Coronavirus IX: Evictions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

With evictions set to rise due to the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus, John Oliver discusses the long struggle with housing in the US, why it’s gotten worse in recent months, and how to prevent an escalating crisis.
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[@gid519]

John spits out more news in 19 min than the actual news.

[@sonicjackalopeproductions3342]

And this is just his day job. Just imagine what happens when he gets on a tear and puts in overtime...

[@dystopiapolitical2126]

Hes the only corporate style media I'll watch

[@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475]

The difference being his show actually does research on the topic.

[@vishumagar6848]

MotivatingIntoxicatingDD Nop, he does not, it is only produced in such a way that lazy people take it as a complete story. Here is what I will grant you, he makes news interesting.

[@AmateurSpaceman]

@@toniodomene This is objectively absurd. His research and detail blows away that of any regular news reporting. Feel free to cite qualified sources that refute what he says; I would be genuinely interested to know.

[@ThePandemicFlu]

"You know why they call it the American dream? Because you have to be asleep to believe it."~~George Carlin

[@DEEPMOODYPURPLEBLUES]

People forget, nightmares are dreams too. smgdh

[@reterbid6215]

depressingrealization.exe

[@mickeyg7219]

Don't romanticize American Dream, it's a self-destructive belief in the first place.

[@V3ntilator]

The American dream is only a dream.

[@kikic4899]

I've been missing him so much lately 😣

[@matthewcote9905]

That guy who owned the apartment complex is a goddamn hero and I hope he gets the respect he deserves

[@cathleen6126]

That's actually the real NYC, at least to each other. We have hated Donald Trump for decades; why didn't the rest of you listen?

[@snakezase2998]

Cathleen Kelly we did and he still somehow won

[@DavidWood77]

Mario Selarno for President 2020 #MarioSelarno2020

[@dicknoseturdwaffle5305]

@@cathleen6126 Ah yes one apartment complex in an area still ruled by slumlords.

[@gnuro]

Is Salerno, actually a very fine city in Italy near Napoli. Mario Salerno it's the most italian name I've ever heard.

[@gamerharddrive1825]

I love how confident John is when he makes his video game jokes; even though he probably had to have half of them explained to him. A++ performance!

[@thesinaclwon]

I can see him playing either gta 5 or dead space 2 😂

[@thesinaclwon]

As a matter of fact I think what we need is a John Oliver gaming channel 😂😂😂

[@Sceusell]

I can imagine John loving the sims, or city skylines

[@brianc3761]

I like the pokemon one because I think there is an opportunity to trade Magikarp for Psyduck in Red, Blue and Yellow with an NPC

[@AMortalDefiant]

This show could go to three hours a week and still not be enough to cover what a dumpster fire the US has become.

[@IJ72]

That began in 1775

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

140 people shot in Chicago over the weekend.....

[@6killersfear4]

@@IJ72 I don't think so. My guess would be 3.8.1492. That's when it all began heading towards a downward spiral.

[@kevincorrigan1754]

Ivica Jaranovic weird way to say 2016

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

@@6killersfear4 Columbus was never in what is now the US.

[@chae5833]

"They call it the American Dream, because you've got to be asleep to believe it." -George Carlin

[@SuperHlinik]

one of the best quotes ever said out loud

[@TheShapingSickness]

"if God had given us any rights, he'd have given us a right to have a roof over your head and food over your table" George Carlin

[@yarazooom]

if POLICE want to redeem themselves for failing the public good, , they could REFUSE TO EVICT families from their homes. now that would be a REAL REVOLUTION

[@SuperHlinik]

@@yarazooom that is what you call a dream

[@camishavilme7402]

Rascal police are only there for the ruling class

[@Forscythe80]

Michael Bowman says its horrible but it's just business. "It's just business" is the motto of organised crime.

[@tomasgomez9925]

That’s American capitalism for you. In other developed nations who are also capitalists, this wouldn’t happened. They have laws to protect this from happening and their citizens have a different way of thinking.

[@jx51.50]

I meaaaannnnn you said it 👀 but I’m 100% agreeing with you

[@PSI441]

​@tomasgomez9925 Correct. People say Capitalism is the problem. No, extreme unregulated Capitalism is the problem

[@Michelle-dv3jc]

“Happy virtual graduation now let’s get on with our miserable lives” Exactly how it felt for me graduating this year.

[@maryspanjers3363]

“Everybody should plan for a rainy day.” Pretty sure we’re 3 months into everyone’s 3 month emergency fund.

[@Nihilist_Porcupine]

@andrew miller Lmao, yeah I still didn't get that. I'm lucky enough to not have needed it. You can bet your ass I'm donating the entire thing to the ACLU. They'll need it for all of the lawsuits they're going to be fighting on behalf of the American people in the coming months.

[@bruhhhhh718]

@@Nihilist_Porcupine donate it to the libertarian party so we can stop having shills for presidents

[@steezuschrist2408]

@andrew miller shiiit I ain't get mine either, the government's been horrible with stuff like this. I been disabled the past 3 years and never once was allowed fed or state disability, unemployment or really any type of government assistance besides EBT and that was barely

[@Danrarbc]

@@bruhhhhh718 yes because libertarians are well-known fans of government assistance programs and using the power of government to do something like cancel rents.

[@JachAnen]

Even if you plan for a rainy day, how far would different people be able to plan?? 3 months might be a bit too far for some. But the same can be said for owners, they should be able to lose 3 months rent without going broke. Even if they evict, who can afford to move in?? This isn't something only happening to their own tenants, but everyone else's too, so they could potentially lose more money and have unhappy tenants if they evict because of this, as they won't immediately have a tenant with cash flow to move in afterwards, but if they let people stay, they could let the lack of rent slide for some months and be supportive of the tenants, they might end up more than happy to pay a little extra in rent to make up for some of the loss then and pay back the generosity.

[@chasehatchett4756]

Ah I love waking up in the morning to Depression Time with Johnny-O

[@videomusicalirussicontradu9930]

Friend and let's go with you to collect mushrooms in Siberia 😊👍✌

[@RainRedMusic]

Just poured my coffee and sighed.

[@IloveGorgeousGeorge]

I laugh, but only because it hurts so bad

[@KyrieW]

I used to laugh at John Oliver shows. Now I am close to tears

[@mndlessdrwer]

If you don't end a segment of Last Week Tonight feeling that you've learned an uncomfortable truth, then it is only because you weren't paying attention. The humor is merely to soften the blow so it doesn't emotionally cripple you.

[@randybuttigieg6776]

In Canada's defense, there are some Americans living here too.

[@ON-YT]

Scheer is half American.

[@jessicazaytsoff1494]

@@scottmcgavin5648 no. I'm in no hurry to get away from Trudeau. I speak for the sensible. We had a vote. It was wonderful and I was chosen.

[@logicallgaming]

that is true. Canada should have some wiggle room in any criticism about housing. They are housing Americans which a lot of people forget. I hope all those Americans are using masks and using the precautions we have in place so both countries can stay as healthy and covid free as possible.

[@bf5175]

You don't need to blame Americans, you already have Quebec.

[@idmann17]

Canadians are also Americans, continentally speaking...

[@chobits0821]

"It's never fun throwing a single mother and her three kids out on the streets, it's just business" Can you imagine being able to say that during a crisis where a lot of people can't even work if they wanted to, and thinking you have a good point? Can you imagine saying that and NOT realizing how soulless that sounds?

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

can you imagine that about half the country thinks like that, so don't see anything wrong with his words.

[@veryberry39]

Hell, there are people I've seen in this comment section who agree with him. They're actual garbage.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

Frank Fontaine from Bioshock said it best: "Never mix Business with friendship (or any other human emotions)"...

[@forman208]

There's a serious callousness in this country, people will always put their bottom line above other human beings

[@CardinalX]

Might help this show's case if they didn't interview someone who probably just spent $200 on their hair. Priorities people. If you spend your emergency fund on beauty stuff, fashion items, accessories, electronics etc etc etc... Ain't gonna be no emergency fund when the emergency hits! It's ok though. Someone will bail me out.

[@novajacob6683]

As an art student, the way he tossed that painting aside physically hurt me.

[@SparkySummers]

I mean as an art student I imagine you're pretty relieved everyone else will be in the same economic shithole you'll be in come the end of coronapocalypse.

[@canucklehead9891]

@@SparkySummers As an artist nope because like, if you take commissions you need other people to have money. It's a bad situations for everyone involved.

[@SparkySummers]

@@canucklehead9891 What you said literally just proved what I said. Art students were already fucked - the rest of us are just down at your level now.

[@TheScootyPuffer]

@@SparkySummers Just keep trying. You'll be less bad if you just keep going at it!

[@SparkySummers]

@@TheScootyPuffer Not sure what you're trying to imply, but thanks? Keep at it though, you'll be less gibberingly incoherent if you keep trying.

[@benbrennan4953]

Every time I watch one of these John Oliver segments I am so god damn happy to not be living in the US

[@flatP_]

god i wish that was me

[@azenkwed]

Same.

[@rachelrachel9152]

I dont mean to make any assumptions but there's a good chance theres a lot of bad things going on on your country too and just nobody talks about it that you listen to

[@patsysadowski1546]

@@rachelrachel9152 everybody is aware of their countries issues. However since Trump the US is significantly worse off. Canadians, Europeans and Australia and New Zealand have rent support/social security safety nets and universal healthcare.

[@Mynewhandle420]

Our country is better than yours at it's worse majority of all people that come here NEVER return to their native country because it's awesome here Say what you want about us but we run this world and there's no amount of complaining/whining you can do to change that😎 🇺🇸

[@matok2426]

"It's just business." The most heartless and out of touch phrase anyone can possibly mutter, and they use it like a magic phrase that absolves their conscience of any feeling guilt that might flare up.

[@mattjohnston2]

@@philorth4243 Then he's not a very creative property manager. It doesn't take being a cold asshole to be successful or to find resolutions that don't leave children on the fucking street.

[@yarazooom]

@@mattjohnston2 if POLICE want to redeem themselves for failing the public good, , they could REFUSE TO EVICT families from their homes. now that would be a REAL REVOLUTION

[@eva2k0]

If they're the sole owner and saying that , what you say is true. IF they have investors though, they have a fiduciary responsibility to the investors to do what is most profitable. If they don't do that they could get sued and lose operating control of the company.

[@Kamexe]

its fucked... but also pretty true. :(

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

So is the Tobacco and Chemical Weapons industry. It's just business, folks. Nothing personal.

[@alexialanda27]

"The only thing worse than knowing your going to spend another day stuck under the same roof, is not knowing that." That really hit me and made me appreciate the roof I have over my head.

[@OriLOK2]

Boredom is a luxury these days. It has been for a while but especially now.

[@zxp3ct3r41]

U better

[@kroon1930]

Yes! Me too.... Puts it in perspective. I am sooooo lucky. Social housing, rental support, and a lovely small house with a garden for my dogs. No debts and not by far, but just enough money to live from. For which I am more and more thankfull.

[@spritemon98]

Me too

[@robertlockwood3277]

Same. I damn near memed it. Here in rural southern KY most of us are still working and the cost of living is minimal...but we're lucky.

[@littleneutrin0]

Good report, now let's get on with our miserable lives.

[@lisa-marieiorfino]

Coming from an Australian, the affordable rent crisis has been escalating here for decades. Wages just don't keep up with landlord demands. There's no rent cap, they can charge what they like for rooms that are broom closets.

[@finallyfinally9317]

Yes it's out of hand here

[@kornburg14]

But you have so many space 😂l I paid 350 aud for a room in Melbourne per Week. I shared a Kitchen and bathroom with 5 Other people So many greedy people therr

[@Canada1994]

Like France before the Revolution where ONE loaf of bread was one months rent.

[@foxtailedcritter]

I live in Sydney the rent prices here are one of the highest in the world. On top of extra tax on Alchol and ciggerattes I can't afford to eat the last food days before payday even while on fkin noodles. My rent alone costs over half of my income. System is broken.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

@@Canada1994 God, that would be amazing. Do you know how many Americans have bread makers? They could just bake their rent payment in the kitchen.

[@SimbaSeven.]

"Throwing a single mother and her three children out on the street isn’t fun, but it’s business” That, in one sentence, is how screwed this country is. Greed and more Greed.

[@ryanbarthel5352]

That guy seems like an ass and a bad businessman to me, but when he says "its business" what he means is "we have a mortgage, taxes, insurance, employees, and vendors to pay, if we don't collect rent we will have to foreclose". Its a lot more complicated than you think.

[@Imactuallynighthawk]

Ryan Barthel but see here’s why it’s different for tenants, I didn’t chose to require shelter. It’s just something that I inherently require in order to live. Landlords made a conscious decision to own an extra home. Owning and renting out an extra home for profit is not required for you to live whereas having shelter is required for tenants to live. I didn’t choose to need shelter but you chose to profit off of those who inherently need shelter. Landlords and the banks are parasitic leeches who’s ‘work’ contributes nothing at all and only serves to siphon money from people. I will never feel bad for people who made an investment and didn’t get the return on investment that they were looking for. that goes for landlords and the landlords landlord, the bank.

[@GaryVolts]

The guy has no property to rent out if he can't pay his mortgage.

[@SimbaSeven.]

@@GaryVolts We own several properties in OK, and we worked with our tenants. Even spreading out the missed rent over a few years. Being a greedy ass in the middle of this only makes your tenants look at you as an a**hole.. and word spreads fast. But hey, if you're willing to kick out a good tenant because of missed rent. Fine. But how much does it cost to find a new tenant? Remember, you have to clean the place thoroughly and make sure it's COVID free before you can even allow anyone in the dwelling. Not to mention is the new tenant reliable? Good history? Only time will tell. Us, we'd rather keep our tenants since most, if not all, of them have been solid and reliable.

[@ryanbarthel5352]

@@Imactuallynighthawk Here's where you're wrong, you don't NEED to live in a house for shelter, you CHOSE to. You can live on the street for free, yet you CHOSE to rent from a landlord, in a house build by someone who got paid to build it, and bought by someone who decided to make a living with it. A landlord chooses to make a profit with a house like you choose to work for a company, to pay your expenses and buy things you want. A bank keeps your money safe and lends you money to purchase things you otherwise couldn't afford. You can CHOOSE not to use a bank, you can operate solely in cash and hoard it, buying things out-rite. Trying to spin things like landlords and banks aren't offering you services that you, with many options, of your own will choose to take, is a simpleton point of view. Try using your head a little.

[@darkphoenix2]

This is just one example of the overall larger issue - OUR GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WORK FOR REGULAR PEOPLE

[@jokuvaan5175]

Yea. Because the regular people aren't paying for their campaign donations. There is a website called opensecrets.org I think where you can find out who does pay them. Like Mitch McConnnell who over the past 5 years has received over 31 million in campaing donations of which he spent only over 16 million, most of which from companies like united parcel sevice

[@RealJesseONFIRE]

They gave the stimulus out to companies and mandated that it only be paid to employees to keep them on staff. If the money was spent on anything else, the grant became a loan they had to repay. That was the extent of their help. So they mandated businesses shut down...shamed people anxious to reopen, and now are shocked lots of people are facing eviction...since shocker...businesses can’t shut down and keep paying people. When the death rate is now .26%....26 out of every 10,000 cases and primarily old people...we should all be beside ourselves at how idiotic all of this has been because this is just the beginning of what’s coming.

[@Erikpdx]

@@RealJesseONFIRE they also paid people a shlt-ton to stay at home. Many were making more on unemployment. To argue they didn't do enough is silly. However, what happens after July is important

[@jokuvaan5175]

@@RealJesseONFIRE The virus has already killed more Americans than WW1, hospitals in several states are about to run out of hospital beds and ventilators which is going to cause even more fatalities to the virus + some other treatable injuries or deseases that are left poorly treated due to overcrowding, a lot of dead people at once sure isn't good for economy and US hasn't even hit the peek of the outbrake yet. Old people are people too. They have the right to choose if they want to get less chance of getting a deadly desease or not. Not all dead are oold people. Thousands of working age people have died and tens of thousands more have been hospitalised, unable to work for weeks and many of them have gotten permanent lung damage and other side effects. How many people do you atill want to sacrigice "for the economy"? The US politicians were and have been unable to and unwilling to implement any social security systems that would keep people healthier and the economy better afloat like the European nations have.

[@MrGamingPhenom]

Blame Republicans. Democrats are actually trying to pass relief bills

[@MrChiMasterSir]

We've been getting 2000$/month each since the pandemic started. Businesses have been getting tens of thousands depending on their situation. The whole thing is federally funded. Say what you will about our Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau, we're doing fine right now. The extra debt is not going to be anywhere near as bad as the economic fallout of not helping our citizens would have been.

[@Maxx_P0wer]

MrChiMasterSir Justin Trudeau is our *Prime Minister, not our Premier. 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Quirkyhndl]

Can i move in with you? I do laundry...

[@Canada1994]

Indeed. I'd hate to know how Harper or Scheer would've handled this with their "Balance budget no matter the cost" mentality.

[@Canada1994]

@@Maxx_P0wer Both work. The British Prime Minister was called the British Premier in one article I read. I'm Canadian too.

[@Maxx_P0wer]

@Justin Are you sure that both work just because you read it in one whole article (and that was about England’s leader, not Canada’s)? I’m not trying to be argumentative or anything at all! Just wondering why we would call our country’s leader the same thing we call our provincial leaders...? That would be both confusing and inaccurate, in my opinion.

[@thehighnoonsaloon7794]

That guy who excused rent is a hell of a comrade.

[@paulpietschinski3282]

He is a mobster....he will be ok

[@edhale6528]

B- pay them for 40 hrs a week? You expect them to pay YOUR utilities plus YOUR insurance plus the mortgage on the building YOU'RE living in off that? Not to mention repairing the holes you punch in the walls and Windows you break and copper pipes you cut out for scrap metal? What about paying his own bills and mortgage? Your right- it's his risk and he has the legal right to act on that risk by getting rid of deadbeats and trouble makers.

[@thehighnoonsaloon7794]

@@black_forest_ Well, any landlord who owns property without actually working for it is a parasite anyway, so, yeah.

[@thehighnoonsaloon7794]

@@paulpietschinski3282 *Good Fellas theme plays*

[@thehighnoonsaloon7794]

@@edhale6528 Unfortunately, when we give people that right "deadbeats and troublemakers" tends to simply become "people of color."

[@AnneGoggansQHHT]

Why did we give big corporations bailouts without all this discussion

[@noobgamer-cq1wm]

BCoz CapITaLisM

[@TheXev]

Because without the big corporations, how would those officials get reelected?

[@qv43v]

Two words: TRICKLE 👏 DOWN 👏

[@abnormallynormal8823]

Late stage capitalism

[@NatalieMarie917]

qv43v yeah I think we all know how well that’s been working out....

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

America has finally turned out to be a worse place than my Sim City.

[@noahgoverman448]

This comment needs more likes.

[@maldoran9150]

At this point the Dungeon Keeper would be hailed for his decisive leadership.

[@ST-pf2jn]

Or sims... oh wait they had shelter.... even if it was a shelter where i removed the doors on the room and they peed on the floor. Sorry sims family.

[@Therabithole]

lol

[@kimjin-hyub3413]

LOL

[@aminmian7291]

Teacher: I dont have enough money for school resources. Government: sorry I dont have the money for that 😕 Doctor/Nurses: we need PPEs to protect ourselves and patients. Government: sorry we dont have the money for that. Everyone: I need some rent/mortgage relief cuz I cant pay for this month cuz I lost my job due to this virus. Government: sorry Police: theres a bunch of mostly white people with guns storming our state Capitols calling for deaths of our governors Government: Ok.... Police: now theres a bunch of mostly peaceful people protesting against racial injustice and want police accountability. Government: Here's a trillion dollars worth of military grade vehicles, tear gas, rubberized steal rounds and heavy armor. We'll sending national guard and our untrained, unmarked federal police. We got an AC-130 gun ship on standby....

[@DoctorWhoKage]

True dat.

[@randybrooks3614]

Oh, and here's more money for racist Israel!! Have a nice day.

[@eveny119]

You forgot building a USELESS WALL for BILLIONS of dollars, Trading foreign aide for dirt on Democrat candidates, personal vacations for 10.2 MILLION every MONTH,................... then wanting to know how Trump can get on Mt Rushmore..... while planning cuts for Soc. Security, Medicare, Veterans, and eliminating Healthcare for preexisting conditions.

[@petermanou9083]

@Jason H Universal healthcare could be paid for easily if the US took away the church tax-exempt status.

[@petermanou9083]

@Jason H Agreed, but a lot that can also be done by removing the tax-exempt status, without taking anything out of the military.

[@j_razavi]

Landlords: you should save for a rainy day Also landlords: I see wages are up 1%, so rent is going up 2%

[@jimsimpson2820]

Again also landlords: save for your own place if you don't like your rent going up, if your allowed to that is.

[@lucasbrantley6453]

While it is shitty for landlords to raise the rent out of greed sometimes it’s not really their responsibility to save since they are the ones providing a service

[@j_razavi]

@@lucasbrantley6453 The point of my remark is that tenants usually can't save because if they had any disposable income, landlords would simply raise rents. Whether we assign tenants or landlords an abstract "responsibility to save" won't have the slightest effect on that. To put it another way, much is said about how rights come with responsibilities, but rather more should be said about how responsibilities must come with at least the rights necessary to discharge them. Giving tenants a responsibility and a right to save would radically change the rental market: rents would have to be much lower, and landlords would be taking much less so-called "risk".

[@lewisx2055]

@@lucasbrantley6453 what service is a landlord providing ?😂majority didn’t build these homes

[@z-beeblebrox]

*"It's just business"* When the phrase your using to absolve yourself of responsibility is a cliche line hitmen use in movies, you're probably doing something bad

[@lancethrustworthy]

*YOU'RE

[@BrianMcKee]

@@lancethrustworthy ur*

[@rsuffridge1]

That's the phrase my new boss used when three quarters of the department I am in was laid off to give jobs to India a year and a half ago. And a thumbs down to the lightweight grammar troll.

[@ToddHowar.d]

spim randsley the government, as explained in this video

[@z-beeblebrox]

@@lancethrustworthy I used both versions in my comment, specifically to trigger people like you

[@bluesky258b6]

Sorry to say this, but again a problem that I'm too European to understand. The problem is that people can lose their jobs so easily in the US. Here in Germany, the government funded part of people's wages so their employer doesn't have to fire them (and doesn't need to find new people and train them when this is over). As a result, unemployment rates only increased a little bit during the pandemic, nowhere near the spike the US has seen. People can still pay their rent, and neither landlords nor tenants have anything to worry about. But these ideas sound like communism to some Americans. This isn't communism. Germany and most European countries are capitalist, but with an added safety net that no one can slip through. Nobody has to worry about medical bills, housing, or their basic needs even if they are unemployed. This has worked out for us really well, also economically. Whatever the hell the US are doing is not sustainable. Edit: Here's a report saying that so far hardly anyone couldn't pay their rent due to the pandemic www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_herford/buende/22793205_Bisher-nur-wenige-Mietausfaelle-trotz-Corona.html

[@natecodesai]

Add to that, you can't get proper healthcare unless you pay a premium every month to private companies... you think people can afford that now as well? If you suggested to most people from the US that they should get social healthcare, they would call you a communist. What you might not understand as a European is that in public school in the USA, they teach children that the US is the best country in the world in everything, the only true democracy, and that socialism is basically the same thing as communism. This is why there is so much confusion. Ultimately what it ends up doing is pitting the people against ideas that would greatly help them without having to change anything about the political structure. In the US, public school is pretty much nothing more than indoctrination camps for young people, and most people can't afford private school so they send their children to be brainwashed into screwing themselves over such that the government wins and the people suffer. The funniest part is that in the US, we do many things that communist dictatorships also have done. For instance, the "pledge of allegiance" if you look that up you will see the full pledge, but I remember in public school, it was required that we stand and face the flag in the schoolroom every morning with our "hands over our hearts" (after WWII it was changed cause it used to be the fascist salute)... and pledge allegiance to our nation's flag. Songs like "I'm proud to be an american" and the national anthem were highly present as well.

[@kingofpain11111]

I gotta learn German...

[@AwqCutie]

I am trapped in the US. I would not care if it was communism.

[@OnkelBrummer]

Dont forget about the law published in early Corona Virus times, that forbids to evict if you cant pay due to corona related money problems until September....

[@ColoringKaria]

You are missing the point. In America a safety net is seen as a problem because some black or brown folk might get it. The entire reason trump got elected is because America would rather literally burn the whole country down and kill 120,000 Americans rather than have one black president out of 44. That’s the point. This isn’t a flaw it’s a feature. Remember Americans voted for all of this. Every politician in this clip was elected or hired by someone who was elected to do exactly what they are doing. This is about white supremacy. Don’t believe me: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-us-attorneys-lack-diversity-justice-department

[@Aphelion11]

Just a reminder to everyone that there are 6 empty homes for every homeless person. We have a problem with capitalism not a shortage in supply.

[@montyrobertson7362]

Exactly what is wrong with capitalism? If you have the gumption to start your own business or company you should be rich. Maybe people should stop asking the government to pay them to do nothing and start making their own way.

[@eyablonovsky]

Monty Robertson maybe some people don’t have the funds to go to a university, or the funds to start a business, have you thought about that? Not everyone has the same opportunities as you

[@montyrobertson7362]

@@eyablonovsky Jeff Bezos started Amazon while broke out if his garage.

[@goudattamaan2495]

@@montyrobertson7362 What a stupid example. Is your expectation for all lower income people that they all just come up with some good commercial idea and then poverty will be solved? Of course not, so stop pretending like an individualistic approach would work for a widespread issue. Sure, there are people who made it out of their horrible circumstances and are now at the top of the world, and that working hard to become successful is what people should be doing, but it's beyond stupid to think that that's a good solution that would work for everyone.

[@montyrobertson7362]

@@goudattamaan2495 no. I am saying stop making excuses and asking the government to bail you out. The only thing stopping you from not being poor is you. I know what it's like. My wife and I used to live paycheck to paycheck and wonder how we would feed our children. We pawned damn near everything we owned including our cars and wedding rings to do it. But instead of ask the government to give us money and say oh poverty sucks, we did something about it. I got a better job, they are out there, and now we don't live like that anymore.

[@joeeckert5128]

Back in the '80s I worked in Silicone Valley. When it took off the rents rose so fast that there were 2 income families that were living under bridges. We thought that was horrible. Now let's throw in a plague. Thanks Donnie. Are we tired of winning yet?

[@winter_s_44]

This is precisely what I have said. All of those saying: “why didn’t you have money stashed away?” who don’t ask the corporations getting bailed out why they didn’t have several months of profits stashed away to cover all operating expenses are hypocrites. What’s their answer? That it’s not that easy? I know, right.

[@michaelbugner7011]

78% of workers live paycheck to paycheck. They can't save up for a raining day.

[@bobbykay485]

Agree on corporations, but not on the landlords. Landlords are often just people who have property to rent out, and the plan was to collect rent, or find new tenants to collect rent. The government coming in and saying you can't find new tenants when the others aren't paying you would be like the government telling you your job doesn't have to pay you and you can't go find another one.

[@taradrolma2774]

Winter S. Still no plans by Dems or Republicans to give individuals stimulus checks

[@omstout]

Corporations have stockholders/pensions to pay. If they kept the money in a "rainy day fund" the liberals would TAX it.

[@christophermontosari8156]

If you do not save any money then you are living beyond your means or made previous choices that allow you to not do this. America is the land of opportunity. You work your ass off, be creative, start a side business. Whatever it takes but crying to the GOV is not the answer because they now have even more power on your lifes. Trust me you dont want to live in that world because i came from it

[@marcwood2741]

When he tossed her painting like it was useless trash, I almost died laughing. My brain is still severely damaged. You will hear from my attorneys, HBO.

[@bradljr0046]

That made me sad, she is really a very good artist. Disrespect the politician, not the spouse

[@user-bo1fg6tw5e]

For a split second I thought "there's no way he just threw that thing" and then I heard the _thunk_

[@ericabneri903]

Pretty sure that was CGI

[@fastinradfordable]

But she married that guy. And supports him. .. He needs a smack on the back of the head

[@JON-es4wk]

He also put his finger prints on the painting

[@saga2964]

I very much appreciate how John points out the landlords are waiting in the wings to pounce the moment protections are lifted. Lenders for homeowners are doing the same. I've been extremely blessed to not have to need any forbearance (hold on my house pymt) during this time, but being in a job that helps homeowners navigate loan recovery options, I work closely with banks. Lenders are doing one step up: taking advantage of people's hard times to actually make even MORE money. (And ironically, Wells Fargo is one of only banks I'm seeing doing the right thing for the people I work with!) I literally have shed tears because it makes me so sad that somewhere along the line, "business" has lost all interest in caring for those who even make their existence possible.

[@Mopsey]

Exactly.

[@stryfespoint304]

Crazy that I'm watching this as the extended moratorium is approaching the July 31st expiration and the outlook is still grim.

[@SaiKrishnaVK]

Plot twist: Joanna's chandelier was actually a virtual background she had to use, after being evicted.

[@kyarabarrion4523]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 funny but sad

[@kenbee1957]

A dark plot twist Even for 2020

[@rishi_d_mango]

OMG

[@AltF-dw6lu]

thats a clever plot twist :D be proud. And scared. Its still 2020.

[@thewriteinpresident]

The Utter DRIVEL that makes you a FREE MASON Master… What once was thought to be a Noble Profession has turned out to be THE DESCENDANTS whom killed and raped and murdered our PARENTS, and that being THEM whom attend them FREE MASON Lodges be they 10 year old girls called Jobs Daughters and Rainbow Girls whom end up on all the YOUNG SEX Porno Sites where page after page we can see Child Sex has always been here, and it was always the YOUNG GIRLS that became FREE MASON Kids whom were tricked and treated into doing Sexual Acts with these FREE MASON C.O.P.S. in their FREE MASON Lodges as ALL C.O.P.S. are U.N. Troops of JADE HELM 15 continuing operations, and once you know ALL U.N. FLAGS are Satanist saying: Pay us Protection Money, or we will take your kids and kill them, then why would anyone ever say: C.O.P.S. uphold the RULE OF LAW for we nonmason.?.?.?.? I once thought The Shriners and their Little Cars and Clown Make Up and Children Hospitals was a thing to be RESPECTED, but once you know all FREE MASON from Shriners to EASTERN STARS have EVIL SPIRITS in their minds and thoughts, then you know why these people INVENTED Abortions to kill off our Blood Lines!!!! Not only that, we would not be sick unless FREE MASON in the Pharmaceuticals were not putting TOXINS into our Tooth Paste, so FREE MASON Dentist could Drill baby Drill on our inner heads, and we NONMASON were to always see the FREE MASON as the Champions of the world cause the UNITED NATIONS Military that U.S. FLAG said: We don’t rape and torture and kill people, we only do COLLATERAL Damage, so your FREE MASON Stocks go UP Up up!!!! How often I went to Church or the RELIGION of my Nation not know the FREE MASON were The Teachers, The Imam, The Rabbi, The Priest, and the Preacher for their FREE MASONIC BIBLES!!! Told that I was born defective and a sinner and that the SEXUAL ACTS that made my amazing healthy HUMAN BODY AVATAR was the vile filth called Sexual Engagement between and Male and a Female???? How many years of my life wasted cause THE CHURCH said: Do not Masturbate for you will go Blind and you will go to HELL cause GOD IS LOVE!!!!!!! You see…., I have read the Bible cover to cover, and I also read THE REPUBLIC Cover to Cover many many times, and These Religions and Banks and CORPORATION Schools of Thought all lie for the FREE MASON Lodges in your locations… Why anyone would let a FREE MASON live when they put out Fake Amber Alerts to steal and rape our children to death in PizzaGATE Satanic SNUFF Films is beyond me, but too become a FREE MASON no matter the age, you must take a BLOOD OATH to lie about EVERYTHING!!! And in that you develop the skill of being Crises Actors on TV for BLACK LIVES MATTER and Antifa and even them fucking Democratic Republican CNN FOX PBS Trump Rallies!!! They say (COVID19) is real??? I know no one whom has it, or died from it even though THEY LIVE these evil spirits in the minds of so many say: Billions of died, and yet NO MASS GRAVES, No Funerals, and where are these INCINERATORS Running 24/7 to dispose of the dead??????? Johnny Exodice

[@Skilschot]

I dont believe Johns playstation joke until he starts his lets play channel

[@mheermance]

Joke? I thought it was a product placement.

[@justmonika1]

@@mheermance as a fan of the franchise, I dont mind :p

[@Shalalacls]

Yet it's somehow even funnier that one of his writers is so hyped up he made his boss say that on television.

[@fostena]

@@justmonika1 I don't mind it either. And I am not a fan of the franchise. It was a good product placement

[@thewriteinpresident]

The Utter DRIVEL that makes you a FREE MASON Master… What once was thought to be a Noble Profession has turned out to be THE DESCENDANTS whom killed and raped and murdered our PARENTS, and that being THEM whom attend them FREE MASON Lodges be they 10 year old girls called Jobs Daughters and Rainbow Girls whom end up on all the YOUNG SEX Porno Sites where page after page we can see Child Sex has always been here, and it was always the YOUNG GIRLS that became FREE MASON Kids whom were tricked and treated into doing Sexual Acts with these FREE MASON C.O.P.S. in their FREE MASON Lodges as ALL C.O.P.S. are U.N. Troops of JADE HELM 15 continuing operations, and once you know ALL U.N. FLAGS are Satanist saying: Pay us Protection Money, or we will take your kids and kill them, then why would anyone ever say: C.O.P.S. uphold the RULE OF LAW for we The nonmason.?.?.?.? I once thought The Shriners and their Little Cars and Clown Make Up and Children Hospitals was a thing to be RESPECTED, but once you know all FREE MASON from Shriners to EASTERN STARS have EVIL SPIRITS in their minds and thoughts, then you know why these people INVENTED Abortions to kill off our Blood Lines!!!! Not only that, we would not be sick unless FREE MASON in the Pharmaceuticals were not putting TOXINS into our Tooth Paste, so FREE MASON Dentist could Drill baby Drill on our inner heads, and we NONMASON were to always see the FREE MASON as the Champions of the world cause the UNITED NATIONS Military that U.S. FLAG said: We don’t rape and torture and kill people, we only do COLLATERAL Damage, so your FREE MASON Stocks go UP Up up!!!! How often I went to Church……., or the RELIGION of my Nation not “too know” the FREE MASON were The Teachers, The Imam, The Rabbi, The Priest, and the Preacher for their FREE MASONIC BIBLES!!! Told that I was born defective, and a sinner, and that the SEXUAL ACTS that made my amazing healthy HUMAN BODY AVATAR was the [vile filth] /_\ called THE Sexual Engagement between A Male and A Female???? How many years of my life wasted cause THE CHURCH said: Do not Masturbate for you will go Blind….., and you will go to HELL cause GOD IS LOVE!!!!!!! You see…., I have read the Bible cover to cover, and I also read THE REPUBLIC Cover to Cover many many times, and These Religions, and Banks, and CORPORATION {Schools of Thought} all lie for the FREE MASON / * \ Lodges in your locations… Why anyone would let a FREE MASON live when they put out Fake Amber Alerts to steal and rape our children to death in PizzaGATE Satanic SNUFF Films is beyond me, but too become a FREE MASON no matter the age, you must take a BLOOD OATH to lie about EVERYTHING!!! And in that` you develop the skill of being (Crises Actors) /-\ on TV for BLACK LIVES MATTER and Antifa and even them fucking Democratic Republican CNN FOX PBS Trump The Chump Rallies of Joe Biden!!! They say (COVID19) is real??? I know no one whom has it, or died from it even though THEY LIVE these evil spirits in the minds of so many say: Billions have died, and yet NO MASS GRAVES, No Funerals, and “where are” these INCINERATORS Running 24/7 to dispose of the dead human bodies??????? Johnny Exodice kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGeYY6Gtish9iKM EVERYONE ON TV IS A FREE MASON no matter what U.N. FLAG your CORPORATION nation FLIES!!! www.thefreedictionary.com/furbelow The Rag Tag Rebellion “of and for” OUR WORLD REPUBLIC CONSTITUTION Coalition goes on… kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJvbnqikhadsedU Sense You know how EVIL SPIRITS run this “Celestial Sphere” SIMULATION called our Home World of PURGATORY, then look at these “Images” of the STOCKS, and ask yourself this??? HOW CAN STOCKS be going up Up UP when SO MANY ARE DEAD Dead dead, and all WE THE PEOPLE are on Furbelow???? FREE MASON Run the Religions, The Schools you are Born Into, and The GOVERNMENT of each and every FAKE SPACE U.N. Flag……., and yet…, These PEOPLE only get their way because WE PAY THEM to be our Employees…. TAXES TAXES +=+ Tithes and Tithing to be told and taught how to “bow down” to Their FAKE and False Gods!!!! videos.utahgunexchange.com/watch/P4GnKvv9xTDRfvh You better WAKE UP now, or you will NEVER leave PURGATORY, and you [will be sent] [{**}] to A Worse Place once THE GAME is over… We Are Revelation… We do not forgive… WE DO NOT COMPLY!!!! [{*}] Game Over~ [///|||\\\] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[@ccsballazdre]

Coronavirus X: Schools. Incase you needed ideas. Haven’t seen you post in a minute...

[@TeamBTC17]

My heart breaks for the young woman and her young son. Life is so bloody cruel

[@Xergecuz]

This is what's going to happen, people will get evicted when they can't pay rent, landlords will lose their properties when they can't pay the mortgage, and banks will get a bailout at the end, but not before rich people buy all the cheap bank stocks after they announce bankruptcy.

[@ElizabethGreene]

Don't forget the same rich people buying up the rental properties through REITs, and then your landlord will be a soulless corporation instead of a human being.

[@maxschmidt666]

Seems pretty accurate.

[@littlegiantrobo6523]

And all of that vacated property will be destroyed and re-developed, something that was being prevented by those low-income renters.

[@democracydignityhumanrights]

And then we get angry and introduce the super rich people to a history lesson on the French Revolution. Probably not but eventually people will get fed up enough to do it. How many times are they gonna spit in our eyes and we do nothing about these oligarch bastards? They’ve robbed the country and abused people repeatedly and yet people still believe in the system, that can’t last forever.

[@humboldthammer]

The War is part of the timetable. Every desperate nation and peoples for themselves . . . in the Name of GAUD -- Grand Architect of Ur Destruction -- Abraham's Ur. THEN, the Jubilee in Jerusalem on 09/23/26 (maybe sooner) to forgive ALL THAT DEBT, usher in the Neo Eon Currencies, and reveal Lucifer 8.0, the sentient machine with the plan to perfect humanity. All the people will cry out in a Shared, Worldwide Experience, "No more war. Forgive our debts. Save us. We will do Anything!" Hegelian Dialectic: Thesis Antithesis Synthesis GOD no god NEON GAUD

[@jali4000]

"It's never fun throwing a single mother and three kids out on the street" ah yes that relatable experience that we all just have to go through from time to time in life

[@cleander3645]

Dude he somehow needs to make enough moned to buy his second privat island

[@kevinheller5414]

If this is any part of your business model...you might want to check if you haven't accidentally joined HYDRA, COBRA or Dr Evil

[@tycondrius23]

@@kevinheller5414 to be fair I don't think even Cobra or Dr Evil would stoop that low ... Hydra maybe .

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

Well with over 500k medical bankruptcies in the US each year even before Covid-19......

[@braydencluff5252]

"It's just business..." If you find yourself justifying your actions with the go to movie villain line... congratulations, you've transcended from asshole to villain.

[@marciaa.parker9122]

Trying not to panic but..."JOHN, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!?!" We all require our weekly fix. When the world needed him most...

[@thegreatkingofevilganondor1500]

He vanished...

[@ninjaked1265]

A hundred years later my brother and I found a new talk show host. A youtuber named Pewdiepie. And although he has a lot to learn, I believe that Pewdiepie will save the world.

[@GiveMeFive-GMF]

The "its business" argument is so obnoxious. I hope that guy needs urgent medical assistance on the street someday, and people just keep walking on past and say "sorry buddy, its walking". You can't just compartmentalise life to suit your selfish behaviour. Its not business, its society!

[@shanez1215]

They should just say "Sorry, as a free and rational agent trying to maximize my expected utility, I would rather not spend my time and money taking you to the hospital." Or you could impersonate US healthcare: "That'll be 10,000 dollars. If the market is willing to pay that price, that's what the price should be."

[@mathewstafford7943]

For real! I would like to be able to afford to rent out a place one day, but by "afford" I mean that should a situation like this happen again, I can afford to own the place I live and also the rental. I find it crazy that people become landlords and are pretty much banking on someone else paying for it to be able to afford it. Obviously tenants need to be responsible and be able to pay under normal circumstances, and I would always be open to negotiating, but we are not in normal circumstances.

[@RollerDerbyHigh]

This guy would definitely support slavery saying "it's just busineas" or "it's the law"

[@davidtryon1205]

And why wouldn't landlords count as a "small business" that qualifies for 1 of those govt loans? I get that it's a loan, but hopefully u can work with people in the bad spots, they get back to work, pay 25-50 bucks extra each month after, then he turns and pays the govt 25-50 each month per person that he helped keep a roof. I know it's not perfect. But u hear of all these weird businesses that got sooo much in the small business loans. But I'm sure the govt wouldn't put up with small payments each month too. They'll just keep tax returns. Its gonna be a whole mess of fallout.

[@brandaugment6492]

When you lose your residence, you can't find work. You no longer have an address and employers consider the lack of an address as a liability. They will look for someone they perceive as "more stable". If you can't afford mobile service, you don't have a phone number either. But it's worse than that. There's no place to go to the bathroom. Public rest rooms are not always available and even if they are, many are locked at night. You can't shower to look decent for an interview. You can't eat healthy because you don't have a stove or refrigerator. It's difficult to get unemployment payments, welfare, food stamps or anything else if you don't have an address. If you sold your car to pay a couple a months on the mortgage or rent, now you can't get around either. Many places have limited bus service. The danger to women and children is significant. When you are homeless, the vulnerable become even more vulnerable-they are targeted because if something happens to them, no one knows and no one cares. If you try to sleep under a bridge or in an alley, even if you are not assaulted, you may be picked up and thrown into jail for vagrancy. In some states, you can't even sleep in your car (if you still have one)-it's against the law. In many cities the Food Bank (if there is one), employment security office, and the welfare agency are at opposite ends of town and, in most places, they do not provide photocopiers or paper or stamps or the other things a homeless person needs to create a résumé to look for work (these agencies are not well coordinated and do very little to aid with job hunting). It's almost as though the system is designed to KEEP the unemployed from finding honest work. Most people do not want welfare, they want a job. Most people don't want to steal... but they have to eat to survive and even if they don't steal for themselves, many will steal (if they have to) to feed their children. I've been saying for years that unemployment can happen to anyone... even the most industrious and the most educated. People laughed and replied that this was nonsense. Maybe now they will see how and why this can happen... to anyone. John Oliver, thank you for bringing people's attention to the subject of evictions. It is going to be landslide catastrophe and we need to start looking for solutions NOW. Hopefully you have opened a few eyes. As a society, we are only as good as how we treat those who are in need.

[@jzthompson9598]

I got critically ill 20 years ago, and got evicted. Someone I had worked for when i was healthy gave me a car that they were about to donate to PBS, and that was my home for nearly a year, until someone else got me a place to live, because all you said was true. Three people drove me around, and four government employees helped me heal. I'd be dead now, otherwise. I couldn't do it again. I'd rather be dead. It was too hard then, It would be impossible now. I'm still disabled. I couldn't live on the street. Thank you for writing this.

[@tracymetherell8744]

Exactly

[@fermitupoupon1754]

Even here in North-Western Europe things are going awry. I took in a friend who became homeless just as the crisis began. The Social Services Department at the local municipality has been closed, but every 3 months people on welfare have to fill out a Status Form, which the municipal government is supposed to mail them. And we're talking snail mail here, not email. There is no online Status Form that people can fill out, it has to be on paper. So you can guess where this is going. Due to the Intelligent Lockdown as they like to call it, the SSD forgot to send out the Status Forms to people. And with no current status in the system, the computer has automatically stopped the welfare payments. Yet despite the SSD admitting in writing that they messed up, their solution is to just mail people their Status Form and they'll recieve the backpay next month. It wouldn't be funny if it wasn't so damn Kafkaesque. Now my employer (who has been making a mint selling social distancing stickers) does still pay me. I can work from home. But I barely make enough to foot my own bills and help cover for my friend's cost of living. But the same thing happened to my neighbour, who is a single mom with 5 kids and the worst ex-husband you can imagine. Now I know that both my neighbour and my friend will repay me at the end of the month when the SSD gets their act together. But meanwhile I am sitting at nearly my maximum overdraft, just because I am not a heartless bastard who can stand idly by and watch little kids go hungry. It's a good thing people are getting the welfare in 9 days, because I can't afford to feed 8 people much longer on my part-time income. And I'd hate to have to dip into my long term savings and face interest penalties just because I am trying to be able to look at myself in the mirror each morning. I may be a bleeding heart socialist, but I can't wait for the courts to reopen so I can sue the city for the interest I had to pay on these overdrafts. It's ridiculous that I have to go into debt to fix a problem caused by some pencil pusher who can't be arsed to make half an effort it themselves.

[@StefanReich]

> You can't even sleep in your car (if you still have one)-it's against the law. The laws are so good! We should all abide by them!

[@Nightstick24]

It's truly astonishing how short-sighted people can be. In their blind pursuit of money they justify doing the most horrendous and despicable things to people.

[@JustSoji]

Every week it just seems like John is getting angrier and angrier. And I completely understand why

[@autohmae]

I don't know why he came to the US ? for his wife I guess ?

[@SM-qf1nh]

​@@autohmae He wanted to warm his hands on the dumpster fire country of the world. :)

[@katieoberst490]

And thank God!! He's a rich man and he's angrier than most of the people who are going to be affected by this and he's doing what he can to help!! We're so lucky that he came here!!!

[@kazoode]

Rent is to damn high?

[@greeleyestateslove]

It would probably not be a good look if he was all giddy. Also, he has no laugh track/audience. So ....

[@JimmyLeg]

"...who lives in Canada", not, "who is Canadian". That is an American, for sure.

[@utoobviewer8]

or just your average Albertan...

[@diegohidafl]

@@utoobviewer8 Pause de video and read both e-mails at 8:57 and 9:53

[@Brian-tn4cd]

Half-American actually

[@estherwiskel6550]

NY landlord with Christian values ‘we are our brothers keeper’ wins my Love and Respect. 👏👏👏💋❤️

[@peterpain6625]

"should have prepared better" is pretty rich in a country where a lot of hard working people live more or less hand to mouth every week.

[@bell5082]

Week to Week, Month to Month. WTF is a savings account?

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

That used to be true back then but now...

[@rjperkins365]

@@bell5082 if you find out, let me know

[@caroselloshow5615]

Bell x if you don’t have enough money for a saving account than you live week to week and month to month

[@Yaseotoko]

Until the landlords can't repay the bank and they cry for lenience. And the bank responds that they "should have prepared better".

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

Maybe our government should have planned for a rainy day like this

[@PinikRahman]

specially when the experts are forecasting about it for decades

[@jeremylee48]

Your president held a torn umbrella.

[@evancurtis4215]

@Stacy Watters most Americans cant just fucking save enough money for multiple months of rent when they feel like it, that's literally impossible for tens of millions of people. Come on

[@SoulControlla99]

The government should pick themselves up by their bootstraps.

[@Elena-er7zp]

Maybe people shouldn’t rely on their government to save their ass.

[@nicholasroberts3930]

Apparently having other streams of income other than depending on the government as a means of living is the best thing one can do right now to survive during this pandemic

[@peterjohansen4499]

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[@audreyunderwood1956]

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[@brandonrussell3172]

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[@burtonclarke2193]

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[@burtonclarke2193]

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[@daviddelaney2407]

"The only thing worse than knowing you're gonna be stuck another day under the same roof, is not knowing that." ... thank you, Oliver Wilde. --Dave, languishing

[@EvWuzhere]

Its crazy how we dont mind spending billions bailing out companies but when that money needs to be spent on regular people its all "where is all that money going to come from?" And "think of the impact this could have on the economy"

[@sonicboy678]

That's the result of sinking into neoliberal economics...

[@sanSDI]

@@sonicboy678 do you even know what that means?

[@sanSDI]

The funny fact, if the folks get money they invest it in the economy, if you give it the rich, they fill their pockets!

[@Isaac-ie9qc]

There needs to be a balance. I would say that companies do NOT need as much as they are given, but if companies don't stay afloat those people would lose their jobs permanently. It really sucks

[@kfitzz]

@@sonicboy678 neoliberal economics with a neo-fascist government but at least we can get on with our miserable lives.

[@Camperlife4ever]

So when mobs attack rich people can they say, "It's not personal, it's just business?"

[@ourshit5725]

EXACTLY! Just WAIT for the riots that are to come July 31, 2020! Those senate Republicans are going to shit their pants when 40million march to their doorstep !

[@michaelblasius7705]

Attacking people is not the same as eviction.,

[@Tamales21]

I cannot wait

[@Burn3r10]

@@michaelblasius7705 You're right. When you get attacked, you can go home after.

[@ZENN0SUKE]

Only the landlords are just asking what they are owed and mobs are stealing.

[@brucefreadrich1188]

A landlord may evict an entire building full of tenants who have not paid their rent, but unless they have a long line of new tenants willing and able to move in and to pay for rent… they will have a lot of empty apartments. And would the new tenant pay the same price? In a buyer's market? This will also hit downtown office space. Why pay huge rent and leases if everyone works form home?

[@brucefreadrich1188]

@@kazmodan82True for apartments, but not all real estate. An empty house attracts pests… the four legged (racoons, squirrels, rats…) and the two legged (squatters, homeless, druggies…) With or without someone living in a property, it will require maintenance and need upkeep while it depreciates.

[@talyahr3302]

John's shoutout to Horizon made me love him so much more 💘

[@joedavies5675]

I really hope they do an episode dedicated to how other countries have handled this crisis, and how embarrassing the US is in comparison

[@Surproodles]

THIS!

[@WheelerRickTHETIEGUY]

👍👍👍

[@themoonsharksquirrel8937]

YES!!🎯🎯🎯

[@gregorywinston1650]

You would see some China level censoring going on!!!

[@YashagoroPlaysGames]

An episode? AN EPISODE?! I hope this is written down in the history books as one of the most atrocious and appalling periods in American history.

[@turg4874]

I think this pandemic has really just ended up showing how brittle the US as a country is. Everything that could have gone wrong has gone wrong in the US but that’s just because people have been painting over the cracks there for years

[@lewsee5562]

And this problem existed even before the pandemic as well. Most US citizens have debts, live paycheck to paycheck with little to no savings left for the rainy days. This pandemic just exacerbated the issue and made it really stick out. I feel like if the situation doesn't get better, people will have to resort to desperate measures, even illegal, just to survive.

[@lukaszgrzybowski]

thank leftists

[@AndroidAntill]

@@lewsee5562 People have already been resorting to desperate measures, even illegal.

[@yousifa7354]

Ł G Leftists have been trying to help for many years now, Republicans are the ones not willing to help their fellow americans and would rather help the 1%.

[@williamwrobel4928]

@@lukaszgrzybowski in your dreams maybe. your guys have been in charge for four years buddy, this is what you get

[@talkingheads705]

I'm from Canada, and I'm so sorry for what that horrible man said and did, in such dire circumstances

[@isexuallyidentifyasukraini5407]

We laughed when he said, "the rent is too damn high." We didn't listen. We didn't listen.

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

10:50 Unfortunately, he's right: That _is_ the mindset of business: "It's nothing personal, but because you can't make rent since Grandpa died, I have to kick you out, Grandma." This is why we should never, _ever_ let businessmen run governments.

[@PixelatedH2O]

Especially businessmen who bankrupted multiple companies... oh wait...

[@hectorsmith9945]

The US is a corporate communism

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

It doesn't change anything if you still let corperations run the country.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

@@hectorsmith9945 yep. It's socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor.

[@SGGCREATIVES]

@Travis Yap In America, anything and I repeat, anything, that in anyway helps poor people directly is called communism which is considered not just evil, but also gay!

[@Vank4o]

My boyfriend has many tenants. Some of them called him and asked "I lost my job due to the quarantine, can we pay next month or deferred somehow?" He told them "you know what, it's alright. Don't pay the rent until you figured your situation or let some of the rooms, if you need extra cash, just don't panic, we'll figure it out." I love him!

[@Junonino]

Sounds like a smart guy.

[@Ruhrpottpatriot]

But how long can /you/ last without the income from the rent? I mean, yes it's nice, but many people who rent out homes need the money, too. The problem the US has is not that people demand the rent (or the most of it, e.g. 70%) but that there's no social security, which forces people to beg for rent deferment over multiple months.

[@TheNinthGenerarion]

Ruhrpottpatriot that’s why the government should be sending people money every month as per of the pandemic response like literally every other western country in the world has been doing for 3 months now

[@Ruhrpottpatriot]

@@TheNinthGenerarion Don't tell me, I'm not from the US. And no, just sending money during the crisis is not the right way to make it less worse.

[@Iason29]

probably his behavior is based on having you to show off to, usually guys with girls become surprisingly nice in life all of a sudden

[@TheTechovision]

On behalf of all Canadians, there's only one thing I can say: Sorry...

[@philliesphan334]

Thank you, while Canada is a better society at large, they still brought us Ted Cruz, Stefan Molyneux, Stephen Crowder, Laura Southern, Lauren Chen. It seems we normalize your crazies

[@neojc128]

@@philliesphan334 There are crazies everywhere, that's human. We are judged by what we do with em. Some of us give them healthcare a mental health support system, others elect them president and senators.

[@edwardday6805]

Don’t worry I am sure this bell end is an American citizen living in Canada.

[@natividad7147]

The lady at the end got me. You could tell she was doing everything she could to keep it together and not break down.

[@CorrectFossa]

My rent keeps going up every year to help with “maintenance fees of the aging property.” So essentially I pay more money every year for a shittier apartment.

[@DoN-sf3gk]

So true!

[@TheLofren]

If the "maintenance fees" were actually being used for maintenance you wouldnt need to pay more every year because the property is aging

[@Ramneek22]

Move out

[@AmericanAppleProd]

Easier said than done, but consider buying a home

[@d.mcelhaney1425]

Same here. Oregon legislation newly introduced allowances for property owners to raise rent once a year based on a percentage of the increase of the property value. Now renters who wouldn’t normally raise your rent nearly so often or at all, are leaving money on the table if they don’t follow up yearly. Nobody leaves money on the table.

[@ChrispyCulture]

I just like how casually he tossed that painting aside.

[@amertaunlebowski8683]

Thats like with this bottle in the first coronavirus episode

[@peterblood50]

It was an original Kudlow! Like the missing husband, totally worthless.

[@livingcorpse5664]

I came done in the comments just to say that.

[@amyhull754]

SAME!

[@radical3868]

The fucking thud

[@Seldomane]

When John threw that picture of Larry Kudlow's ties, I laughed for a straight minute and a half and then had to re-wind the episode :P

[@DoctorWhoKage]

Three months later: *millions of homeless people dead in the streets* Rich people: why are there so many dead homeless people on our streets?!

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

And then suddenly there are no more people buying their products. "Why isn't anyone buying my product? How am I going to afford ten mansions, now?!"

[@ece421]

It’s not just hard to get housing with an eviction on their record, it’s also hard to get a job, a loan. It affects your whole life and it’s a downward spiral that’s very difficult to get out of.

[@kamharmon2463]

That's right, baby. All direct consequences of the drumpf's failure to respect and respond to covid 19. ALL HAIL HIS DOWNFALL!!!!!!

[@castor9683]

Jesus, it feels like you have to be a grade A+ human in the US if you want to live a decent life.

[@sassyviking6003]

@@castor9683 nope, not even that will do it. You have to be born to the right people who already have money. There is no such thing as being good enough. Upward momentum in the US is non existent.

[@Erikpdx]

@@castor9683 a little bit of discipline, education, and less entitlement goes a long way

[@Erikpdx]

@@sassyviking6003 that is as nonsense as saying hard work is all you need to be rich. You sound like an entitled baby

[@vvitchmist4856]

This pandemic has laid bare how broken and mismanaged America actually is

[@IloveElsaofArendelle]

Not only America, but the whole world

[@Leicht_Sinn]

@@IloveElsaofArendelle hahah nah it clearly poit to USA Look in Europe like Germany or Austria where you get litterly paid 80% for doing maximum 50% of your normal work (Austria) In Germany 60% The Eu itself is now discussiong to give the population credtis to overcome the pademic with 0% interrest rates

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

America functions like a well oiled machine when it comes to attacking something with their military. That's where the money is.

[@bessermt]

@@Ole_Rasmussen disgusting and true.

[@robertp457]

A lot of us have known this all along. Politicians just don't do anything productive in the US and the way laws are made doesn't benefit the people it benefits politicians.

[@216marketing9]

When he throws the painting is comedy gold.

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

If everyone is homeless, who do the landlords think will be their tenant and pay their rent then?

[@canadianperspective3731]

Qwerty and Azerty How will they pay the mortgage on the building? And that’s not even getting into an apartment building that is 90% full is worth way more than one nearly vacant.

[@keveinkevin4422]

A ton of landlords will most likely go bankrupt. They will have to sell their units to foreign investors, who will tear them down

[@richardgentry5589]

I'm guessing one of the numerous applicants with proof of income applying to rent the property is going to pay for it.

[@andrewhopkins3397]

@@richardgentry5589 You're asserting that there are a large number of homeless people with incomes that are looking for vacant apartments? Or someone in an existing apartment is going to move in to the recently vacated apartment of a low income person? Ok, so who's paying the rent on the apartment they moved out of? Smart comment. Way to understand economies.

[@hannahbarden8033]

You are right that it is generally beneficial financially to have more tenants, but the issue is that they aren't able to pay rent so, in this case, having a tenant (who doesn't pay rent) will cost the landlords more than having an empty apartment... My dad is an independent landlord and it's difficult because obviously we don't want to kick anybody to the curb, but he doesn't have enough money to pay taxes for the properties and stuff without collecting rent.. simply forgiving rent isn't really an option here I'm not saying that evictions are the right answer by ANY means, but neither is simply passing the financial burden up stream..

[@XeranDereth]

I have a feeling that John’s current script writer really likes video games.

[@Ragnarok2kx]

If I remember right, a chunk of his writers used to write for Cracked

[@DuranmanX]

missed the chance to make a Super Mario Bros joke when discussing Mario Salerno

[@3llenseg60]

@@Ragnarok2kx like the Notorious D. O. B.

[@goashas7423]

Daniel O'Brian is formerly of Cracked. Don't know of anyone else, but you can definitely feel his influence.

[@phxnigtmare]

It just pandering

[@pcardenas4220]

“Everyone deserves the basic stability of shelter” I love you John!!!

[@truthseekeralways7050]

@Michael Sequerth Get on with your Sad Pathetic Miserable Life

[@Erikpdx]

@@truthseekeralways7050 "truth seeker" ....lol.

[@pcardenas4220]

Michael Sequerth I can see where you’re coming from Michael. This country very much values the hard-working individuals who strive to do great things, and I hope you yourself are one of those individuals. A country where there are winners and losers. However, as a civil society I believe that it is necessary for all people to have a roof over their head. Whether it be the roof of a mansion or of a homeless shelter. Those who can’t afford the roof can be deemed (for lack of a better term) lazy, but it shouldn’t be to the point where we just let them die because they didn’t work for a roof. We shouldn’t give them a mansion but we can a least give them a roof so that they may hopefully one day work hard and earn their own mansion. It’s called affordable housing. Whether you’re a winner or a loser every life has value and is capable of contributing to something. It’s just more difficult for some people to recognize that this country values hard work and so we should in our own ways help those people to see their own value. And it all starts with a roof over that person’s head.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

@Michael Sequerth problem is value is relative. Fact is you generate a value of 17k a year for Google with your data, and that's just Google, KZbin, Amazon, Facebook, Steam, Netflix... They all earn from the value of your data on top of that 17k for Google. Depending on how wide a net you have thrown your data (unknowingly) into, you could have EASILY been earning 30k+ for the companies mining your data. You HAVE intrinsic value by being a consumer, or rather the retail and service industries simply sell you as a product to the brands they carry. The idea that you have to work to be giving value to "society" is actually a joke when you realize that the hardest working people make less money than if they just sat at home being a full time "product" of data mining Sure, it's a bubble, but the bubble bursting will likely be more a result of over valuing of the data, the data of a homeless person with no spending money is still worth something, but if the economy crashes, so does this bubble and all the companies relying on that mechanism will crash too.

[@akinnon2000]

That painting throw... brilliant.

[@seeteasea5497]

The most powerful thing about Last Week Tonight is that every time I watch it, it makes me feel so lucky to have been born in Scotland!

[@OGEdger]

_"Business is business."_ America during the pandemic in a nutshell.

[@jarls5890]

America does not have citizens - it has customers.

[@ansielubbeprosser9072]

😢

[@Reofenja]

Eh. You take the good with the bad.

[@atlantiswolf]

Not even. Thats just Americas attitude in general. Couldn't make it to work because you had to drive your wife to the hospital because she was giving birth a few weeks early? Well you missed your shift so you're fired. Business is business.

[@cherrydragon3120]

COVID-19 is america's black death, this country is doomed.

[@Bekayvd]

Big corporations: we need money to hand out dividends! Government: money printer go brrrr Regular people: we need money to NOT LOSE THE FRIGGIN ROOF OVER OUR HEADS! Government: we'll maybe see in a few weeks

[@ourshit5725]

So true...

[@PacesIII]

$1200 and six months later...

[@breakingbacon658]

Government: I hear the outdoors is nice

[@GMGBlackWhiteMUNGEY]

Yeah... not even remotely close but whatever makes you angry and cynical , like you seem to be committed to being.

[@Bekayvd]

@@GMGBlackWhiteMUNGEY just a stuck up European with a superiority complex

[@thetwinkleturnip]

Landlords are shooting themselves in the foot. They're going to need to fill these apartments, and if they don't rent to people with eviction history, it will be difficult to do so. Furthermore there will be no way to determine who is a bad renter and was evicted, and who is not. Typical landlord lack of foresight, really.

[@brandonadams1942]

Let me put this into perspective. We own apartment units in Los Angeles. We have renovated them beautifully, all of our buildings were in a sad state. One for instance we went in the first week with full hazmat suits. One unit was a drug den, another literally had 12 years of dog feces on the floor, and yet another had a closet with a lock on the outside and a small bed they would lock thier daughter in at night. After purchasing the building (which is not cash as many people think landlords are wealthy), and spending $550K to make it nicely livable, plus having to pay each renter $30k to relocate, we run a deficit of about $200 a month on that property. On another building we run a deficit of around $1200 a month. On others we make maybe $200-$400 a month on. All of our properties in total cost us almost $32k a month in mortgages. As for the rainy day fun that seems to make so much sense at the 12 minute mark of this video, that goes to taxes and upkeep. So after all of that we make about $1.5k a month on all of our properties. That is basically a $22k a year minimum wage earning. even if we put away all of it, it would take 18 months to accumulate enough for one months mortgage payments. Thankfully that is something, as I understand so many are out of work. We are grateful. But if one tenant does not pay the rent, that $1.4k is gone, plus a deficit of a couple of hundred dollars. Which happens often. Why do we do it, for the long term increase in value. Its a HUGE long term gamble, not just a business we get into because we're dripping with cash and spending it on amazing chandeliers. We live month to month, thank god saved by my wife's full time job. What I have laid out is how almost all of the others we know who do this same thing live. My point is that landlords are not land barons. We are also trying to get by. I would absolutely love to say to all of our tenants they can live for free during this crisis. It would make me feel really really good. But it would bankrupt us, and with 2 small children the thought of that terrifies me.

[@YukitsuTimes]

"Why don't I have chandelier money?" You spent it all on wax presidents, remember?

[@Ihavetohave1ofthese]

*reads comments and continues slow smoulder from Moscow Mitch* ... reads comment ... LMFAO!! Thank you, I really needed that laugh!

[@Sullaban]

Yukitsu Times "Just pay the rent or move out," That is what our landlords are telling us. O brother. Boy I could use ( on an empty stomach) a 4-LOCO. And I need to stay awake from that. What if the four people to be evicted were 1) baby Hitler, 2) baby Stalin, 3) Donald Trump jr. and that Maxwell woman? Those four could use time on the street. Especially Donald Trump jr. Yukitsu Times hey give my videos a quick one here are the links kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6O6l3SoZbOWrLM&authuser=0kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnrMiIelYtx-eck&authuser=0

[@FinchAshwood]

at this point they've spent so much it's insane to think about. all those dumb skits probably cost more than I have in my bank account

[@kirkdillabaugh8739]

...and a Ludlow painting.

[@veganarchistcommunist3051]

Wax presidents, world record cake, pyrotechnics, etc.

[@shahinajdary1370]

Show's over, Now let's get on with our miserable lives

[@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1]

That explains the contempt and aggressive attitude lately. This political side of the spectrum has problems will their mental state, leading to them acting out on the successful and civilized. All makes sense now.

[@gigibolani4712]

🤹‍♂️🍺🎁🎂🎉😁

[@occamsaturn]

@@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 interesting what people consider civilized

[@TheLibermania]

Shows on. Let's see why our lives is even more miserable.

[@DDoubleTake]

You got that right, now let's get on with our miserable lives.

[@Circuitssmith]

In times of prosperity, when income inequality is rampant, we’re told that property owners and executives deserve their grotesque paychecks because “they made the investment, they deserve to be compensated for their risk.” In times of hardship, any and all mention of “risk” on the part of the rich goes away.

[@PureNeptune]

Old vid I know, but the way he just tosses that painting out of frame when he's finished with it and you can hear it hit the floor is just great.

[@isaacspencer1013]

The way he throws that painting is extremely satisfying.

[@Forchintus]

If you listen closely you can even hear it thud.

[@thenamesr4318]

It straight up flew gently out of his hand

[@rahulvirmaan]

Somebody pick it up from his hand, he didn't throw it. Just watch it again carefully.

[@okaberintarou5219]

It's not thrown, more like pulled away, like on a rope. That's a $20000 painting! Seriously, the man isn't gonna throw it Away. That's a relic for him

[@maryrosekent8223]

Rahul Virmaan Yep...you nailed it.

[@Breuger]

You can hear the clunk after he yeets the painting off camera. Majestic.

[@JustinKemmling]

I laughed hard at that. Reminded me of classic comedy like Monty python.

[@FinalFina]

One of my favorite moments of this program. lmao

[@therealjeeves]

With so much grace too. 😂

[@growingmelancholy8374]

Yeah , it's very disrespectful... to the floor or whatever it landed on.

[@sl3d255]

all i can imagine is her watching this knowing full well she spent 10+ hours on that painting LMAO

[@kidagirl99]

Hearing the painting hit the ground was possibly the best part of this whole episode.

[@MrXiaoqiao]

I'm a landlord and I live on the property with my tenants (in Washington state). I couldn't evict someone who broke the lease multiple times, was emotionally and verbally abusive to me and my housemates, and was bringing strangers into the house without regard for our safety in light of the quarantine. I didn't want her to leave because she wasn't paying rent. Overall the eviction moratorium is ESSENTIAL for renters, however, some people have taken advantage of the lack of accountability. It was a great thing to implement but they should have made it so it only protected people who were unable to pay, instead of anyone who just decides to be horrible because they know they are protected.

[@freya002]

Wow

[@IloveGorgeousGeorge]

I can't tell if John actually plays video games and wants to play the Horizon: Zero Dawn sequel, or if his writers wrote that. Either way, I'm all for it, Business Daddy.

[@ghuttsmckenzie4269]

I thought he was joking but it's actually real! Holy crap.

[@ayushkulkarni3867]

Promotions$$

[@GradnLordTad]

He seems like the type. By which I mean, he seems similar enough to me to need that game. lol

[@AdoTbear]

Also was impressed about the PS5/Horizon comment. I'm with him!

[@Awsomsauce3]

Honestly it wouldn’t surprise me if he only became a gamer during quarantine

[@SuperiorApostate]

Anyone remembers the American dream? Well the guy who said "It's a business" is living it.

[@Diggnuts]

It is clear that in fact it is a nightmare.

[@iwillroam]

He really is. I wish what you said was tongue in cheek and not really true. But... it's really true.

[@yarnpower]

Wasn’t the American dream owning your own house, having a good job, paying your kids college bill and retiring before you are ancient?

[@xxfire07]

yarnpower yup! And that guy is living it. I’m not a landlord but I understand that they have mortgages too. They can’t bear all of the burden. You have to start with the banks or shit rolls down hill.

[@pizzalovingtrashpanda8604]

Here's asleep, oblivious to the misery of others

[@countmein33]

I needed that John Oliver fix!

[@jonathanbailey26]

Oliver I gotta say your worth every breath and every word! No one reads comments but i gotta say it anyway

[@MsYolost]

I thought the US already had a homelessness crisis... I really don't want to see the next level of it

[@AprilGabrielle]

SERIOUSLY! The homeless crisis in America is already bad enough, and now it gets worse. Just what we need.

[@JTMaster]

It is pretty bad even before this. Back in 2017 there was a count of about 550K people on the streets without a home. That's about the same number of people living in the entire state of Wyoming.

[@occamsaturn]

@@JTMaster and those are the people they could count

[@jorgwei8590]

More real estate with Trump's name on it I guess... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooverville

[@occamsaturn]

@Luís Filipe Andrade cheaper to the government, but more expensive for the wealthy class, due to the implication that we could actually provide for everyone

[@Penguin_Spy]

I have a theory: during quarantine, John Oliver has become a gamer to pass the time.

[@anonymouspepper2012]

But that's just a theory

[@bozilla1996]

Thanks for watching

[@drunkensailor3736]

While he's gaming I'd like to hear him talk about foreign policy for a change like how our policies contributed to the ongoing CIVIL WAR in Libya. Found a great explainer of the current Libyan Civil War and how the West destroyed a nation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5rZqqWaoLaEfaM

[@lukeduran12]

Lott Dodd spoiler, no one cares about Libya right now and no one will click that link

[@lukewylde2691]

@@lukeduran12 that's a pretty dickish thing to say. Particularly since it isn't true

[@TemakiTom]

That whole "rainy day" thing the landlord said, and the response, was HUGE.

[@godonlyknows13]

America: "Socialism is Satan!" *Economic crisis strikes* America: "... we can have a little socialism."

[@Ugazack]

America has always had socialism but only for wall street

[@starRushi]

If there was one war I’m fine with us still having but not having the results from, it’s the Cold War. Socialism is not evil, it’s actually sane. Even as hunter gathers we shared at a minimum some things. If someone was sick, every one still pitched in to help. The problem is that the US let’s its fortunate sit down far away enough from the suffering that they can ignore it. Socialism isn’t this un-natural, only-works-in-theory type of thing. It’s called caring for people around you.

[@kairibaker8348]

@@starRushi yeah socialism is always bailing out our capitalism.....smh

[@ethanfisher9619]

@@starRushi aspects of socialism are great but full on communism is awful just like parts of capitalism are great but full on capitalism screws poor people, if u find the right mix of both then u would have as close to a perfect system as u can, the problem is nobody has found that mix

[@ahindribanerjee7612]

@@ethanfisher9619 how do you know that full on communism will screw thing up? I mean, this world hasn’t seen communism yet.

[@Resi1ience]

"It's never fun throwing a single mother and her three kids out on the streets. It's not fun, but it's business." I think I can name, like, 58-ish movie villains who said that exact same thing

[@mzaite]

And Movies are Escapism because unlike in real life, those villains actually get punished for their behavior. In the real world that attitude is rewarded.

[@howardbonds5106]

It is screwed up...but don't assume because he is mouthy he is actually good at business. Most likely if people don't pay, he loses those units and no one gets to live there anyway. I had a crappy landlord, when he threw in the towel everyone was kicked out within 60 days by the new masters...it should have been 90 days but they had the building condemned...We have to do something other than compete against one another, because that is a losing game.

[@vodkasour8385]

@@howardbonds5106 suggestions?

[@christianknuchel]

​@@vodkasour8385 Adopt a mindset of social and political solidarity. It's something you can do *now* , no question-marked steps before that. Every single person who does it makes the world a better place, bit by bit. What does it mean? It means to stop invalidating other people's pain, even if you don't understand it. The ability to take yourself back at times to the benefit of others. To be affirmative of the idea to give *and* to receive, that you don't have to take care of yourself, but that it's okay if you take care of others, and they take care of you, instead of everyone fending for themselves. Now, that's a whole load of abstract talk. Besides everyday stuff where elements of that can be practiced, politically speaking, it translates to affirming universal education, universal healthcare and universal welfare (I can see how that one especially can be challenging to wrap their heads around for many) and more egalitarian and democratic economic structures (e.g. worker cooperatives). It also means abandoning arbitrary divisions, such as racial ones. A good test as to how successful you are at this is to check your stance on immigration: Are you willing to help people in need, or are you prone to use convenient excuses such as "not born here" to weasel out? It also translates to foreign policy: How much do you care if your vote translates to people half across the world getting bombed, in comparison to how much you'd care if it translated to people inside your country getting bombed?

[@micmccond7]

imagine the criminals that raid that guys bank account...oof.

[@unknownexo]

Republicans: tax cut for the rich and bail out banks Also Republicans: well yeah, the people need help but we need to be fiscally responsible. So tired of these corrupt oligarchs.

[@Tenrou2]

Same

[@thesoundsmith]

It IS our fault - we let them live. Robespierre had the right idea. As did the Queen of Hearts.

[@spicypancakeproductions5057]

Wanted: Conservative Politician Requirements: >Upper Middle Class WASP Status >Minimum Sociopathy >Psychotic Narcissism and Hypocrisy Preferred

[@MJZito56]

Kilo Graham you just beautifully described every politician

[@heavymetalredneck7973]

@@Pargasbon97 people who want to pay their own way instead of paying their way and the lazy pos next doors way also....Thats who

[@SavSpdDemon]

7:18 Throwing the picture away. 9:16 XD 10:02 XD

[@trinalittlefield6294]

I was temporarily evicted during the pandemic, even tho I paid my rent every month. New owners bought the building in the middle of my lease and tried to raise my rent. Unfortunately for them I know my rights and that's illegal, but renters have so little rights all they had to do was file a notice to evict me with the court. I came home one day to new locks, red tape, and a Sheriff's notice on the door. I call around to find out what the hell is going on and apparently I missed the court hearing (that i didn't even know had been scheduled). I was told i could petition the court, explain what happened and ask for a new date. Luckily I had people to stay with during this time. I wrote a letter explaining I never even received the notice, and I shouldn't even be dealing with this in the first place! Well, surprised surprised I got a new court date because the courts found my notice had been "returned to sender" and I in fact had NOT received it. So they issued the eviction, knowing i had never even received the notice to appear in court?! Wtf. My court hearing was scheduled over the phone, and guess who no showed?! My fucking landlord, because he KNEW he was in the wrong and though he could just bully me out. I won by default- but I was out my expenses and the STRESS of dealing with the entire situation through no fault of my own. The fact that landlords can just go into court and have you evicted for literally ANYTHING they claim is total bullshit. I felt bad for my neighbors who weren't protected by a current lease and had their rents unexpectedly hiked an extra 300 a month. Lots of families lost their homes because they couldn't afford it.

[@starwarsnewsandmemes8289]

And then the rich will complain about how many homeless people there are...

[@roanhenderson6198]

so then drop covid restrictions, tell at risk people to stay indoors and lets get on with life so everyone can keep a roof above their heads

[@camthekiller121]

@@roanhenderson6198 no

[@oceanbliss1923]

So that people can come back home and just pass on Covid to the vulnerable? Smaaart 🙄 many people live with the vulnerable

[@FarseerAnimation]

@@roanhenderson6198 That's a terrible idea.

[@renatocorvaro6924]

@@roanhenderson6198 Your Dunning-Kreuger is showing.