Are We In The Age Of Unenlightenment? | The Jim Jefferies Show

[@RichardServello]

The stupid are easier to control.

[@drhoneybadger]

I'd say it's more accurate to say that it's the ignorant or mislead. Intelligence doesn't factor too heavily into the equation

[@rafaeterna1081]

and simply because you're going to college doesn't mean you're smart.

[@mmma5261]

And now they are trying to destroy him similar like destroy Louis CK

[@kissingthings2265]

You don't need to be smart to graduate, actually you need to be pretty idiot to accept such a scam in the age of information

[@MajorMlgNoob]

@@kissingthings2265 most well paying jobs require a degree lol

[@adam346]

Strawberry milk DOESN'T come from gay cows?! *mind blown*

[@evolution18591]

Dropped knowledge on us like Kim Jong-un.

[@karanvarma4843]

Yes it comes from pink cows. People are so dumb........

[@jediknight38]

You should see what the bisexual cows are putting out!

[@unclemaca]

Ipp

[@shinchansfunnyvines6900]

You are surely underrated comedian . You are awesome.

[@DreadNovella]

Shinchan Ki Funny Vines He used to be until he sold out to this leftist agenda so he could have a TV show. Fuck sellout Jim Jeffries.

[@niclaz79]

Arguing for his position on topics is not the same as selling out. And if you have seen his previous shows he has been very consistent in his beliefs all the way.

[@DDG2023]

Thanks!

[@mindfulclarity169]

Jefferies is a worthless sellout hypocrite who hates Muslims and damns others who are honest about hating them.

[@haidengeary8277]

@@DreadNovella Yet here you are, watching him. Ironic.

[@nannaleifa]

Education? #SAD!

[@jasonomnia9295]

I think you mean edumacation

[@auunnfkristjansson6738]

Murica,The only country in the world wich more votes don't give you the win

[@haraxA]

U. S. A is called S.A.D in my language xD

[@hamsterdoom360]

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." - Malcolm Forbes

[@JoshSweetvale]

"An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded." - Warhammer 40.000

[@wetyewruyrtsutrdhjfg]

"I ate chicken and now I have diarrhea." - Some guy at the clinic

[@d.e.b.b5788]

Education's purpose in America is to provide the corporations with able workers. To fill an empty mind with selected information which makes that mind useful to the upper class as malleable minded workers.

[@russpink4185]

Funny thing about what you just typed is nothing lol it’s basically common sense worded different so that person can make himself look like they’re wise but in reality they are completely blind to what they think they are.

[@kissingthings2265]

Yeah, but education is not done in the school system

[@krise99391]

We are in an age where feelings come before enlightenment, so yes

[@AndDiracisHisProphet]

america could do much worse than president jim jefferies. fuck, america IS doing much worse...

[@AndDiracisHisProphet]

better than a reality star

[@quizzabella]

You've already got someone who everyone around the world is laughing at, so comedy agenda achieved.

[@AndDiracisHisProphet]

me neither. and i think it would be a hell of a lot better

[@jamoblair7245]

So the problem of the US having a president that even a comedian would be better than would be solved by comedian being president of another country? That's a non sequitur jepp...

[@mithrasrevisited4873]

First he cannot as he was born overseas, why do americans look for one man to change things, you need to change from the grass roots, join a union and fight at local government.

[@paul2413]

How do republicans expect doctors engineer and lawyers to get their education!? I'm not from the US but wtf america!?

[@sweetsea8180]

Paul They will be using prayers and witch doctors for medical needs, engineering will be too modern for them so that's out, and stoning for lawyers. They seem to be developing their own Taliban. The USA is seriously regressing at a high speed!! I don't think there is hope for them anymore.

[@crimsonblade25]

Not2Tweet I'm pretty sure you mean spiritual "healers" like preachers and bishops instead of witch doctors. Pretty sure they burn them before ever consider using a witch for help

[@robertrijkers5163]

just import them like trumps idol Saudi Arabia

[@pierrecurie]

They don't want the average peasant to get an education; they want to reserve Harvard for the corporate aristocracy. Only Lord Byron III, Esq and his progeny are deserving of an education.

[@milascave2]

pier: To be fair, Lord Byron probably had a lot of progeny.

[@nem447]

I hate people who use big words just to make themselves look perspicacious

[@Lugmillord]

Especially if they do it quizzaciously

[@Droopsnooot]

good one

[@hotdog7988]

I enjoyed your obiterdictum

[@unclejoeoakland]

NEM, you really ought to eschew such obfuscation.

[@milascave2]

nem: such people adhere to liminality in order to extricate themselves from the reification of conceptualizations.

[@NewtonSparetire]

That red solo cup line was absolutely brilliant 😂

[@Stikibits]

Me no needs edumacation. Me has god. Me has guns. Me has greed. Me has Fox. Me Republican.

[@WorldzMo5t3pic]

Stikibits You're not fooling anyone. You used too many syllables.

[@Sofus.]

You have goat on your side

[@MrGanjaBandits]

This kind of sentiment is why Trump won lol

[@zackklein2225]

True.

[@theAmdisen391]

goodspeed to you and thank you for the lol

[@brianoneill9842]

Awh Jim is just gold, great stuff everytime.... Go Jim

[@nichanson]

0:26 Kim Jong Il dropping knowledge on us. Classic

[@IRosamelia]

Nicholas Hanson Un, Il was his father

[@Sulfen]

Lack of education brings in a lot of violence. But after some time the educated end up at the top and then the poorly educated try their best to educate their kids to try and catch up. Poor education causes bubbles and recessions. And rich people love that because they can invest money when things are cheap.

[@foreignwarren7361]

Sulfen poor education causes bubbles and recessions... Lol no... Rich bankers cause those.

[@roflsirofthelawl216]

Perhaps Sulfen is... poorly educated...?

[@emeraldkat2167]

Sulfen Texas is a perfect example of this. The people there have an ingrained hatred for schooling. It is so wide-spread (with the exception of certain areas like Austin that are naturally more liberal). It is really creepy to talk to people there about education. And the worst part is, most of our children's textbooks get picked there.

[@milascave2]

em: Because Texas is such a large state, they have a disproportionate influence over our K-12 textbooks. And because it is also a conservative state, that influence is a bad one.

[@bbhfjdy9175]

Emerald kat ppl were better educated when there was no public schools

[@antitheist5567]

I'd vote for Jim Jefferies any fucking day of the week, ladies and gentlemen.

[@klartext08]

Mr. Jefferies, as an observant of a broad spectrum of political satire, I have to say your analogies, not only in this video, are the most on point, hard hitting and explanative. I really enjoy your content.

[@radhakrishnan1980]

Jim Jefferies --- FINALLY the BETTER part of Jim with all the Passion. Kudos !!!

[@sillyputty7641]

Love Jim J. Brilliant comedian

[@sweetsea8180]

So much truth to what Jim is saying here!

[@breakz9014]

I love this guy I have not laugh this much in a while

[@KcBull]

I love that people in the comments are doing the exact same thing he is talking about

[@dragonslayer31415900]

The fact that capable people are not able to get affordable higher education or even DECENT education in general in the USA is absolutely painful to see. Especially since the US is still a cultural powerhouse... I live in Belgium and study as an engineer. My parents pay less than 1000 dollars for me to go to the uni (alcohol not included). It's ridiculous if you ask me

[@mohamedissa1729]

"Grizzleys is what she calls arabs" im dead 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Fr4ncM]

At this point, being smart enough to acknowledge that one is not qualified for being president, automatically makes you way more qualified for it than those currently serving.

[@hestikakala3027]

Listening to Jim Jeffries is so educational

[@ensinitas]

like the education we get in public schools. simplistic and shallow

[@MurrayTheMac]

This guy is funny, but what are they putting in that mug?

[@itshitime]

aussie juice

[@penitent2401]

brown cow's milk

[@Tech5420]

Baileys, which I think is Irish cow's milk.

[@stormwatcher59]

Beer?? LOL

[@alastairhewitt380]

He's just doing it as a performance, you aren't even allowed to open a beer on US adverts. But on his past Australian stand ups he was always plastered.

[@WorldzMo5t3pic]

Not my proudest fap...oh who am I kidding? It's Jim Fucking Jefferies.

[@frankartanis1290]

Fap to a five? You must be a five too!

[@GodOfThunder501]

Wenguang Jiang could be a six?

[@ExploreGamesAndMore]

This raises an important question: what is a proud fap?

[@wayneessar7489]

Wise words!

[@shadowlord1418]

this guys spiting truth how rare

[@rochelle9243]

shadowlord141 Hes spitting drunked spittle, thats for sure

[@eugene188]

lol threatening to drop knowledge! what a great line.

[@Neelinmact]

if any of those 7% are reading ,, just to clear it up brown cow dont give choclate milks its just a name of indian superhero much like the black panther

[@signifidelica2819]

School sucks Learning is fantastic There is a major difference between these two things

[@cobracyxx8808]

Indoctrination vs education. Teaching a person what to think and how to think are two different worlds. But to be fair, I don't know if critical thinking can be taught but I know it can be promoted and encouraged

[@seanmehegan3213]

Awesome video thanks

[@basselalhindi]

3:13 is gold....spot on

[@hiin-chong9575]

Laugh and Learn... Love it

[@StonedCabbage]

Holy shit a unbiased talk show?? Never thought I'd like you more then I do right now Jim

[@melorbode]

LOVE THIS>

[@AdrianVanOyan]

jim is such a natural

[@alicevana]

even colleges are getting bad in the sense that they hire about 60-70% of it's instructors as adjuncts, which are part time teachers who are paid A LOT less than full timers (for basically the same jobs), no benefits, teaching at 3-5 colleges, and dealing with class cancellations without any kind of pay.

[@leanneblake4248]

A classic. So Sad but True . America , I understand you ?

[@zacktrever1878]

Jim Jefferies is a real one

[@lanceawatt]

Jefferies is da man!

[@hopethisnamesnottaken]

C'mon, who wouldn't want a room full of puppies and colouring books?

[@polypumkins111]

I's sitting at home unemployed and giggling like a school girl who just heard the word penis, at these jokes. Jim u rule man id vote for u to be president coz ur a straight talker. ;-)

[@hotdog7988]

Is that you Jim?

[@emilyhealy9696]

The idea of safe spaces is not for people to never get hurt, it's to guarantee safety of people in marginalized groups who get targeted for who they are. At least, that's how I've always viewed it.

[@thelastofthelemmings6279]

i would vote for you

[@antoniq9000]

Jim ...i vote you

[@mimic1876]

good job jimbo

[@MarkWestscoutingmaniac]

Jim Jeffries for President would be 10x better than our current one!

[@larapalma3744]

Mark West billion!!!

[@armedwombat6816]

That's not a high bar. My cat would at least be 2x better than the current president. 3x times when she's awake.

[@NobbsAndVagene]

Keep this show going until Jim dies from cirrhosis - please! It's possibly the best thing CC has ever brought us.

[@luliby2309]

You're absolutely right that we are in an age of unenlightenment. People do not value knowledge, experience, skill, ability, or these other positive qualities that help the world. You're dead wrong about education not leading to skills or any of the other positive things you listed. Education words as advertised. It teaches you many things and you gain knowledge and skills through it. The acquisition of knowledge itself is beneficial to people. Even if you learn something you don't think you will use directly, you're learning how to use your brain and you make it stronger. The gaining of knowledge leads to people becoming better and more logical and more able to make good decisions. I've directly benefited from this in my own life. Education and knowledge has made things so much better for me. Of course, I used it correctly as well. So I can definitely say that you're wrong on this one.

[@sammybygrace7919]

Exactly

[@Rebazar]

Yes.

[@ElucarioYEAH]

When they say that high school has a negative effect i think they just mean it's not doing a good job of educating, not that education itself is a problem. I partially disagree with this statement.

[@peterschmidt1453]

College / university should be just like trade schools, teach undergraduate courses that directly relate to a job. I know philosophy is a traditional university course, but it seems philosophical subjects and the arts are attracting way too many students, getting qualifications that contribute to socially divisive indoctrination or are just plain unemployable. Science, Maths, Languages, Business, Teaching, Computers, Engineering - that's what college / uni should be about.

[@pianoboy1097]

Thank Jesus Jim Jefferies has his own show now.

[@VicZX6R]

at least he tells the truth and nothing but the truth....

[@evangelista6969]

2:36: Jim Jeffries sneaks in a 'bigly' :-)

[@rogerdiogo6893]

"Ignorance is strength"... George Orwell.

[@StephenLewisful]

Roger Diogo Ignorance is bliss? Wouldn’t you have to have knowledge in order to make a comparison? Me. Just now

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

I know full well why so many people look down upon rich kids going to college and thinking they know better than anyone else. Still, dismissing proper high knowledge is very bad. College isn't about a piece of paper, it's about conducting research and learn from others. Hell, I am studying my ass off to get a partial government support because I believe it's worth learning from them. It's not about being smarter, but gaining specialized knowledge about a certain area.

[@alexshapsenzon254]

point exactly, we don't get rewarded for wanting an education we got stuck with a bill that will take a lifetime to pay off, and not even get the job we wanted, college graduates work in McDonald or something after 4 years and 200k theirs nothing to show for all the time and effort spent.

[@willblaster3469]

I don't think college has a negative effect, but i do believe that for the most part it has become a bit obsolete. Now the internet is available to almost everyone, the information is out their. People just have to search for it.

[@GeistInTheMachine]

Things are so fucked here in America, that foreigners on comedy shows are being sent in to capitalize, and make us laugh while it all burns. Noah, Oliver and now Jeffries. At least I'm enjoying the decline.

[@Александр-й7б9и]

You said things so fucked in America. I`m from Russia but the topic is close to me. I see it like an international one.

[@GeistInTheMachine]

Alexander I. We're basically fellow countrymen now! Haha.

[@dugannash9109]

JASON HATES THE JEWWS

[@GrijzePilion]

Alexander's right, it's an international crisis now.

[@VicZX6R]

XHellXGeistX get the big picture...its a small world. quit bitching about foreigners. The best highly skilled doctors arent even American...its true but if you were given a zero chance here in America regarding terminal illness but God blessed you through a foreign doctor to save youre shitty ignorant life, youd count your lucky stars my friend... unite not devide. Id prefer Jigsaw as POTUS overthis thin skinned fake news crybaby.

[@masukuma]

unlike other form of debt - no one can repossess your college diploma if you are unable to pay your debt

[@backdraftvideos1180]

He's actually fucking killing it

[@cartersheehan7440]

education is so important, so why dont they lower college prices. I mean, in 50 years, i bet all jobs are going to need college degrees, but colleges are so expensive that half the population cant afford it. if america really believed education was important, we would significantly lower college prices.

[@armedwombat6816]

As long as all their industries run on the doctrine of profit maximisation, they will always find foreigners to come over and do their work. Of course those foreigners have to be white (or once in a while: asian) to be accepted by them.

[@YepX]

The negative outlook on college education is primarily due to the insane price tag. Degree aside. If you take time to properly read and keep up to date with events. College is generally not needed

[@TaddiestMason]

there's never been a period in human history where education and knowledge were respected and praised by the masses. never-not once ever. i know this is true because of our current level of technology. it could be SO much better right now if science, math, and knowledge were treated properly by most humans throughout history. given the rate at which our technology has improved just within the last 10-20 years, i find it hard to believe that we couldn't have reached this point of technological advancement over 300 years ago if we as a species had EVER EVEN ONCE decided that facts and knowledge were important. more important than feelings and beliefs. we STILL don't believe scientific advancement and enlightenment or the improvement of the human race is a good thing. don't believe me? ok-try to find out what we're doing in the field of human genetic manipulation and evolution. what are we doing as a species to biologically improve our physical forms to improve our ability to survive and thrive? praying to God.

[@augustharris8572]

True

[@TaddiestMason]

because it's NOT pretend. they are and always have been. all the things you mention seem to be from the last century or so-i'm not talking solely about the last hundred-200 years. i'm talking about all of history. reread my comment please, i don't want to repeat myself. please don't ignore the countless times people in power and/or the masses have resisted scientific advancement throughout history and chosen instead to cling to their beliefs and feelings while ignoring facts and information. if you need examples of times scientists had their work destroyed, ignored, or were imprisoned or killed, etc. for their findings-you can always ask google. it can help you more than i can. :)

[@kogs1233]

I agree, the main cause throughout history though for the oppression of academia was religion and cult followings not society itself, people were sheep they believed what they were told which was eg. Round earth theory and evolution were blasphemy..... hence oppression

[@IRosamelia]

Piriathy remember people who establish those prizes, like Alfred Nobel, are a tiny minority of the population. An overwhelming majority of people aren't smart or kind, which is why intellectuals tend to be bullied or worse (think Hypatia, Galileo, Darwin, Newton, and those weren't even burned at the stake like some of whom now I can't remember their names)

[@d.e.b.b5788]

Not true, at least, not true for everyone for all time. The 'greatest generation' saw and believed in the value of education; they sent their kids (the baby boom) to college in record numbers, in the belief that in knowledge their children would advance and not make the same mistakes that their own generation did. And for the most part, they were right; the boomers made a lot of DIFFERENT mistakes. But boomers also found that it took a lot of work to change things, so advancement slowed down, and eventually stopped in a lot of areas because they were afraid of all the new thinking. Religions were threatened by the educated, which started a backlash against education.

[@Lone77Wolf]

I don't know rooms with puppies and colouring books sounds pretty amazing...

[@davidward3394]

Also, in a disposable society, very few people have basic skills to repair household items. Just a thought.

[@OhNoNotFrank]

Are We In The Age Of Unenlightenment? How the f*** should I know!!?

[@rickyz89]

Idiocracy was a prophetic movie

[@polyorchid528]

I hear Betsy DeVos is starting new degrees called flipping burgers. Those flipping bloody burgers.

[@vladtepes7539]

we should, but the last one forgot switching the light off.

[@nabinchapagain7311]

Here I am trying to remember politicians from my country who are at least high school graduate 🤦‍♀️

[@joshuagarner1654]

This guy is hilarious

[@skbenga3828]

two years later i can confirm.... we do.

[@VictorSavelle]

Not against knowledge. Against student loans and corruption in academia

[@tomgibbons9266]

OMG , John Oliver and Stephen Colbert... now we have Jefferies too. !!!

[@eee333DDD]

I got an ad for assistance paying off student loans... the future looks bright

[@AhsimNreiziev]

There are multiple ways in which this Age of Unenlightenment presents itself. One of the more subtler ones that might have flown under people's radars, and which I will therefore now highlight, is the recent rise of the _"I am a simple guy / girl."_ comments on KZbin videos _[and possibly other Social Network places; I'm not sure]_ , specifically the way in which they are presented as if being simple like the comments proclaim is a *good* thing. Of course, most of the time this "simpleness" is being shallow and only clicking on a video due to the maker's looks, or avoiding it because it has Maths or some other type of intellectual content in it. So, once and for all: *NO* , people, being "a simple guy" or "a simple girl" is not actually something to be proud of. Quite the contrary: if you are going to present yourself as simple, there should be a decent level of embarrassment to accompany such things.

[@AmmaraSHAH773377]

I'm guessing this is an r/woosh plz be an r/woosh because otherwise the irony in not knowing what the simple refers to instead is so 👌 because the whole statement is undermined by you not understanding the example you've chosen its actually funny That's why i think you must be baiting an r/woosh and if so its good but my comment does not categorise as such so don't respond saying the phrase

[@JosephNordenbrockartistraction]

If you want to pressure a total stranger into telling a lie, just ask them if they go to church regularly and see how quick they answer you. The more someone boasts about being god fearing the more I distrust them around my kids. Any woman who says she loves the bible hasn't read the book FOR HERSELF. Some people quote Forest Gump like he's a real person with mad table tennis skills. At least Forest (the character) has a last name.

[@MrOneNye]

catch Donald Jr give a facepalm face(but without the palm) after his father said that... 2:30

[@nickkava9643]

He has brought comedy in comedy central

[@adamtzsch]

If “colleges and universities have a negative effect on the country”, why don’t the Yanks get rid of doctors, lawyers, engineers, architects, surgeons..?

[@Col_Fragg]

"More Lifetime Earnings. A recent study from Georgetown University found that, on average, college graduates earn $1 million more in earnings over their lifetime. Another recent study by the Pew Research Center found that the median yearly income gap between high school and college graduates is around $17,500." So, yeah, getting a college degree does make your successful and almost certainly smarter in terms of accrued knowledge. What kind of idiot would claim otherwise?

[@drakekoefoed1642]

Universities cost a lot of money, and tie up students for years when they could be learning and making money for a down payment on a house (if they could get one anyway) instead, it's debt and the impoverishment from years of no income. I didn't make anything with a law degree.

[@utubit22]

"...where everyone gets a trophy and nobody feels bad about themselves." welcome to Japan :)

[@irene.9278]

It's like watching The Daily Show with some Last Week Tonight thrown in for good measure, but that humor is very distinctly 'Jim Jefferies'. Should be interesting to see what direction this show would take.

[@aqua-mina]

LOL, Just imagining Taylor Swift as president...

[@Hendrixes]

that stupid face he does, cracks me up every time mate

[@television1088]

Actually going to college does make someone smarter. Kind of the point.

[@dwick3468]

Kim jon un part OMG I 😂

[@xavierwiatrowski17]

A room full of puppies sounds really fun

[@Jorge_Rodriguez83]

"Idiocracy" is looking more real than ever.

[@mts12270]

I would still vote for Jim over Trump

[@terrencelockett4072]

We are going backwards in the world's standards because people aren't getting educated. A lot of our debt is owed to countries that don't doubt education. If grade school education was way better, the college and universities would be way better. But people rather ignore the real issues to only argue, like it's some kind of competition.

[@SoFkwHat80]

NO.

[@zackbennett7480]

What is the percentage of liberal professors to conservative professors in the US?

[@naomigary7930]

if college students are consistently becoming more liberal after receiving higher education, i’m guessing there’s a correlation.