisle finally agrees with you..

[@GabGotti3]

He’s a truth teller

[@DirtyMac5151]

Naw, Bill was always open to whoever would come on his show. Fact is, he's so intelligent and quick on his feet, that many who were opposed to his opinions still wouldn't dare argue with him. So he just said fuck it, if you won't come on and be interviewed then I'm gonna lambaste yer ass good n proper!

[@ExpandingRootArtGrdn]

Well now Richard Dawkins knows how Bill thinks the Civil War will start. I have no idea what Richard Dawkins thinks.

[@ErikPortland]

Nobody does. They should just put a mannequin with a joint in the chair.

[@sherbear8286]

He was trying to say that our national military will be on the side of the government, meaning the left, and anyone who opposes them will be wiped out. Which is true. You see it now in cancellation of conservative thought. The government, media, our institutions, and our businesses are all on the same side-the left. Bill talked over him as usual so he didn’t expound on this thought.

[@buckchile614]

@@ErikPortland Lol!

[@calholli]

@@ErikPortland Make it a girl mannequin.. I want to see him keep trying to touch it's legs again.

[@reev9759]

You're absolutely right. I'm frustrated with this video because I didn't receive what the title suggested.

[@seankavanagh3668]

It's funny to listen to bill talk about this when he helped promote it for the last 6 years now All of sudden he changed his mind

[@WayneLynch69]

AND Dawkins produced the BBC's 2006, "The Root of All Evil". HOW could THAT be polemical?!

[@dukefan37923]

This x 1,000

[@robertpatterson9943]

He definitely helped bring Biden and Obama into office which hurt us terribly imagine if we could just undo those 2 let alone the 2 bush and Clinton eras 😮

[@elijahchesterthomas5334]

We just traded an arms dealer for someone who can throw a basketball into a net while an ex Soldier has been there longer than her and is still rotting in a Russian prison. And people are celebrating this. That should tell you all you need to know about why some people are pissed off. In the last 5 years we have changed our definitions of words, we have turned children into sexual objects, we have allowed People based on their sexual orientation to show our kids sexual imagery, Etc. We already had enough problems before all of this. Do know this though.. as far as the government goes there are no sides. They may seem opposed but they both work for the same Financial system. The whole thing is a sleight of hand. Ridiculous.

[@hailoweenhailoween5264]

What you just said about the kids...that's been going on forever. The ONLY reason why it's a big deal now is because more evidence is coming out that the democratic party is involved. That's it. Prior to that, majority of Americans didn't give a damn about the kids. That's a fact.

[@SLHJR0390]

Conservatives love Vladimir Putin , they all claimed he was a better leader than Barack Obama. They love that Trump is his buddy. Why aren’t you complaining to them ?

[@tedwojtasik8781]

Except that former Marine was indeed a spy and has been proven a spy. He was in Russia doing corporate espionage and had been since around 2013. That guy belongs exactly where he is.

Tranni BB player 2

[@DoBetter.g]

@@tedwojtasik8781what? Who are you referring to? Paul Whelan was charged for “spying” when he went to Moscow for a wedding of another Marine. Even if he was spying, why would the US not want to bring him home?? He’s not a Russian spying on US, he’d be a US spy gathering Intel on a foreign adversary, so we would have an interest in knowing what he knows. Your argument makes no sense

[@af-qo4nw]

Both sides hate each other I helped that happen! "Bill Maher"

[@billieunderwood8303]

​@Tired-hm4twno, but it didn't stop him from heaping coal on the fire.

[@AnkushNarula]

“There’s lots of people rooting for [a civil war]. There’s many people who think we are so divided, and they hate the other side. The term both sides use is ‘existential threat’.” -Bill Maher, Club Random, Dec 2022 “I hope for a recession to get rid of Trump. Sorry if that hurts people” -Bill Maher, Real-time with Bill Maher, June 2018

[@jorgemasvidal5834]

that was a stupid thing to say but come on, thats nothing like rooting for cvil war. and most of the civil war are being talked about by the far right media

[@pdcdesign9632]

Trump was an existential threat. Get a brain!!!

[@AnkushNarula]

@@jorgemasvidal5834 you’re missing the point - Bill takes no responsibility for stirring mutual contempt for 4 years and now he acts like he’s not part of this tragedy - laughable for all the wrong reasons

[@DCfromBC]

Maher is a documented hypocrite on so many counts.

[@AnkushNarula]

@@amremorse lol - touché

[@russsnyder2026]

Bill is oblivious to his contributions to this polarization

[@ricomajestic]

Why because he goofs on Trump? LOL! Comedians have been goofing on politicians since forever!

[@russsnyder2026]

@@ricomajestic then he complains when the other side does it. I’m just going by his own rules

[@tommyanomaly6193]

He's much less polarizing than he used to be. Doesn't mean I agree with everything he says but at least he gets the dangers of tribalism.

[@infidelheretic923]

He is damn near blameless on that front.

[@josephgriffin2388]

He knows... he's just in denial.

[@guyrichardson7358]

One thing I have learned about BM is he thinks his shit doesn't stink.

[@SLHJR0390]

He’s a classic narc

[@davidmushinski8196]

He is so stupid and uninformed

[@tb4326]

How is Bill saying “Rednecks” not racism ? He’s an empty shell of a human with so much entitlement it oozes from him.

[@ChuckHolland-i4b]

His precious lefty college student friends sold his people down the river and sided with Hammas. His list of friends grows thin. Who does he think is going to stand up for Israel? Liberals? The lack of self awareness is unreal.

[@scottmueller1896]

Bill thinks he can never be wrong and that his arrogant opinion should be taken without question, all while he jokes at and pushes the sleeping dog. I'm sick and tired of Billy Bong Mahr

[@matthewfurlani8647]

ironically your comment is exactly what he's talking about about lol

[@rossbreckenridge3322]

Rednecks are not a race. Not all white people are rednecks. White people are not a single group. Scottish people are classified as white as are Hungarians, but if you look into the genetics. Hungarians have large Turkish roots when Scottish people dont. Scots are closer to Nordics, Swedes and Norwegians when Hungarians are a mix of Turks and Slavs.

[@26michaeluk]

Bro I'm a redneck and it doesn't bother me in the least to be called that. There's plenty of black rednecks too.

[@based_yeoman9138]

I don't think Maher really understands half the things he talks about.

[@panderson9561]

I gathered he didn't know the CSA capitol.

[@tetlow2]

How would he? Those people are so detached from the average man. It's ridiculous

[@trainingrifle]

He’s been an idiot day one

[@bidenator9760]

@Nachos with a slice of lime He was born into a Catholic family lmao

[@roydagger]

@@kaveh1836 what do you mean exactly? I like Bill's commentary on the state of the world. It may be a little overblown but I understand hyperbole works better for TV ratings.

[@Everettel]

I wonder what Richard thinks about this issue? 🤣

[@JustinR941]

I love how Bill interrupts him to say exactly what he was saying.

[@davidseter1780]

Only 4 seconds in before Bill mentions Trump but who's counting? Haha! Did Bill say- "Americans, they sit in their gilded cage..." while he cuts another cigar in his million dollar mansion with the golden bidets on every floor? Lol, too funny.

[@thomasbonnett4800]

It saddens me to think that we have genuine conversations about a Civil War between citizens, even as politicians of all stripes have utterly sold, future generations down the river. That’s their greatest victory, keeping the citizens divided, even as they adopt a slash and burn mentality with wealth and power

[@Kevs442]

We need a civil war, desperately.

[@j-me6317]

💯

[@Orto-jj2di]

Let's see how they like it when those generations come knocking on their doorstep If this really happens

[@rayted9073]

Its gonna happen in our lifetime and not only alot of things are coming that cant and wont be undone for the case is sealed.Civil wars Slavery Militia Degeneracy zombies aliens etc

[@mordantvistas4019]

This is just Earth. It's just long running play of pleasure and pain. Some were born in horrible times, other in great peace. I'm neither sadden, nor excited. Are you saddened for the billions that came before you? If not, then how can you fear for those that are yet to come? Mostly I find interesting as an observer. In a 10-billion-year view of Earth, Human may only be a 1-million-year act in the play, and that's being wildly positive. I certainly will not have a care after my existence has expired, because what did I care about before my existence.

[@KennyGee]

Bill Maher: sarcastically "we never thought terrorism could happen HERE!" I don't think anyone said that.

[@pdcdesign9632]

Bill is getting more and more ridiculous with his statements as he ages I guess but he's still on right side of history.

[@KennyGee]

@@pdcdesign9632 he's a devil's advocate who's more interested in entertaining.

[@cheryal2809]

Bill used to be a little more edgy *and* relevant before he got so rich and now he just seems to yell, "Get off of my lawn! And hurry up and install my solar panels!!" Shame. I used to love him on 'Politically Incorrect.'

[@kinidiosodlosios6892]

what terrorism ? You mean inside job ?

[@barfrodgers1202]

His people are the ones who did it

[@Limosethe]

If I were the world's biggest narcissist: I would start a TV show, then invite interesting people from all over the World with different backgrounds, just to teach them what my take on numerous Academic topics are.

[@mustangmikep51]

what a jerk....its all about HIM isn't it...What an authority he is on so many topics...what would we do without him for information and giving us common morons some direction in life

[@Limosethe]

@@mustangmikep51 Yeah, I hear he once was someone completely different. He had to once have been good since you wouldn't survive behaving like a boring talk show host who already has their fame at the beginning of your career. Too bad I've never seen his early content, so it would seem perfectly plausible that he did set out to be the world's most narcissistic troll from the onset, like in my contrived hypothetical.

[@MahavishnuProject]

Amazing. Self important Maher doing most of the talking while he has Richard Dawkins on.

[@rjjrdq]

things have never been better in human history. We are living in the softest of times and people are still complaining.

[@tvviewer4500]

Look up charley munger’s statement on greed vs envy. People are envious when things are so great. Not greedy.

[@jeangold8789]

because life is not about comfort. We live in the best time in history only if you look at the creature comfort that is from a purely materialist perspective in which happiness is defined by how much things you have and how easy you can access those things.

[@MrStrife622]

@@jeangold8789 Nail on the head

[@smash_face7783]

Softness is weakness! This period of human history is as shit as any other.

[@calholli]

Are you blind? Everywhere white people go, they build paradise. Sure there are flaws along the way, but they get a paradise built up for themselves to live in--- and now you see this country getting flooded with foreigners; when you look at their countries and what their society has built, it's slums and druggie tent cities, and massive crime. They are flooding this country with people who can't build their own nation; and they come here with good intentions for themselves, but they only destroy our country. We will either have to fight to get our country back or lose it.

[@georgehardin3037]

The divide is urban/liberal vs. rural/conservative. If rural stops shipping food to urban, it will all be over in 30 days.

[@BDogg2023]

Awww…that’s quaint. As if the urban port cities don’t have access to food from around the globe. As if California isn’t the #1 agricultural state in the USA. 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️ You know what would happen in 30 days, though? The urban port cities would stop shipping fuel to rural areas, and they (we) would be back in the 1800s very quickly.

[@BishopWalters12]

@@BDogg2023 You missed the point and you do know that many of those farming towns in CA are Conservative, Right?

[@BDogg2023]

@@BishopWalters12 Buddy, I grew up in rural California raising livestock, moved to Los Angeles for 25 years, worked in Hollywood, and now retired to rural Oregon. I live what I’m talking about every day. So spare me that I missed the point. I know it better than you do, I promise you.

[@brockreynolds870]

@@BishopWalters12 I'm a "liberal" and live on 320 acres of land. Don't be so sure of yourself. And I also live a rural county... and YES, Trump won my county by 6%, but make no mistake, 8,500 people voted for Trump in my county. 8,500 out of 52,000.

[@brockreynolds870]

@@BishopWalters12 And furthermore... San Joaquin County is the highest producing agricultural county in California. and Biden won it. Biden also won all the Rio Grande counties in Texas, tons of agriculture goes on there as well. Mainly because white people are too lazy to pick fruits and vegetables.

[@alvinfew8711]

I have a group of closely knit friends, and we have all different viewpoints and backgrounds. We debate all types of topics, but there's an undercurrent of love and tolerance. The tribalism mainly exists on social media. The irony is that the simplest way for our country to become united is for some faction on the left or right to start an insurrection. At that point it's not Rep or Dem, it's sane people vs. delusional, malicious idiots.

[@centristmiguel8581]

Humans are hunter/gatherers. We're a tribal people by nature.

[@lareggiejones6617]

I say bring it, I don’t know one damn liberal that can handle a gun, fight or anything similar. Btw dumbazz, so if you call people idiots, don’t come back and tell me how tolerant you are.?! Lol

[@alvinfew8711]

@@lareggiejones6617 tolerance pertains to the views of others but not their actions if they harm another person. People who get excited of the thought of civil war have obviously not considered the overall consequences of such actions.

[@lareggiejones6617]

@@alvinfew8711 seen civil war in 1983 in Lebanon and you won’t be typing your views on a keyboard either. People can only put up with so much BS.

[@ajpisharodi]

@CentristMiguel While you're right about humans being tribal by nature, I'm not sure the latter part of what you said pertains to what tribalism means. It's really just a different word for factionalism. And while I'm sure you're aware of that, it's important to note that tribes and factions can form even among different age groups, fans of different TV or rival channels.

[@oceantree5000]

Club Random: AKA Maher’s Interruption.

[@JamesBond-uh4gq]

Bill you are exactly right about wearing a trump hat . Turn the page . Wear a Hillary hat to a republican state 🙄 guess what nothing will happen. Go figure!

[@JEK]

Trump sticker Hillary sticker guess which one gets the tires slashed first.

[@cynthianolder3557]

U don't think there are still people saying at least to themselves, lock her up? Think again

[@stephenslusser2895]

Somehow I feel "getting ticketed" for wearing a MAGA hat, is the very least of concerns for Conservatives in Commifornia, Bill. Your absurd bias, undermined what could have been an excellent point, about a real problem.

[@shughy1]

Bill doesn't realise he's part of the problem, equally entrenched as the most polarised of people

[@joesalvator5878]

I left the city 4 years ago to prepare for everything going on in this country. I talked about everything that is going on right now, like attacks on critical infrastructure, and supply chain problems. Everyone around me thought I was crazy. This was even before covid. Last week 40k people had their power go out a few towns away from me. A lot of those folks that thought I was crazy still think I'm crazy. I guess some folks won't see the truth until the lights go out. Not my problem anymore. I live on a farm out in the sticks now.

[@BigSnipp]

You're crazy.

[@joesalvator5878]

@@BigSnipp it's a crazy world.

[@Dan-440]

Your chances are much better in the sticks away from the dysfunction of the populated areas.

[@joesalvator5878]

Absolutely, people in the city are always telling me that it won't make a difference, but they have no idea what it's like where I live. Most of my neighbors are farmers and have guns. More importantly, they can provide for themselves and all share the same mindset. There won't be any looting or anarchy in the sticks when shtf, it will be the safest place to be.

[@BigSnipp]

@@joesalvator5878 We could learn what you know in a week.

[@nicolasadileonardo]

Bill is correct. American exceptionalism was only consistent because of our shared values. That has changed.

[@briansimerl4014]

That's because the Anti-Americanism was not revealed until Obama and Biden.

[@salty6pence672]

Yea Kid diddlers, Freaks of every hair color. No longer following the laws enacted by both sides, Rioting and indoctrination of children with liberal values. While Score plummet and they all have All the IQ of rocks . Yea we are no longer on the same page.

[@calholli]

By shared values, I think you mean race.

[@briansimerl4014]

@@calholli wrong.

[@tommyanomaly6193]

@@calholli race and culture overlap but they're not the same thing

[@jasonj5641]

Bill Maher was willing to go to just about any lengths to rid the U.S. of the elected President Donald Trump including economic collapse. Remember when Bill Maher said: “I feel like the bottom has to fall out at some point. And by the way, I’m hoping for it,” Maher said.” “Because I think one way you get rid of Trump is a crashing economy. So please, bring on the recession,” he said. “Sorry if that hurts people...."

[@carsonhager9473]

Such a snake.

[@pluntchgunster6156]

“When there’s a crash, I hope it’s going to be during this next 12 months because I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover. The one president-I just don’t want to be Herbert Hoover,” - Donald J. Trump Do you feel silly now?

[@johng9123]

People in America like the IDEA of civil war, and some of those boneheads think it would be fun, and they’re ‘tough’ but they don’t realize that it would be a gruelling horrible thing, where there are injuries, death, starving, freezing, pain, horrors and torture. It’s not a fantasy camp, or cosplay weekend, it’s war, death, killing and war. Most Americans who think they want a civil war because they’re brainwashed and hate the ‘other side’ have no idea what a civil war actually means and entails. Be careful what y’all wish for. You may just get it.

[@summerrunner1755]

Its really dumb and even those hardcore larpers will get tired of it once their gas and water shut off because of the conflict. Nobody wants to sh*t in the woods

[@josephgriffin2388]

Conservatives have all the guns folks, because liberals won't touch them... they have armed security. That won't last. If ya don't want bloodshed, ditch the Neo-Marxism. Otherwise, the enevitable.

[@JoeSimonsen]

"You can't even mingle with the other side" 2 minutes later "There are 4 million trump voters in California! We are all mingled"

[@calholli]

Have you ever been to Commiefornia? They are certainly segregated.

[@buckchile614]

Commingled would have been the better choice. You realize he's smoking pot, right? Might want to reserve your gotcha's for the sober

[@JoeSimonsen]

@@buckchile614 Bill is always smoking pot. It's less a gotcha because he honestly makes less and less sense these days. He is disproving his own original statement with other things he says are also a problem minutes later. Its like his list of problems facing America actually cancel each other out.

[@JoeSimonsen]

@@calholli I live here. I have a neighbor with a Trump flag in his garage. lots of me neighbors are hard conservative. I'm very middle ground, others hyper liberal. We all get along really well and are great neighbors to each other. I grab their packages when they are out of town and they do the same for us. We trade babies clothes and stuff as our kids are all within a year of each other. My neighbor gave me extra meat from a hunt he had recently, I offered him Salmon from a fishin trip and give them the pick from my fruit and vegetable garden every year. The world Bill describes doesn't really exist where I live in California.

[@calholli]

@@JoeSimonsen Good for you.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

California could easily split. In fact, there's been a movement to split us politically since I was a kid.

[@johnstasio6205]

Way to let the guest prattle on ?the poor guy (I think) he got 4 or 5 words out 😅

[@raross6119]

Make sure he is on the list

[@ErikPortland]

I just wish Bill would listen more. Great guests! What a waste.

[@Sam-oo2bb]

Bill is still a left at heart so he will excuse the left's lawlessness. But, calls out the right as up risers? He's so delusional, with pejorative views towards anyone conservative.

[@wet-read]

Yeah, Dawkins barely spoke in this snippet. I'm gonna have to watch the whole thing.

[@voiceguy3635]

"Things have never been better in history..."But it isn't where we've been,or where we are--it's where we're going.Look at our big cities as an example of the direction of our country.They already ARE warzones.

[@Dapryor]

I spent about seven years in Portland, OR before moving back home to Dallas in 2020 then right back up to Salem, OR a few months back. The difference in those 2.5 years is worse than the media is reporting. I wouldn’t say it’s a warzone yet but there’s gunshots every few days (I live in a fairly nice neighborhood), homeless people shitting in the streets, and private/public businesses harassed. And the cops either can’t or won’t do anything about it. It would be entertaining if it wasn’t so terrifying.

[@voiceguy3635]

Game shows used to have trips to New York City,San Francisco or Miami and people--many years ago--would get excited.NOW?What reason would you want to go to these places?

[@vapor-cake]

@@voiceguy3635 Those places are for the morbidly curious now. People who want to see the decay up close.

[@RM-iu6mm]

Hmmm.. at least the Americans don’t demand a “people’s vote” when they lose a referendum, eh Richard?

[@JEP-Tech]

Can we all atleast agree that Bill Maher is awful? Surely there most be some common ground we can stand on. Let this be the hill we die together on.

[@natron1973]

A military coup like you’re suggesting, is hard to imagine in America because of the structure of our military and because our military still allows for individualism and free independent thought amongst its ranks. A Civil War in the United States might be just as divisive in the military as it is in the civilian ranks…. Anyways, it’s just a thought.

[@kcmichelson4528]

Our generals actively discouraged Trump from using military force on civilians when the George Floyd protests happened. They basically said they wouldn't do it. No one got fired. And Trump did nothing. They stood their ground as Americans first. Generals second. Pretty cool country.

[@damianthorne7495]

I think you're 100% right.

[@joesalvator5878]

Really depends on the kind of leadership at the time shtf. A civil war under someone like Biden, is going to be a lot different than one under someone like Trump. Anything's possible though. The military could get involved or they could stay out of it. It's gonna take every boot we got on the ground just to maintain a place like California if the grid goes down for more than a few weeks.. There won't be anyone left in the military to mount an offensive when they all have to serve as glorified military police in populated cities. And the government won't use weapons of mass destruction on their own soil. Our military with all its technology is hardly relevant if the lights go out in this country.

[@seankavanagh3668]

I believe but I'm not sure that during the Civil War the army let the southerners leave and the northerners stay

[@dagnabbit6187]

Well correct me ,somebody, if I am wrong but I think there is a rule in the military that if a subordinate rank is given an order that is immoral , destructive incompetent etc then that subordinate can choose to disobey that order . Of course that subordinate will go through hell to clear themselves . Allegedly that is what they hung Lt. Calley on . For those of you who don’t know who Lieutenant Calley is Google it .

[@MustadMarine]

The US has been down this road several times before. Radical leftism -- which is ideologically incompatible with Americanism -- has been a strident force in America since Lenin supplanted the Menshevik Revolution in Russia. We have held it together through each test. However, the main difference now is that the institutions and media have joined forces to give the leftist mindset broader range and longevity. It has become entrenched and isolated. IMO, It's the type of self-perpetuating liberalism that Friedrich Nietzsche warned would ultimately destroy progressive civilizations in the latter half of this century. Civilizations, he figured, that would not stand up for themselves under the weight of their self-imposed rectitude and ultra-moralist worldview. What we need is more Machiavelli and less Voltaire and Kant. Culture is not detachable from our physical being nor is it immune to the treachery of our own cowardice.

[@fredwild2166]

Why does Maher always sound so arrogant and belligerent no matter the subject?!

[@davidsantacarla]

We’re here because that’s how our overseers thrive.

[@josephgriffin2388]

And our overseers.... wear Yalmukas. Time for coffee, and WAKING THE FUCK!!!!

[@cyberpred]

How can you have a conversation when you call people drunk rednecks etc. What an arrogant man

[@hailoweenhailoween5264]

Most RNs drink anyways...so what's the problem?

[@TechOutAdam]

Bill is one of the worst advocates of making everything a partisan issue. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing because you can never get a definite answer from where HE stands because he knows it’ll conflict with the ice cream flavor of the month. He won’t say he loves strawberry ice cream because he’ll piss of the vanilla fans but if the strawberry fans ever outdo the vanilla ones in the press he’ll give a hint like “Oh yeah strawberry is doing so great” well is that what YOU think Bill or are you just stating a fact while obfuscating your standards? It’s so annoying how many people do this. Joe Rogan does it all the time too but has started to finally say where he stands lately. But during the past three years everyone was scared to speak their mind. Too much money to lose.

[@UltimateAwe]

To the critics of Bill, I could listen to him expound for hours. I don’t always agree, but he’s articulate and provocative, so I’m game.

[@puffontheradio6021]

Imagine believing politics were actually real 🤡

[@Eltalstro]

My best friend as a kid thinks Trump is the best president in history. I disagree. We are in our forties now and still talk regularly by phone. The last thing we always say is, "I love you, man."

[@kevinronske9894]

Definitely hasn't been Bush-Obama with pointless wars and the stabbing in the back of the working class,there is a reason Trump is popular.Nothing more important than having a prosperous middle class that past presidencies have stabbed in back.Bringing in more poverty doesn't help America.American citizens are not obligated to help out new immigrants.

[@erichagan7153]

Your best friend is smarter than you.

[@genestone4951]

Your best friend is intelligent. You need him.

[@ltsgoyanks]

I've been watching this podcast from day one, some episodes better than the other.. what happened to club random NOT being about politics Bill?

[@stacyyoust]

Well, then he got high

[@tvviewer4500]

This guy thinks the Russian army isn’t giving its troops shoes.

[@Bertiesghost]

He’s referring to the mobiks raised in the poor eastern republics of Russia. They were issued rubber wellington boots and lacklustre kit. Some are even issued with ancient mosin rifles.

[@truthcommentor6273]

The Russian army looked well equipped in Syria, but in Ukraine they look extremely ill prepared. At least from what I’ve seen. Anyone know why this is?

[@calholli]

@@truthcommentor6273 Because they are only trying to send the bare minimum; and reserve the real forces for a real conflict. They aren't even really using their air force yet. They are trying to overwhelm in numbers, but with the oldest equipment and the least experienced fighters. It hasn't really worked out as easily as they wanted, because we have sent in over 8k Javelins and nearly as many NLAW's-- which are the shoulder fired rockets that can blow up their tanks. So just that alone has really taken out a lot of Russian equipment, which I don't think they were counting on. Eventually Putin will be backed into a corner so much that he'll have to start dropping nukes to keep Nato from invading Russia. But we aren't there yet.

[@STC987]

@@truthcommentor6273 because you are being spoon fed a narrative by the media.

[@pdcdesign9632]

They won't need shoes to fire those missiles at western Europe.

[@fredranger7385]

Why is this not called "Club Random Potcast" ?

[@Jarhead0331]

Like how Bill implies it’s the Trump faction that is the problem. I’m a Marine Combat Veteran and I’m a Trump supporter and don’t appreciate being called the bad guy!

[@hailoweenhailoween5264]

Well January 6th isn't going to help your image as a Trump Supporter at all.

[@greyeyed123]

America is too soft (left, right, and center) to every have a civil war again. Everyone gets bent out of shape because of something happening with Twitter. What happens when cell service stops, electricity goes out, there is no internet AT ALL, and food shipments stop. Gimmee a break. Too many people "playing" civil war, or watching too many movies. They wouldn't last five seconds with any actual hardship, or the threat of real suffering or death.

[@powerdriller4124]

Right. But a Northern Ireland type of war is possible.

[@powerdriller4124]

@msmissy6888 :: How then? .. most of the tRumptards are unable and unfit to keep going for years with terrorist attacks. They are just braggarts (tRump included). But I guess something like 10,000 could. Ten thousand fanatics distributed in the Continental USA can do a lot of a fuzz, like in N. Ireland.

[@timbuktu8069]

Study the Spanish Civil War. Extreme liberals vs extreme conservatives. Every special interest group had its own militia, and every town was divided.

[@brentharrington9235]

Be nice to your neighbors. Don't talk about politics and religion. The world keeps spinning.

Maher better b-worried. On Top-10 list 4-patriots to come & have a neck-tie party.

[@blaketindle4703]

We are so incredibly stupid. Instead of exploring space and advancing the human race we’re gonna end up having another civil war. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@josephgriffin2388]

Well... quit asking state legislatures to pick up the slack for Democrats spending malfeasance. Here's what I mean: Chicago is HALF the population of Illinois (the liberal center). Like clockwork, they overspend, ruin everything AND EXPECT THE REST THE STATE TO PICK UP THE TAB!!!! This must end. Solution: In urban centers if over 300,000 people NO REPUBLICANS can run for any offices in that district. Conversely, Democrats can't run in the rural red areas. RHATS how must the national divorce must work.

[@babyhercules9875]

There are 1.5 million active duty service members currently in the US military, that's counting the national guard, and they are not consolidated nor armed at most moments, there are only 700,000 full-time police officers nationwide, and there are over 330 million citizens in the US, roughly 150 million of which are political, half Conservative, half Liberal, and there are over 400 million known firearms in the hands of every day citizens, there are more AR15s in the hands of dishwashers and electricians then there are M4s in the hands of Marines, the United States civilian populous literally owns half the firearms on the entire planet, and conservative Trump supporters make up the bulk of gun owners, military service members, veterans, police officers, first responders, and good old fashioned down and dirty millita, if just say 20 million conservatives decided to revolt, that is more than enough to overwhelm the US military and police ten times over, like the military or police would kill their own people because the Democrats said so, no matter how many planes or tanks the government has, they can only lose, the second civil war would not be between the north and south, nor would it be between the conservatives and liberals, it would be between the federal government and the people they claim to serve and they are counting on the loyalty of conservatives to protect them from conservatives, it wouldn't be a war, it would be a slaughter, and the government would lose

[@brianniegemann4788]

Very well put.

[@rayminyard1]

We should be afraid that a group of 1000 could overthrow our Republic…😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@reev9759]

Bill, stop interrupting Richard Dawkins.

[@JF-uf5jg]

Bill likes to sit on different sides of the fence. They are usually the first to go.

[@Lucky77772]

What's wrong with seeing both sides. I'm an independent and I have some views that lean left and some that lean right, but cannot stand how either side is going now, and thus, there is also a lot things disagree with from both sides. The problem is a great amount of people lack nuanced and complex thinking. Many people are not able to think critically

[@justadildeau]

Fence sitters get forced to pick a side first​@@Lucky77772

[@chadinmich1]

My problem is I hate both sides because they’re equally terrible only for mostly different reasons.

[@LFUFMNX]

I agree 100%. It has gotten to the point where the only conclusion is that our system of government doesn't work. Maybe it did in the beginning, but things have changed, most recently of course the advent of the Internet and Social Media. That's when it REALLY started to get bad.

[@quininde]

I don’t hate em. I just see them as mostly pathetic. And remember most people are in the “middle” Only 7-8% on either side are the crusading true believers.

[@Observe555]

I only see violence from the Left who destroy entire cities.

[@theend2353]

@@LFUFMNX Government is not working because we are electing people who are only in it for themselves. We have to do better,it takes everyone.

[@STC987]

I support the party that best reflects me and shares my concerns. Yep, I’m independent.

[@bwy553]

And whose fault is all this division? Liberals and leftists.

[@heartlights]

Ftr, this claim is coming from the same guy who spent twenty years on the lecture circuit attacking other people's theories based on the already debunked theory of macroevolution, which he admittedly knew was false the entire time.

[@heartlights]

Maher likes revolutionary talk because it's good for his ratings

[@Son3002]

Yep. Especially on Real Time. It’s like he secret wants it to happen.

[@coolcat6303]

Or.. he’s actually worried about it happening. He’s not the only one who is either.

[@paddy3002]

"Russians have no shoes..." That is the stuff propaganda is made of

[@bidenator9760]

Russia is losing. Cope.

[@paddy3002]

​@@bidenator9760They have no shoes...

[@paddy3002]

@@bidenator9760 How would a nuclear power concede btw? Would they say "oh shit bad move, sorry"? or would they escalate?

[@tonywellington7854]

love how everything always comes back to russia

[@jadoo868]

We will obey the constitution.

[@porkbones8751]

No wonder your country is divided, i find the negative conversations on this podcast are divisive!

[@Nrustica]

Ask Bill to cite an example of the right wing using that word “existential“

[@sophieoshaughnessy9469]

Haha. Thought the same thing.

[@buckchile614]

One does not literally have to say a word to denote its meaning. For example, the right sees immigration as an existential threat. You don't see too many lefties manning the border on their own time like it's Neighborhood Watch. Or feeling a need to build a wall. See, that wasn't hard now, was it?

[@carlodave9]

“The problem is that Iran poses an existential threat to Israel, our Middle Eastern allies and the United States.” -Donald Trump “Kamala: VP Candidate an Existential Threat to U.S. Supreme Court and Second Amendment” -NRA "Immigration today represents an existential threat to the United States.” -AZ Rep. David Stringer (R)

[@josephgriffin2388]

More appropriate: national, cultural, economic destruction for the purpose of selling ys out to foreign nations....TREASON!!!!

[@bullmoosevelt4495]

@@carlodave9Those quotes weren’t targeted towards the American people though. They were towards politicians and foreign entities. The left on the other hand has specifically called Conservatives, Christians, and Trump supporters an existential threat countless times. If calling half the American population an existential threat is asking for Jan 6 to happen.

[@dhemphill5359]

We have men wearing dresses and makeup in government positions but they're worried about Trump. EMBARRASSING

[@donguess4332]

Yep, the gender ideology on the left is complete INSANITY. Absolutely NUTS!!

[@libertycoffeehouse3944]

You confuse the issue by suggesting it is between Democrats and Republicans. Both Democrats and Republicans, are one and the same. It is between centralized power versus decentralized power. Why should there be so much central power? Why should we have a Federal Reserve that can print money?

[@nickbarcheck1019]

Does Bill really think you'd get a ticket if you wore a MAGA hat in Beverly Hills?

[@nickbarcheck1019]

@@HJ-jy7fw No, it won't.

[@nickbarcheck1019]

@@HJ-jy7fw Yeah, OK. Everything on the internet is 100% accurate.

[@ryeguy7941]

You'd be lucky to only get a ticket.

[@Bad.Pappy.Official]

So sad, but so true. God bless and save America. 🙏🇺🇸

[@JoeltheOrnery]

Bill Maher knows so little about the us military.

[@ReubenKincaidJr]

Maher is one of the most hateful divisive people in the country. Watch any of his monologues and this is evident. Hiding his hate with humour does not erase it.

[@paulwright1814]

Did I just see Bill cut a cigar with a pair of SCISSORS?!!!! Disgraceful.

[@brianshaker1885]

I've never seen a guy give a shit less than Bill asking people to subscribe to this show.

[@MrRichDavid]

Bill is finally down to a pod cast.

[@aaronwonder990]

Maher is always falling bk on Trump this or Trump that.

[@cynthianolder3557]

Because DJT is very, very foolish, greedy, liar, etc. Just about anytime he opens his mouth in public, or on tape, he brings things down on his head

[@M-arie64]

Bill, feels comfortable saying rednecks… Redneck is a derogatory term, Bill!!! But, he’s very careful not to call other groups a derogatory term!

[@carlodave9]

“Woke” is a derogatory term he uses for all progressives. He also refers to young Americans as summarily “stupid” and “woke morons.”

[@michaelj6392]

I mean, he did get in a lot of trouble for using the n word on his show 😆

[@Trip_Fontaine]

Redneck is barely an insult. People all over the USA proudly call themselves rednecks. It's often a term of endearment.

[@thomasjomes1903]

Most of the time I don’t agree with Bill Maher, but he does not sugar coat things, nor does he blow smoke up your ass. So he has my respect for stating the truth the way he see’s it, and having the courage to speak it. My hat is off to Bill.

[@mr.c.2888]

jesus bill stoptalking for once

[@the_anfield_roar]

I was going to subscribe untill you started talking about Putin. When you know the problem in Russia is because of America

[@Rocket1.5121]

The big difference is one side love's gun's and freedom.

[@pushagainstthezeitgeist4968]

Bill is so intoxicatingly knowledgeable. He knows what Richard Dawkins is thinking and proceeds to tell him.

[@pradyumn2692]

Another way of saying totally rude drunkfuck.

[@beready992]

Civil wars are necessary and welcome. Cleaning up generations of messes requires a massive shedding of blood, and that is always a good thing.

[@antony6799]

Lol ,and you think American enemies wont take advantage of the chaos to finally take out America? China and Russia would be drooling at such a prospect, invading a demoralized & divided country in war will be like taking candy from a kid

[@johnwilburn]

The country is a disaster. We’ve let the current government go on too long. It’s grown to be too powerful and unchecked.

[@Cognaxance]

Nothing about this conversation can be taken seriously and that's depressing. Both men are educated, well read I assume and respected in their own circles and moderately so outside of it. But to hear them parrot western propaganda is just unbelievable and unacceptable. The Russians military is just as well equipped if not better than wester forces. And it doesn't even take much digging to find that out. Sad, very sad these men fell for it.

[@TheAnimeAlliance]

What flavor of Kool-Aid is that?

[@carlodave9]

I guess that’s why the Russians have to resort to bombing energy infrastructure and civilian targets. Because they are so superior to the Ukraine army.

[@Cognaxance]

@@TheAnimeAlliance Fact

[@Cognaxance]

@@carlodave9 Bombing infrastructure is SOP in a war theater. If a military relies on a civilian provider, it's a target of high opportunity. See the US bombing Serbia. It destroyed or damaged bridges, industrial plants, hospitals, schools, cultural monuments, private businesses as well as barracks and military installations.

[@babecat2000]

@@Cognaxance wrong ! If Russia had good equipment then how come there are photos and videos of failing equipment? Putin is not going to win.

[@anthonymorris5084]

How ironic. Mahar fuels the MAGA hatred.

[@richdavidson8554]

The military would go left.

[@CalebGooch23]

I think it’s funny that Dawkins says you can’t imagine a civil war because the Feds have all the guns 😂😂

[@ianlassitter2397]

If woke, crt and trans authoritarianism won’t stop…let the it happen.

[@babecat2000]

So you are for racism, sexism and hating trans people? Chill out there is going to be no war.

[@ianlassitter2397]

@@babecat2000 I’m against authoritarianism, which what all those movements are about. You should the right to LOVE and HATE (without both you aren't free) whoever you want and whatever idea or concept offered to you. You should never have permission to call for violence. Anything else is someone’s authoritarian version of "freedom" and freedom is taken when those being told to comply to authoritarianism bend the knee.

[@justinrudy8264]

It won't happen. I really wish people would stop entertaining this narrative.

[@barfrodgers1202]

When as many people want it to as they currently do, it's inevitable

[@claire-christmas-august73]

fascinating gent mr dawkins.! one of my top 10 humans. ☺️😊😃 throughly enjoyed the full natter / chat with him. cheers 🤘🏻🌏🇦🇺✌🏻

[@calholli]

oof

[@claire-christmas-august73]

@@calholli homosapien 🤔 you aren’t.! * latin for - wise man. you’re a muppet.! (even jim henson would be offended) love & light 🤘🏻🇦🇺🌏✌🏻

[@calholli]

@@claire-christmas-august73 rekt rip

[@pimpompoom93726]

Bill Maher interviewing Bill Maher. Guests are brought on to nod their heads at Bill's incredible analysis.

[@hotlov72]

Think I'll just skip this one

[@chrissmith7686]

Yeah, bill’s effed up.

[@elguapo3811]

Bill should bring Robert Evans and talk about his book It Could Happen Here.

[@georgegraham9206]

I met a fox News producer at a wedding and she was afraid to tell people what she did. She had attended a good journalism school and by all rights she should have been proud of her accomplishments. Instead she is constantly afraid and that folks is a very sad statement on where we are

[@majorkade]

Another jab at Russia. Tiring.

[@phild8095]

I'm an old engineer who has studied history and a few other things on the way. Here's a Boomer rant on the "civil war 2.0". The numbers come from analysis of civilian deaths in various wars, insurrections and ethnic cleansing from the past 80 years coupled with estimates for urban vs rural, rate of government dependency for food, shelter and such, estimates of people skilled raising food. Normal death rate in the US between two and three million a year. A civil war in America, first year ten million dead of disease, exposure, malnutrition, poison and no outside help after a disaster. After four years, one hundred million non-combatants million dead. That's about 30% of the population. These are conservative numbers. And after the war ends, that two to three million a year would stay at ten million a year for at least a few years. Epidemics of childhood diseases would spread again. Last case of polio I personally remember was 1965, a kid named David in second grade. Polio, measles, diphtheria, cholera and other diseases America hasn't seen in nearly 4 generations would be rampant. Money would be worthless. All those bank accounts, CD’s, 401k’s, Roths and money under the mattress would be useless. There would be no SNAP, Social Security, welfare, subsidized housing or aid to anyone at some point. Infrastructure, well, without the normal repairs, 3 percent of everything would fail in four years. But there would be people who with the best of intentions would destroy communications, electric grid, pipelines for petroleum and natural gas, bridges, dams, locks, harbors, refineries, railroads, government buildings, hospitals, subways, airports and so on. Who would be involved? Anyone with an axe to grind, and there's lots of them out there. Racists, pro 2A, anti immigrant, immigrants, religious extremists from all sides, cults, anti-technologists, inner city gangs, small town militias, anti-Boomers, socialists, anarchists, preppers, vegans, anti abortion, pro abortion, then you have the foreign interference and peacekeepers. Everyone from NATO and UN peacekeepers, Mexican and Colombian cartels, China, Cuba, ISIS, Russia, Hamas and Hezbollah would want a piece of the action. They would all be glad to shoot, rape, loot, spread disease and poison, blow things up. Who would win? India? South Africa? Israel? Indoneasia? New Zealand? Certainly not anyone in the US. It would be the worst case of unintended consequences the US has seen. Whoever calls for a civil war and initiates it will go down in history with people like Slobodan Milošević, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot and Adolf Hitler. And because the US is rated so highly on charitable donations and foreign aid the famine would be worldwide. And there will be no Marshall plan to rebuild America such as we did for Europe after WWII. The civil war in America would lead to worldwide chaos and bring about a one world government even faster. But go ahead, train for it, publish manifestos, stir things up. Maybe that's what this country deserves at this point is to be reduced to a third world shithole.

[@bluesmama3726]

it says 12 comments but only 3 are visible. thanks for protecting us from all those thoughts and words

[@calholli]

Press refresh. It just means that more comments have came in, but the page doesn't auto- refresh them.

[@STC987]

@@calholli no, it means comments are shadow band. I see it all the time. I was just at a video that said 22 comments and there were 4 visible. Tried it a bunch of times and the sage result.

[@calholli]

@@STC987 I agree that there is rampant shadow banning going on here on youtube. I constantly logging out to check my comments, and they're not even there half the time. So I do agree; and they have completely destroyed the search bar- it's literally broken and doesn't work. But press refresh next time.

[@captaintor7920]

If Bill Maher wants to be taken seriously, he shouldn't get shit faced with Richard Dawkins. I'm on Richard Dawkins side. And yet again, Bill Maher flip flops!!!