Jon Stewart Returns - Why Hypocrisy Doesn't Matter Anymore

[@SkipIntroYT]

hey hi and also....hello I'm aware there's an audio issue I'm not being censored, I'm just a dumbass who ran into a weird technical issue. But because it is a grand total of 13 seconds in a 90 minute video, I'm going to keep it up as is rather than re-upload and get all your beautiful comments erased (that I definitely read!). Instead I'm just going to post here what you should be hearing during those muted audio portions: 26:54 "While Stewart is often focused on labor, he often fails to look at issues through the lens of capital, FREQUENTLY AGREEING WITH HIS GUESTS THAT FIXING REGULATIONS AND SPENDING are just as important as taxation." 28:26 "There’s a lot more money to be made through pricing collusion, artificially shrinking supply by keeping units vacant, and LOBBYING AGAINST LAWS-AKA REGULATIONS-that would create more low-income housing or stabilize rent." 28:59 me plugging Patreon.com/SkipIntro in a very funny way, you'll just have to trust me on that one

[@MrBaskins2010]

thought that was a patreon exclusivity joke

[@ChewsCarefully]

Stewart is doing what you're doing: avoiding the elephant in the room. Politicians can't both take corporate $ _and_ vote against corporate interests. The end. He wants to believe this isn't true. You... I'm not sure if you even acknowledge this simple fact enough to want to deny it. You both seem to think there's some form of agency we the people have, but you also both seem to want to keep the politicians & the political structure, as if you believe the structure is sacrosanct. It isn't. Get over it. If we want things to be run better then _we _*_HAVE_* to hols whoever makes decisions accountable. Only then _can_ we make any changes. The rest is utterly useless opinion. Without a mechanism *and the will to **_make_** change,* this is all a waste.

[@ThatGuy-ht9sp]

@@ChewsCarefully who holds the accountability holders accountable? ;-)

[@ChewsCarefully]

@@ThatGuy-ht9sp That's *the question,* right? Except it really isn't. People in Western society have come to view politicians as if they're Distant Gods whose anger they're afraid to tempt. They're merely people who happen to have offices in government buildings. That's all. You know it's funny; Whenever we see people kow-towing to authority figures like this *in a movie we **_know_* the authority figures are monsters who tyrannize everyone _so_ they do this. People in Western society? Prefer this to freedom. We *_have_** laws* making what they're doing illegal. The majority prefers to put mere mortals, idiots, above the law. For two decades & counting, congress illegally interfered with the ability of Heroic First Responders to get life-saving medical aid at the behest of their cronies in insurance. Instead of saying "hey" or "boo" people just backed away from saving their lives in fear. That's 100% pure unadulterated cowardice of a kind Americans seem to enjoy. Here's a joke: what's the One Thing Americans have less of than intelligence? Courage. Y'all talk. But when it comes time to *actually hold anyone accountable for anything* they either send in an overwhelming force (I'm sure Grenada was major threat) large enough no one _can_ hold *you* accountable or they back away from the fight. If they can't kill the source of the strife then pretend they had to, they can't face it.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

The way Skip says “I’m so bad at pitching.” after accidentally leaving dead air for his entire pitch.

[@innocentbystander1993]

"It's best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue. It's how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never meant to be equally applied. It's not an inconsistency. It's very consistent to the only true fascist value, which is domination." ~A.R Moxon

[@comradequestion4206]

The hypocrisy is the point

[@KingCamilloSnufkin]

hypocrisy is something you have to be able to afford. reality bending as a force of nature. gaslight the way mr.president

[@KyouTGD]

They think they're better than you. They think they should be allowed to do things that you should be banned from doing. That's not hypocrisy, that's abuse of power, and that's the entire basis of conservatism.

[@Callimo]

Exactly. Which is why calling them "weird" zing them much easier. Anything to call them out as being abnormal, antisocial, anti society, anti-human, will hit them harder than pointing out their planned incongruence.

[@Intelligence_Failure]

because f°°cism, like z°°nism, is collective n°rc°ssism. the n°rc°ss°st's motto is "rules for thee but not for me".

[@SpoopySquid]

Jon Stewart walked so that John Oliver could stage an elaborate musical number dunking on a coal baron

[@haley9442]

lol

[@DellXDellY]

Oliver is still an imperialist.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Yeah, his P lestine cover was, putting it as charitable as possible, disappointing​@@DellXDellY

[@ichiro.g]

​At least it is Fortunate that someone on television at least talked about it using HBO money ​@@kostajovanovic3711

[@joeavreg2254]

@@kostajovanovic3711 American media is always trash when it comes to international affairs, they will always read from the same book of BS that the NYT tells them. Manufacturing consent is their job.

[@TheWinterscoming]

Headcanon: you gave your eyebrows to Luigi in solidarity.

[@bjasmine]

Or to Ben Shapiro as Lee Press On Eyebrows?

[@xdanbo1859]

1. Billionaires by their very nature are not on the left. 2. Mark Cuban's favorite author is Ayn Rand. - But people still say Mark Cuban is somehow on the left? This does not compute.

[@bkolumban]

It is, generally, quite possible to keep two contradicting stances in ones head.

[@RoryJordaan]

​@@bkolumban ones position on the political compass is affected by more than ones own conception of politics. The material reality of your existence, without any internal political leaning, will shift your position in regards to the status quo. Believing yourself to be a "leftist" is somewhat irrelevant when your actions, and the outcomes of those actions, consistently align yourself otherwise.

[@dzonbrodi514]

@@bkolumban It's a bit harder to apply them in reality, though. All you are saying is that people can lie to themselves and others.

[@dzonbrodi514]

People don't understand the actual principles that Leftism is grouped around and instead associate it with political parties that are described as Left in their political system, even though these are usually more tepidly Centrist than anything leftwing.

[@AlexanderDonahue]

@@dzonbrodi514 Usually people like that just get angry when pressed about conflicting beliefs

[@gaelanmccann6686]

Calling out hypocrisy doesn't work because under fascism hypocrisy is the POINT (One set of rules for US and another set of rules for THEM)

[@samuelmdwaradecter4493]

💯

[@imnotmike]

But the point of calling out hypocrisy was never to try to get the hypocrite to change their mind. The point of calling out hypocrisy is so that young people who haven't made up their mind can see the hypocrisy and understand the type of people they're dealing with, and hopeful turn away from that hypocrisy. You're not trying to change the mind of the person you're arguing with. Most people are not capable of changing their mind just because you show them evidence. You're trying to change the mind of bystanders who are not even involved in the conversation.

[@joeavreg2254]

@@imnotmike Dopes don't work like that. Dopes work off vibes, it's why conmen can do what they do. Presenting contradictory information as if you believe it's true is enough to make it true for the Dopes. You can't enlighten the unthinking because they value ignorance and view it as a type of knowledge rather than the lack of it.

[@SuperStella1111]

Not quite. Hypocrisy is a meaningless charge that can’t persuade or influence others or convert them to your side because anyone who believes in anything is sometimes a hypocrite. That’s why centrists treat it as a shocking thing: they pride themselves on believing in nothing. Hypocrisy doesn’t matter. Have a policy to sell.

[@oengusfearghas9608]

The sad part is the majority of people whom have voted for and support fascism, especially at the beginning, are firmly within the THEM category despite thinking they are within the US category. Unless you are at or very near the very top of the pile you will be used and exploited!

[@clouduponthemoon530]

There's a soft spot in my heart for Stewart. I would get home from work late at night and just catch a rerun. He was my gateway to the left. Without him, I might still be a Republican. It was his pointing out the ridiculousness of my beliefs that helped me find a different path. I still enjoy your videos; looking at our heroes helps us learn to continue beyond where they led us.

[@MRDLT00]

Yeah I think Stewart is a great "Jumping off Point" for getting into the Left for people who're to the Right or are not much into politics. He shouldn't be your only source, but he's not doing a shit ton of harm like this video seems to be implying.

[@esm82ify]

​@@MRDLT00Came here to say this

[@Kratoctavi0]

Stewart->Oliver-> Internet Today-> pick your favorite leftist is how I can see most people getting more on the leftist pipeline

[@yessum15]

​@@MRDLT00 I've disliked Stewart for a while now precisely because of the harm he does. He often actively misinforms the public so as to avoid tackling the underlying cause of seriousness of the topics he addresses. He's only really effective when he finds a "save the cat moment" kind of issue that is universally inoffensive. Then he really goes in. (Eg: Sept eleventh first responder healthcare, support the troops, etc.) The rest of the time he just reinforces the status quo making mealymouthed centrist jokes that conceal the extent and source of the problem. But I guess it's better than nothing.

[@MRDLT00]

@@yessum15 Pretty sure constantly fighting the status quo or the Bush administration throughout their five years is anything but upholding said quo, but sure 🙄

[@EALoArt]

29:48 this argument grosses me out. "Wages went up more than interest" Yeah, so more people got raises. The minimum wage is the same. The buying power of Americans didn't increase. The buying power of wealthy Americans increased. I've received one raise in my life. It was a one cent raise.

[@lauraw.7008]

@EALoArt - agreed. For crying out loud, raises need to go up more than interest for awhile. The minimum wage needs to go up, and honestly we need a maximum.

[@Smash_ter]

Minimum wage in various states has been going up for quite a while, and in my home state of Connecticut it's going up to $18 an hour. Many workplaces are providing wages that are higher than the federal minimum wage but i agree that $7.25/hour is really bad. Any increase to the federal minimum wage would be acceptable imo, and having state ballot initiatives to help increase the minimum wage of that state should be pushed hard like in Alaska and Missouri this year

[@fallingphoenix2341]

As a European looking at the stats, you guys are rich. The poorest states are as rich as the richest EU Member States. Looking at the tourists I see here, you guys are rich. Fancy name brand superfluous stuff, doing expensive things, paying high prices without flinching. Looking at the size of houses and cars and appliances I see on TikTok, you guys are rich. A living room bigger than my first apartment, actually some of the cars might be bigger than my first apartment if you count the pickup bed. It feels like in the land of the Free they have a rule that those who aren't rich are banished to the comment section.

[@PhotonBeast]

Comparing tourists with the average American is inaccurate. Because by nature of being able to afford a long vacation to Europe, that only will be those who can afford it and other things. You aren't going to see someone that works at as a warehouse going on European vacations unless it is a literal once in a lifetime splurge. Likewise, using TikTok as the lens into American living is also inaccurate. By nature, TikTok rewards the illusion of affluence not the actual having of it. Likewise, having the time and resources to create, build and support the an active TikTok account is already a barrier. Lastly, the same survivorship bias comes in because it's far more likely people will post good aspirational moments on TikTok rather than not; the algorithm further rewarding that. It would be like showing pictures of when oneself goes to big fancy weddings and extropolating that that's the normal mode of being - it isn't.

[@fallingphoenix2341]

@@PhotonBeast that doesn't explain the GDP per Capita difference though. Denmark, the most productive EU Member with a "real" gdp*, has about the same GDP per Capita as Missouri. And that's some of the richest six million people in Europe. I don't think Missouri is particularly wealthy. And those statistics include purchasing power adjustment. Americans on average are immensely wealthy. *Ireland and Luxembourg have unreliable GDP statistics because tax constructions inflate their numbers.

[@JonoSSD]

To me the biggest mistake Stewart makes is trying to reach greedy psychopaths in good faith. He's an eternal optimist, thinking that these billionaires are people just like us and if we just show them how much regular people are suffering or that their business model is unsustainable and it'll eventually collapse the whole economy, they'll think long term. He thinks they're misguided, blind, when in fact they know very well what they're doing, they just don't care. He fears violent revolution and wants to prevent it. But at the same time is one of those people who fail to see that the problem isn't that the system is broken and it must be fixed, it's working exactly as intended and it must be destroyed. It'd be very nice if we could all be reasonable adults and come to a compromise with the powers that be, for all our sakes. But a middle ground between reason and the lack thereof is also, by definition, unreasonable. And these vultures prey on that. Every decision, every change is pushed to the absolute extreme so people will push back and they can give in just a little, to where they originally wanted to go, and still appear reasonable, like they're listening. That's how we lost control of our electronic devices, online privacy, that's how US cities were turned into gigantic parking lots, how US supreme court justices blatantly went back on their words without repercussion, etc. You don't boil a frog by turning the heat all the way up from the start, after all. Those people simply can't be reasoned with. Because power corrupts and the greed of the powerful knows no end. And there can't be a compromise, a middle ground with people who won't ever stop until they own everything and can do anything. If we give them an inch, they'll take a mile. I think recent years have cemented that in any sane person's mind. Stewart wants cooler heads to prevail. But it's far too late for that.

[@ninety_four_94]

_"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."_ JFK

[@WorkJohnny]

to me john stweart is also a guy in denial and super north-american, from a place where there's little to no actual left-wing people and politics, due to almost a century of anticommunist propaganda. He sees himself as a leftist and the dems as well, when in most countries in the world they would be both center at best.

[@Turbopasta]

While I agree with you, I don't know if he would have better results being more bad-faith towards these types of people. What would he get out torching Elon and Trump more than he already does? Compared to other dems, I'd argue Stewart is actually WAY more confrontational and openly oppositional to these types of people (which is good). He can't be a comedy/news show host and make calls for violence and radical change. With those options missing, I think you can really only achieve change through non-violent ways like communication and open dialogue, which he talks about frequently. I could spend time nit-picking things I don't like about Jon Stewart, but honestly he's at least 10x better than your average democrat at this point. If more dems were like Stewart I think the party would be in a much healthier place. I feel like drawing attention to his shortcomings is valid but also kind of a waste of time when attention would be better spent focusing on other people.

[@sunphoenix1231]

I think a lot of it comes from that powerlessness that a lot of people struggle with, fight and be quashed, be peaceful, and ignored. I know myself I've just given up thinking I have any impact nationally and I'm just trying to make changes locally.

[@Commanderziff]

I love Jon, but he's almost childlike at times.

[@iansmith1369]

The thing I really like about Jon Stewart is that he's really good at introducing more left wing policies to my conservative parents. They like that he's funny and not like overtly "communist" as my dad likes to call anything remotely left. He's a good kiddie pool for left wing ideas, at least in my experience.

[@JamesMc2051]

No one infights like the left.

[@irrelevantpanda]

I agree. While I don't disagree with any of the points here, I think it fails to address the fact that Stewart is generally acceptable to a wide audience that get exposed to ideas antithetical to what they consume.

[@MRDLT00]

Yeah I think Stewart is a great "Jumping off Point" for getting into the Left for people who're to the Right or are not much into politics. He shouldn't be your only source, but he's not doing a shit ton of harm like this video seems to be implying.

[@DreamersOfReality]

The problem is that you assume the majority of his viewers WILL jump further left. Stewart himself would hope that they don't. He was the starting point for some people, yes. Anecdotal data. To assume that he is a gateway leftist... that's illogical.

[@MRDLT00]

@ That’s a lot of bold assumptions on what Stewart “hopes his audience won’t do”. And i never stated he was a “gate way leftist”, only that he acts as One good possible jumping off point to move in a leftward direction.

[@griffinpuff5292]

I'm german and we have our own problem at the moment. And this whole thing feels so weird and out of place. Todays politics just feels like a parody of itself

[@fbelard]

first as tragedy, then as farce

[@TheGriffintatt]

Some people are calling this America's Weimar period. Any thoughts on that?

[@weatheranddarkness]

First as tragedy then as farce

[@butterfish-g9f]

@@TheGriffintatt It's a new gilded age, not the Weimar period. You don't need to look overseas to see what America is becoming. It has an entire history to pull examples from internally.

[@warheadsnation]

@@butterfish-g9f The new gilded age already happened; it was neoliberalism. Now is the ugly thing that happens when that fails like it did in 1929.

[@bigzonks4393]

18:50 “No industry is ever going to cut its own throat and take away its profits.” Hearing such a violent metaphor used to describe leaders of industry forcing themselves to pivot their businesses feels absurd in December 2024. Literal violence being done to these people is inconceivable to Stewart in this moment, he doesn’t understand the degree of unrest in the country at all.

[@Raesear]

The last part of that quote should be "so workers should sharpen their knives." I hate him saying that. Like no shit Jon, we aren't asking, we're telling. I don't know why they'd need to agree, but he's afraid of actual reform or revolution and just wants to wring his hands about how some people are mean and the system allows it, but let's not be too hasty and actually make substantive change.

[@bharland85]

Nah, he's just _old_ and believes in the US's institutions... he believes that they're flawed but he believes in them, fundamentally. It's the same thing that everyone loved him for 20 years ago and that made 'Last Week Tonight' possible after him. To be fair, part of why TDS worked was because it _didn't_ get too far into the weeds, the broad stream of American idiots (the third-to-half of the country that doesn't read, save, or vote) could handle it. We shouldn't be surprised that an old man is slow to pick up a sword when the power of the pen stops working, it's all he's known and he's no longer fit to fight anyway (to stretch the metaphor). I'm not saying he's right but what do people expect?

[@alalalala57]

​@@Raesear There is no revolution online.

[@EchoJ]

@@Raesear And that’s what exposes Stewart as the status quo LIBERAL (NOT Leftist) he’s always been.

[@nhjhbmkuy7173]

@@EchoJboo hoo, maybe Bernie can save you in 2028

[@EALoArt]

I have been genuinely tearing myself apart trying to understand the MAGA Trump people. After watching a lot of interviews and discussions, it was this hour and a half long video that did it. Someone once pointed out to me that it's a little odd when someone religious can't understand why an atheist can still be a good person. It wasn't until this video that I fully understood why that comment scared me so much.

[@criticaloptimist]

The problem with politics today is that you can’t understand it by the political discourse, you have to understand it from a psychological lens and the material realities of different people. Both parties manipulate the id/ego, and we’re better off taking a trauma informed approach to understanding each other.

[@Respectable_Username]

I also think it's a problem with media bubbling, not only on social media but also in legacy media too. During the last US election cycle, I sorta had a foot in two different political bubbles: progressive liberals, and leftists. It was _shocking_ the difference in tone between the two, not just in the messaging itself but in the comments sections. The former were on top of the world, utterly convinced that there's no way Kamala could possibly lose despite the dreadful polls. While the latter was deeply frustrated and angry at the continual failings of the Democratic messaging platform, especially post-DNC, absolutely gritting their teeth that the orange man would still be thwarted despite the insufficient platform being run on that did little to address the material conditions Americans were struggling with (and downplaying the parts of their platform that _did_ address those issues post-DNC). And then after election day, seeing all those in the progressive liberal bubble being absolutely shocked and taken aback by the result, while the leftist bubble was very much "see, we told you so! The exit polls are telling you exactly what we've been shouting about the whole time! But no, you didn't want to listen and chose to run on the Cheneys instead of Medicare for All." But the progressive liberals were so absolutely blindsided because they were not exposed to counter-narratives from the left, only from the right which they too often leant into instead of pushing back against. Following both bubbles was incredibly eye opening, and it did help me support the friends who had only seen the progressive liberal narrative before the election in understanding the defeat and that it was indeed a legitimate defeat. And it also pushed me more to the left, because the issues being raised by leftists were so incredibly valid and backed up by evidence (both via academic theory _and_ via direct issue polling of the American public) but were so utterly ignored by the establishment liberals to their own defeat. Leftists who wanted to push back against liberal narratives with their own counterclaims were shunned harder than conservatives, accused of wanting the orange man to win as opposed to wanting to secure the best chance to defeat him. And that shunning only served to further bubble liberals, both progressive liberals and also conservative neoliberals who were never-rumpers but still essentially Republicans. At this point, I've forgotten what the original message was that I'm replying to. But yeah, it was very interesting seeing how those two worlds reacted to the same events at the same time (Stewart, Colbert, and Brian Tyler Cohen on the progressive liberals side, and political commentators like Hasanabi and The Majority Report on the leftist side. Plus also Lets Talk Elections serving an interesting spot in between where he was both very libbed-up but also focussed his commentary around poll numbers in every video and you could feel the dissonance building up as the maps started to stagnate and then slip for Harris with a lot of the helplessness of what to do about it). I just really, really, _really_ hope that the Dems will have learned the _right_ lessons from this loss and understand the correctness of that old line: "It's the economy, stupjd." And that means making economic change that benefits the majority of the American population through _universal_ progressive economic policy to provide economic security, such as: Medicare for All removing the threat of medical bankruptcy and unlinking healthcare from your job; a higher minimum wage which will boost the wages of the 20 million lowest earning Americans as well as providing more liquidity to the economy; more money to the FTC and the IRS to go after the price gougers, monopolies, and the millionaire+billionaire tax evaders in order to keep down prices and get more money into the federal budget; change the union structure to be more like Australia where you join a union for your profession, not your employer, and so your ability to be a union member and thus ability for labor to wield collective power isn't limited by your place of employment; and even just the low-hanging fruit of higher minimum annual leave, sick leave, and implementing parental leave, and making sure part-time benefits are prorated compared to full-timers so you don't have a "cliff" of working hours that employers can exploit to deny you your benefits. Universal economic policies that act systemically to leave more money in people's pockets at the end of the week. Arg, I'm definitely preaching to the choir here. I've completely forgotten the original point of this comment. Sorry, I just got frustrated and rambling when thinking about the failures of the Democrats this past election. And even if the American Democrats don't listen, I just really hope Australia's Labor Party _is_ paying attention so we don't end up with Dutton next year. KZbin will probably automod this comment anyways. Anyways, sorry, if you got this far I hope you're having a good day and Merry Christmas from Australia!

[@Respectable_Username]

I posted a long comment but I suspect it got automodded as per usual. TL;DR: It was fascinating watching different political bubbles on the left reacting so very differently in the last 3 months of the US election cycle. I was watching in real time as the "establishment" side became real hyped about the campaign and then got blindsided by the result, especially as they had isolated themselves from the criticism (both constructive and simple screams of frustration) of the left in the months leading up to the election. Funnily enough, it was the two times they listened to the left (the dropout and the veep pick) that the polls bumped up the most! But the "establishment" side was so focused in on their narrow goal that, aside from those two times, they completely rejected any other ways of looking at the situation and were then blindsided by the loss that those on the left were at least much more cognisant of the possibility of. And then watching those same comments sections after the loss, there was a _lot_ more conspiratorial thinking on the "establishment" side because those folks simply had not been exposed to any legitimate counter-narratives. They couldn't explain the loss beyond their framework of "other side inherently bad", so there was no way to process the loss other than "majority of people bad" or "this smells fishy". But those who had already been watching those approaching the election from the left saw in real time the exit polls confirming our worst fears as they so neatly fell into the existing models that we had been trying to warn the "establishment" about for months to no avail. But those counter-narratives weren't shown to the majority of people, especially those mostly following legacy media. I don't fault any onlookers for being surprised by the result, but I do think responsibility needs to be taken on the part of both the party and the legacy outlets that purport to support progressive ideas who nonetheless ignored or dismissed ideas from those from the left, including the ideas of their chosen veep. By not at least listening to those perspectives, of course folks are going to be surprised when those issues end up unaddressed and thus they lose people to the alternative that's at least _pretending_ to provide solutions to their problems! Sorry if it feels like my word choice is weird. I really don't know what words trigger the automod (just that a lot of my comments aiming to provide this missing perspective tend to go missing themselves) and so am trying real hard to avoid them while still discussing these ideas in what I hope is a constructive, useful way?

[@PhotonBeast]

​@@Respectable_UsernameHappy Upside Down Holidays and may your comment live forever long regardless of whether YT deletes it.

[@Iloveswedes]

But why? You must be white. They are not new.

[@trodgerable-u4i]

i'll stop calling out nazis and bigots when i stop seein' em bill

[@kevinw712]

hey if I'm calling Trump a potential new Hitler its just because I'm following JD VANCE'S FUCKING LEAD

[@Scott-xb1ku]

how about stop assuming Dave Chappell is one of them and you'll come off as less mentally ill.

[@Respectable_Username]

@@Scott-xb1kuIf it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it shouldn't feel so offended when people point out that it looks a lot like a duck. If it doesn't want to be compared to a duck, maybe it should take a long hard look at what waters it's swimming in rather than simply lashing out at those simply observing the behaviour it's presenting to the world.

[@Scott-xb1ku]

@@Respectable_Username considering what you freaks are accusing him and everyone else of, Dave has every right to push back against you narcs.

[@diamonddogez4270]

The thing that actually stuck with me from Bush Era Stewart was the whole thing with the Colbert Super PAC. I learned so much about campaign funds and dark money from those segments.

[@arthurpietrogarcia1057]

wasn't the super pac during the obama era?

[@diamonddogez4270]

@arthurpietrogarcia1057 yes I got that wrong sorry!

[@algernonsidney8746]

The argument that Christine Lagarde( the woman whom John confronts on globalization) that globalization is a good thing because it provides manufactured goods really annoys me because what it leaves out is that those goods are cheap because they are manufactured in countries where independent unions are often not legal and where workers such as those in Bangladesh can not simply leave their jobs and find employment elsewhere because getting permission to open a new business is extremely difficult meaning that they can not work for themselves and the number of other employers willing to employ them is very limited. In China factory cannot leave their jobs in the middle of a contract to protest working conditions because if they do they will get blacklisted. In other words they are serfs in all but name. Lagarde's argument that globalization is good because it provides the west with cheap goods is similar to saying that chattel slavery in the US was a good thing because it provided Americans and Europeans with cheap clothing, and the enslavement of the Congolese by Leopold of Belgium was a good thing because it provided people with affordable bicycle tires.

[@nerminsnowhuseinbasic9340]

Democrats made clear mistake when they started to disengage with rural, regular,normal people and started to cater to woke crowd and wealthy interest. If democrats remained party of the working class they would never lose. DEI also hurt Dems because it is horrible message to anyone to work hard that instead of meritocracy we are fixing mistakes made more then century ago. People live today not in 1800 or something, people want things to be done today and that help them, help people along the lines of socioeconomic status instead of race moronic stuff they push.

[@Smash_ter]

Typically if you are concerned with this stuff you'd make that a part of the trade agreements during negotiations. At the same time what do you feel is the solution to this problem?

[@anthonydelfino6171]

and add onto that the goods are cheaper but also the quality has also tanked too clothing that falls apart quickly, electronics that break and some that aren't even safe to use in the first place (Louis Rossman does a bunch of tests of goods now on the market designed to be electronic safety measures and how they just absolutely fail and become fire hazards) It doesn't help us if jeans can be had for $10 if you have to buy new jeans every few months when we used to spend $80 for a pair of jeans that lasted for years

[@Smash_ter]

@anthonydelfino6171 people prefer having stuff made cheap than if it was made in the US.

[@anthonydelfino6171]

@@Smash_ter I get that. But I’m making the comparison that with low quality you now ultimately pay more Things break down or wear out faster or just aren’t that good in the first place

[@marieugorek5917]

um... my medicaid is far better than any private insurance I have ever had, despite having been privatized. And I say this as someone who agreed with her husband, his therapist, and his psychiatrist, that he probably needed to try a particular treatment during the last two weeks of August, and the insurance company dragged its feet on pre-approval so long that he didn't get to start that treatment until the first week of December. Yes, that is a 3-month delay (I laugh so hard when people cite waiting times and rationing as reasons not to go to a single payer system). Maybe I should write that rich guy a letter.

[@smalltime0]

We have single payer in Aus, and the private health industry keeps advertising to youth (basically

[@Girl2TheCity]

Just yesterday a Medicaid patient was denied coverage using Medicare at an urgent care unless they paid full cost over $500 . Was told to go to outside urgent care services Our dystopian healthcare is working as usual. 😢unfortunately Quite eye opening

[@marieugorek5917]

@Girl2TheCity well, no. Medicare wouldn't cover urgent care in most cases. Medicare isn't that great unless you buy a good Medicare supplement plan.

[@sophiophile]

​@@marieugorek5917 Just don't mix up a Medicare supplement with Medicare Advantage (which is a scam)

[@selalewis9189]

@@marieugorek5917But that’s the problem, Medicare should. We can’t accept mediocrity just because that’s what’s offer to us. Medicare should cover everything, full stop. It should not be supplemented or privatized. That requires us putting people in power who will have the courage to make that happen. It requires us, the people to organize together to make that happen. There are nurses unions and other labor unions fighting to make that happen, and they need your help. Check out National Nurses United for Medicare For All and Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Health Care.

[@amandaleblanc984]

Jon Stewart should watch this video. This is the perfect example of constructive criticism.

[@fallingphoenix2341]

I think it wouldn't land, he might feel like an institution to us, something with heft and weight. But to himself he's just one guy with his opinions.

[@bradhorowitz2765]

Also, the mere fact that Jon Stewart poked fun at the democrats for having a prosecutor* who sent sexual criminals to jail as a presidential candidate while inviting a man alleged to have committed sexual harassment/assault to the convention ONLY to invite Bill O’Reilly (14:55) onto his show WITHOUT going into any hard question about Bill’s treatment of women is DAMMING. If you want an example of how Jon can’t ever seem to be more than what he is this seals it.

[@utubepunk]

Prosecutor* & agree.

[@bradhorowitz2765]

@@utubepunk aha good call on my error! Also, I wish to add this-the Clinton accusations are a mess. i can see why many dismiss them especially as two of the well known accusers went onto to become die hard trump supporters and the stories seem to change. on the other hand, the persistence of sexual misconduct rumors that extended to other women, the failure of biographers and later democratic pundits to question, the fact that Monika was younger and an intern (regardless if it were consensual), and we know that becoming more right-wing doesn't mean nothing happen-just look at gini Thomas who was harassed at work years ago; i can at least say it would be wrong to not be suspicious of bill Clinton.

[@fordprefect5967]

I think it was more so a legacy bring in, him and Bill have always had beef, and that was still evidently clear in the interview. In no way did Stewart respect him. O'Reilly already has a platform and I'm not sure it was expanded all the much given Stewart's audience

[@battadia]

"Prosecutor*"?

[@bradhorowitz2765]

@@battadia it was a spelling error that i had to fix. i spelled it differently

[@SCP-2571]

1:21:33 really reminded me of what Norm Macdonald once said: "I mean there was a comedian Patton Oswalt. He told me, 'I think the worst part of the Cosby thing was the hypocrisy,' and I disagree."

[@EALoArt]

19:19 interrupting her in the middle of saying "i feel like my voice doesn't matter" to talk over her. This would keep me up at night if I was her that shit is enraging.

[@bradhorowitz2765]

Wow..that’s really condescending Jon. A young voter, a woman, was telling what she feels and all you said “well advertisements target you so your powerful .” JON, I don’t know much about advertising. But I can almost guarantee that NOT EVERY COMMERCIAL is built towards millennials. You really think blue bloods are appealing to 18-20 year olds?!? You think Disney is appealing to 18-20 years by dressing up people in mascot costumes? Also, JON, have you not watched mad men? A major point of the show was to emphasize how greedy, stressful and powerful advertising agencies were and how little they actually care about the good side to humanity (aka health, community, happiness). I mean yes they sold happiness but these agencies want you to buy stuff, and engaged in racial/sexual Discrimination. In fact many of the audiences didn’t really have much power, like very rarely did the mad men agency if sterling cooper get negative feedback from Their target demographic. Usually it was from their own inner circle of executives. Jon you have been on tv for years now-how do you not know this?

[@HoosierHospitality]

She might sleep better at night and be less triggered than you are right now.

[@alalalala57]

​@@HoosierHospitality Probably.

[@misterb3577]

​@@HoosierHospitality Ah yes. Speaking for a woman you don't know to make a point you're not even sure she'd agree with.

[@ulizez89]

That was pretty hilarious though, like an actual onion sketch lol moment.

[@salpetrarca]

My biggest split with Jon is that he still believes the empire can be reformed.

[@utubepunk]

Always pissed me off Stewart had Mike Huckabee on & entertained his ideas like he was a good faith actor. He's given too many ghouls a free ride to career rehabilitation.

[@21stcenturyrambo16]

And Ron Paul. I know so many duped into Ron Paul by the Daily Show.

[@docjohnpaul1]

Huckabee didn't turn fully looney tunes until Trump took the WH. Stewart will interview pretty much anybody, which is a good thing. He's definitely not out there hawking right-wing propaganda, if that's what you're worried about.

[@Scriven42]

"It'll remain bloodless so long as our victims don't fight back..." said out loud.

[@sophiepooks2174]

So what is left going to do seeing as all the media is owned by the Neo-liberals, far right and religious evangelists, the courts and public services like police, education etc will be stacked with Trump loyalists? They will no doubt be pulling the plug on many YT creators they don't approve of and other social media also. So how is the left going to take on oligarchs, their corporations, their mafia thugs, mercenaries and their ideology when everything is about money and much of the human race is too dumb to realize they are being played by elites like Musk etc so will fight to the death for them.

[@JuggernogYT]

That clip of the guy saying people are most happy with private healthcare is probably the worst aged statement I’ve seen in human history

[@Zyo117]

And it was only a few weeks ago

[@docjohnpaul1]

People with premium-grade health insurance are very happy with their private healthcare. Those policies, though, are becoming fewer and further between, as the middle class shrinks. People loving their insurance is a sentiment that will soon be past.

[@highonheroin5352]

Isn’t Bill O’ Reilly a predator

[@yasielromero8236]

He definitely is "allegedly" That last time John had him in I was pretty disappointed, didn't even finish the interview

[@undeterminedalius]

Yeah wtf

[@therideneverends1697]

Well yeah hes right wing isent he?

[@hobojesus6288]

dont you just hate how we have two right leaning parties

[@sophiepooks2174]

Tell it to the millions of MAGA and the millions who watch Fox and Sky news Australia they are always claiming neo-liberal as "the radical far left".

[@kevinw712]

I tweeted about this when I came to the realization several weeks ago, that there's simply no such thing as a "left wing politician". If you're running for major political office it's because on some level you're a narcissist and you want power, and these tend to be more right wing qualities.

[@kevinw2592]

one leans, the other fell all the way down

[@Respectable_Username]

It is possible to have a left-wing political party that actually cares about issues! Just not in a first-past-the-post, non-proportional electoral system. Shameless grifters will always win out if that's the case.

[@briansupermega5692]

@@kevinw712what does left wing politicians mean to you. Because to me it means it has politics to right of whatever the overturn window is at.

[@evildoesnotsleep-x2b]

I was very disappointed with how TDS poked fun of Luigi Mangione's apearance instead of examining the corrupt, criminally for-profit healthcare system that led him to such an action. it's not a separate instance, it's the peak of a structural problem, but John didn't want to offend his billionaire overlords I guess

[@marybibik]

The framework of understanding that conservatives are in favor of the hierarchy while progressives are against the hierarchy and working for a world without the hierarchy was eye opening to me. The first take on where we are right now that's actually made be able to understand the popularity of the conservative movement. Fantastic insight!

[@algernonsidney8746]

"while progressives are against the hierarchy and working for a world without the hierarchy" That all depends which kind of 'progressives" you are referring to. If you are referring to those who control the Democratic Party then those people are not progressives.

[@marybibik]

@algernonsidney8746 I would in no way describe those that control the Democratic party as progressives. Haha

[@ryuukeisscifiproductions1818]

eh,not quite correct. Its actually right wing is in favor of Hierarchy and inequality while left wing is in favor of equality and against hierarchy. Conservative means in favor of the status quo and tradition while progressive means in favor of change. The fact that throughout most of human history most societies have been organized in an extremely hierarchical and unequal manner means that conservatives near universally line up with right wing beliefs while progressives mostly, but not always, line up with leftist beliefs. Theoretically if a society was left wing for a long enough for left wing values to become the tradition, then in such a hypothetical society, conservatives would be left wingers, but i am not aware of any real world examples actually existing.

[@Scott-xb1ku]

But you're the kind of weirdo who thinks innocuous things enforce hierarchy.

[@Respectable_Username]

@@algernonsidney8746You're right, the Democratic Party are not progressives. They're neoliberals. They're firmly right-wing by the standards of most of the rest of the world. (Aside from a few notable exceptions like Bernie and AOC, but they're very much in the minority both numbers-wise and power-wise)

[@EthanEves]

Your voice over cuts out in a few places before the 30 minute mark. Background music is still there. Seems to be right on the cuts

[@kpossibles]

yes, I think he cut it out for patreon only maybe?

[@stephentaylor356]

But...one of the things that was cut was his patreon call to action...the literal only part that his current subscribers on patreon don't need to hear.

[@docjohnpaul1]

Let's not forget that Stewart is FIRST a comedian. A jester, or comedian, has license to expose lies and hypocrisy, particularly of the people that them, without the legal due diligence associated with journalism. In other words, he can say "I was just kidding!" John Stewart is not there to convert MAGAs. They hate him to begin with, and will not tune him in. Stewart is there to make his crowd (center-left) laugh, and make them think.

[@melaniemanning2462]

Innuendo Studios is amazing, im glad youre recommending him. They want ableism, they want bullies, they want to feel better than others and have more than others.

[@wreaverfizzlefen3234]

The "Alt-Right Playbook" should be required viewing.

[@talus9663]

I was never able to connect with Jon Stewart in the same way I did with John Oliver (though I have my own critiques of Oliver as well). This video does a great job of explaining why. Stewart seems unable to imagine a world beyond his centrist worldview - the idea that Republicans and Democrats can still work together, rather than acknowledging the possibility that the whole system might need to be torn down.

[@Scott-xb1ku]

you scold freaks ARE CENTRISTS

[@talus9663]

@ ???

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

I'm here. I've tapped out of US politics from last election.

[@esimonsays14]

Same here for the most part. I fucking hate living here, but I just feel like ignoring it until January (& even then, I despise "him" so much I'll mute whenever I see that rotten orange mug.

[@nzredwolf4048]

Democracy dies in apathy. Trump wants you to tap out.

[@trodgerable-u4i]

@@nzredwolf4048 Joe Biden pardoned a human trafficking Kids for Cash judge. The Democrats knew he was unable to perform the duties of the office for 3 years and hid it from the American people. I voted for Clinton, Biden, and Harris. I regret all 3 - I feel as though I was tricked. These people are exactly the same as the people they've told me are my enemies. There is only one party in American politics, and working class people like me are not represented.

[@warheadsnation]

Trotsky: "You might not be interested in war. But war is interested in you."

[@gl1tchspectre_]

god i wish i could do that too.

[@Scriven42]

"we're now in a society where hatred is rewarded" WHAT? THE SOUTHERN STRATEGY ROLLS ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING....

[@princessjellyfish98]

thank you mr intro for sacrificing your hair to teach us about the insidious practices of policing as explained through television

[@Girl2TheCity]

Hypocrisy doesn’t work in America for the following reason 1) people don’t like to be held accountable 2) people don’t like being called out 3) people don’t like to feel guilty 4) people don’t like to self reflect 5) people don’t like or want to change 6) at the moment people like to deny 7) at the moment people like to lie 8) people like to gaslight/ find a scapegoat 9) people like to stay in the land of delusions

[@zacharybosley1935]

Oh, excellent. We've identified the problems. Now we can work on brainstorming solutions. It would suck if all we had in this situation was aimless pessimism.

[@iopohable]

the name of your country is USA. America is the name of the continent that the USA exploits.

[@TheRockerX]

​@@zacharybosley1935you go first. Or are you just pointing out a problem without offering solutions too?

[@ryuukeisscifiproductions1818]

this is really a lot of basic human behavior. The reality is that we are an extremely flawed species living in an environment we have not evolved for and evolution is too slow to keep up with the rate of change, as a result the species is filled with a lot of very counter productive mental traits. Education is the best tool for countering a lot of these problems, but it isn't a perfect one and our education system right now is too broken.

[@zacharybosley1935]

@@TheRockerX I'm happy to brainstorm. To make sure I understand the goal, it's "we need a way to motivate people to do better by themselves and their community without agitating their core biases," right? Navigating the nine principles above and finding some kind of actionable plan for the masses?

[@thezieg]

There are many of us in the Gen X cohort who were strongly political and on the far left before Stewart came along. Our parents and profs were Depression-era babies, not Boomers, so many of our political educations came from the likes of Steinbeck, Seeger, Goldman, Guthrie, Roosevelt, Randolph, Rustin, Debs, et al. Some of us were raised revolutionary militant, some pacifist, but on the true left we were always confrontational, did not hesitate to talk politics, and called out the inequities and fascism when we saw it. We hated Reagan and we loathed the reactionary betrayal of the boomers who came before us. Gen X might in the aggregate be a disappointment now, but we are not a monolith.

[@selalewis9189]

That’s true of every generation. But at some point, you have to acknowledge the larger political reformations that led to Gen-Xers becoming the largest supporters of Donald Trump. I’m an older millennial so I may be closer to your age, at the very least, your cultural experience. However, even as a politically engaged kid, one of the things that annoyed me most about Gen-Xers in the 1980s and 1990s was their tendency to stop maintaining political institutions like party politics, labor organizing, and - most importantly - state-building for better alternatives to capitalism. I witnessed the generation before me spending the majority of their time being anti-establishment while spending little or no time doing any pro-socialist state-building. All the terrains for political resistance became the movies, music, fashion, entertainment, etc. Even personal consumption was seen as political activism. We still live with this mindset today. Leading to more people feeling conflicted about buying a dress at H&M rather than doing more teach-ins about how the fashion industry lobbies to avoid accountability, or pressuring their officials to pass more environmental regulations on the fashion industry. I worry that as my generation gets older and fails to learn the right lessons from the past, we will make this same mistake.

[@thezieg]

@selalewis9189 well said and accurately observed! As a cohort, we X-ers have flipped in much the same way as the boomers did. And a lot of us ate up the false promises of Reagan with a ladle. Time will tell for your cohort, the largest difference being your and later generations' inability to own property and start businesses (which will hopefully radicalize them). What later generations will have to educate Americans about is the difference between capitalism and commerce, something the right wing wants to keep us in the dark about.

[@TheSoulHarvester]

Nobody cares man.

[@deathbird909]

"Please spare us when time places us on the top of the pillar of inter-generational slap-fights." You'll not be spared for your goodness. The pillar has to be broken.

[@shushunk00]

1:02:23 please take this in to account that goes for nordic nations too as their social safety nets are being slowly dismantled , there is no Soviet union as a threat to the capitalist in the nordic nations to make their domestic capitalists give some crumbs to their domestic working class , Same goes for policy,thanks to the Soviet union U can't get socdem policies on its own. Some people might say china may be the new Soviet union ,but china is too insular unlike the Soviet Union.

[@Usapropaganda-t7h]

The Soviet Union doesn’t exist & hasn’t for over 3 decades.

[@ramadjones]

The thing that stood out the most to me was the critique about Christians: You have those who believe in the teachings of Jesus, and you have those who believe in the authority of God. If a man murders someone, it's bad. But if God murders the first born of every family of an entire city, He Is God and Shall Do as He Wishes. This is progressive versus conservative in a nutshell. How do you bridge the two? I don't see how this can be fixed.

[@Usapropaganda-t7h]

Also, if you’re a Christian & u brutally assaulted someone for no reason, since god forgives you, the victim no longer has a right to be unforgiving (or there’s a lot of pressure for the victim to forgive the unforgivable) just bc a 3rd party said “it’s all good now!”. That’s Christianity & horribly violent.

[@Scriven42]

"the difference between real racists and tea partiers"..... UM....... Um John....... OH no....

[@Jarakin]

Firstly: this is a compliment so please take it as such. Secondly: I have to watch your videos in fifteen minute increments with nice long breaks in between.

[@willhunter6607]

A long, but still very entertaining critique of Jon Stewart's messsaging about lies & hypocracy in society. This point of view needed to be made. You made it brilliantly. I really learned a lot from this video especially about religion...I'm 64 yo. You opened my eyes...Thank you.

[@Bisquick]

This is fantastically accurate. I would just add liberals _also_ appeal to _their own_ authorities, so it ends up being two factions of capital arguing for their own ostensibly friendly authorities. I mean I think you got at this well, but just to be more explicit, both of these sides are essentially different cultural groupings with the same fundamental principles of a necessary underclass/overclass. The consensus being the divine right of "the market" as this justifies their inherently arbitrary class positioning. I would say you can trace these factions of the US ruling class back to the founding, the deified US constitution essentially a brokerage between finance capital, led by the *federalist* eastern banking mercantilist faction in Hamilton, and the land-holding slave-owning "yeoman farmer" *anti-federalists* led by Jefferson, specifically to guard against the immediate threats of Shay's/Whiskey Rebellion populist uprisings but further to protect their newfound material power (ie property ownership/control) against what both of these factions _actually_ feared: *_democracy_* (see: Federalist papers, Federalist 10 by Madison makes this explicitly clear). These people wrote this stuff so far up their own asses they knew at some level that these "factions" would be a problem (like...no shit lol) but assumed their personal "virtue", noblesse oblige self-evident by their property ownership and dominion over black, poor, and indigenous people, would transcend it. Turns out that isn't a thing. "Oops"... But point being I think their cultures - one abstracting away reality into spreadsheets to best calculate maximal financial strip-mining of anything and everything, and the other is more directly engaged with the classes it seeks to dominate, both maintaining a consensus domination over the larger working class and/or slave (unpaid working class) populations (euphemism of "bipartisanship") with the yeoman farmer Jeffersonian anti-federalists generally being debtors to the Hamiltonian federalist creditor class broadly speaking, cultivating that authentic Nixonian resentment relatable across class lines that Trump-like cults of personality appeal to. Or something.

[@iopohable]

yeah, on one side you have fascists, and on the other side you have fascists who want gay people to be allowed to do their war crimes.

[@Serioslump]

I love the no eyebrows look honestly. Very striking and unique, and not one that suits every person that wears it, but it definitely suits you. Love ya work Mr Skipintro

[@hannahbrennan2131]

I'm an avid Trekkie and I don't even have Paramount Plus. I bought box sets of the Star Trek shows I like instead.

[@Sidharthavicious]

Here's my controversial Trek take. Avery Brooks had a better bald head than Patrick Stewart. DS9 was great. Oh how I wish we could have gotten a Worf/Martok buddy comedy spinoff and a Nog series.

[@hannahbrennan2131]

@@Sidharthavicious I completely agree with that take. DS9 is my favorite Star Trek show. I'm currently in the middle of a rewatch. Just finished Season 2.

[@Lunar_Sovereign]

majorly masochistic trekkies are the ones who have paramount plus

[@Sidharthavicious]

@@hannahbrennan2131 Shed some tears in my honor when Nog has his emotional scene explaining why he wanted to go into Starfleet.

[@Halokon]

Alopecia gang, rise up! On the plus side, my legs are smoooooth, baby.

[@Tacom4ster]

I actually liked Trevor Noah era, would have liked more Roywood Jr

[@c-r]

Ew

[@iopohable]

roywood jr is great.

[@fordprefect5967]

Trevor Noah wasn't particularly funny as much but he was fun

[@zemmym.9437]

I'm so sad that more people didn't like Trevor Noah, he was the only reason I was watching as a black person, because he was just so insightful and well read and funny to me. I'm sad to see him go. I didn't grow up with Jon Stewart and he never really appealed to me

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Maybe comedy central won't allow him to conduct interviews the way he did on his Apple show. Those interviews were straight fire. Anyway, this is a brilliant video. Very well done. Subbed

[@plushoyo]

The problem with calling out the hypocrisy of an ideology is that every ideology defines hypocrisy and inconsistencies out of itself through language games. Every political affiliation and ideology engages in it - because every belief system if it is to (continue to) exist must assert itself as correct, by downplaying or removing criticisms that would prohibit believers. Hypocrisy doesn't matter (and it never did), because hypocrisy only exists to the people viewing a framework from the outside. There is no hypocrisy within, only without.

[@JamesMc2051]

If you are too stringent and pure in your politics and can't determine between the least worse of two choices then you'll find yourself governed by the worst option. The right always rally around a political position better than the left, who often spend most of their energy contending with each other. It's really obvious in my country where the big party of the left brings their policies up through the membership (and fight constantly for years trying to figure out a political position to stand behind). The party of the right, on the other hand, are almost always (right now is an anomaly) ready to have an election next week. They'll back whatever their nominal leader says. It's why they tend to win elections in my country. When you spend more of your time publicly fighting - however noble and correct and democratic it is - then this gets used against you by the opposition. Trying to lead the left is like trying to herd cats. The right are far more cynical in that regard and, in the modern world, cynicism, soundbites and simplicity gain traction far easier than idealism among the majority. Rhetoric trumps ideas. Democracy has issues with the modern world, technology and the move from national politics (that is, politics within each nation rather than nationalism) to global politics (which has brought these international interests meddling). National elections (not just the US) are now events for far more people around the globe than was ever the case in the past, and they all have an interest and are part of the mix. Ideally, it wouldn't be this way...but it is. One side of the political divide have fully caught onto that.

[@plushoyo]

​@@JamesMc2051 The lesser of evils is still the perpetuation of evil, and all idealism is inevitably dashed by the necessity of order and the way in which all attempts to create order - societies, communities, systems of power, ideologies - are inherently oppressive. There can be no in-group without an out-group, in any order there will always be someone the order does not serve, always be someone who wishes to break the binding chains - homeostasis and the tolerance paradox demand the blood sacrifice of someone. Politics, ideology, moral systems, are fundamentally matters of deciding who should be sacrificed and why that sacrifice and the system that demands it are justified. The Right is not bothered by the trolley problem, they know who goes under the tracks, so it's easy to rally; to keep the trolley going while garnering support with false promises: dear voter, the trolley is good, everyone on the tracks deserved to be there, and we'll make sure you're never in their place (until we need a new scapegoat).

[@plushoyo]

@@JamesMc2051 It seems the reply I posted never appeared. Every community, society, organization, morality, ideology, system of power is an expression of a particular desired shape of the world, an order that must be conformed to, and there will always be someone that order disadvantages because order is inherently oppressive. Politics, morality, ideology are matters of deciding who the trolley runs over and justifying why that's okay and the system we're using to determine this is good. The Right more or less accepts this and operates largely in a top-down model where they know who they want under the trolley and how they want to justify it, so they have an easy time rallying. The Left (depending on the ideological group) is (in my opinion, rightly) repulsed by this and tries to avoid it, but homeostasis and the tolerance paradox demand someone has to go under the trolley, and in an attempted bottom-up model that means either throwing your fellows under (but justifying it through some kind of 'righteous othering') or martyrdom; which is harder to organize and rally. The candle of hope and progress is fueled by corpsewax.

[@JamesMc2051]

@@plushoyo I agree. Meritocracy is the ideological outlook most on the intellectual left will aim towards (which, I think, is the whole idea in seeking to dismantle societal prejudices). The intellectual right tend to believe in the inherent viability of hierarchical power structures. I'm on the left but wary of those who'd tear things down without detailed ideas about what should replace it (populists) because what tends to happen is that something will jump in to replace that hierarchical structure. And I say left and right, but the other thing dividing us politically is the nationalist/globalist divide (it's not a binary divide because different people would split power differently there, and end up with completely different global power structures), and the populist/elitist divide. These terms might not the best ones available and individuals will identify with the terms or not, but those are the basic differences in people politically. Then, elections come, and you usually have two viable options which take difference positions on each - economic issues, social issues, global outlook, and populist vs expert/elite. My frustration is that the right manages to stand together in 90% of our elections and get their fringe behind them, whereas the left has there's split their vote (most of the time). Then what happens? You get governed by the right, signalling to the far right and sometimes in cahoots with them (sometimes driven by them, and then the real problems begin).

[@lanievangline637]

I never really latched on to Jon Stewart, and I wasn’t all that excited about his return. His commentary feels like it belongs to a different era. While I agree that it’s crucial to critique the actions of both political parties, I always felt like he lacked consistency-more like he was trying to straddle the line rather than truly challenging it.

[@sophiepooks2174]

Oh skibidy doo.🙄

[@Zbeastie]

💯

[@mebecjalt]

Is there a muted audio track in this one chief?

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

Seconded, some spots are silent

[@SkipIntroYT]

I'm aware of this audio issue and working to fix it~~~

[@sloanekuria3249]

Thank you for this, I'm alone with a bad case of doomerism this week and videos from comrades help me feel less cut off. I know change is really hard, but FWIW I think you're doing great rocking the alopecia.

[@keaganfarr4938]

At 24:00, it’s also not just about “the paying”. Universal healthcare is very much about healthcare and “making people healthier”, too. If it is more accessible and affordable for people to utilize healthcare from checkups to screenings to medications then people will also be healthier. Identifying potential diseases or concerns and taking preventative measures via healthcare is currently a guarded privilege, but if healthcare were more accessible, then more people would be able to detect and treat illnesses before they reach more critical and/or costly stages. Making healthcare more affordable *ALSO MAKES PEOPLE HEALTHIER*.

[@jaspermooren5883]

Yeah, and it makes it cheaper too. Prevention is much cheaper than a cure. The fact that they are healthier is obviously more important, but the fact that it is cheaper is not irrelevant.

[@Ryuujinv01]

The universal healthcare system wants to be efficient and fix issues. The for profit insurance industry wants to not allow using generic drugs because they get more kickback money from manufacturers to force only allowing new medication with fresh patents.

[@fordprefect8406]

I’ll admit a soft spot for Jon Stewart, he was really my on ramp for politics after all. I still appreciate this discussion of him though. I unfortunately believe that Jon has somewhat stagnated, which I find easier to forgive for him than someone else I admit. He’s unable, or unwilling, to take the step further. In a way, I do find it optimistic. It seems to me he wants to believe the problem is the people, not the system. Which just means he’s a liberal. Unable or unwilling to see the purposeful malice of the system itself.

[@Mr.Monacle]

Holy shit, I'm early. Based. Thanks for making these videos Skip, you're a true KZbin hero. By which I mean you make good content that is both informative and entertaining.

[@ankejl3830]

Thank you! This is something I have found deeply annoying about the Daily Show, which I otherwise like. I'll just repeat my comment on a recent Daily Show video here: "They're still trying to get him on facts and reason, but Trump is a fascist. And fascists believe their specific and narrow view of their nation, America in this case, is the real America. And so they can be hypocrites, because whatever they say it isn't supposed to apply to everyone, only to those they imagine as being included in that 'real' America."

[@harley-owo]

jon stewart is like watching the west wing trying to land south park jokes

[@TheSoulHarvester]

Good analogy.

[@9DarthHideous1]

for the record you look cool af without eyebrows

[@Sidharthavicious]

Handsome is handsome with or without eyebrows.

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

Like Neo in The Matrix

[@Hemostat]

but the eye shadow though just makes him look like a Make A Wish kid

[@Respectable_Username]

I have a love for Stuart in that he'a the most progressive voice in legacy media, calling out the Dems when even so-called "left-wing media" doesn't. That's not to mention the fact that he and Colbert were my gateway into politics in the first place, enjoying watching the show with my dad over dinner, and so he had a foundational impact on my politics as a whole. But as somebody who has developed more contextually aware political opinions, who now understands viewing these issues through a systemic, materialist lens, it does frustrate me when Stewart so often stops _just short_ of the line. He gets so close, but ends up leaving so much on the table through what feels like a need to keep the tone light and also fit within a relatively short runtime. I really do appreciate his space in mainstream media as one of its most progressive voices. I just wish that that wasn't because leftist voices, and indeed younger, newer voices in general, are cut out from the space. I wish Stewart had more leftist guests on that could challenge him and his audience from the left. And I wish there were more calls to action to what folks could materially do, such as join or even start a union, reach out to their representatives, or even run for office themselves. Politics doesn't end at the ballot box, and most certainly doesn't end with content consumption. Even so, I wish he did more to actually drive the mainstream conversation away from right-wing talking points and towards the narratives that the rest of the media is missing. Being the change in the overton window which we seek. I think he's certainly already doing well to push back on the overton window in many respects, especially with things like open support for Palestine, but I'd love to see it go even further and use that power to take back the narratives from the right and give us a space, clear the way, give us a voice from which to then bring up even more socialist ideas without it being on him to do all that work himself

[@MegaSlapster]

I do notice Jon Stewart lights up more when he starts talking more progressive talking points. I wonder how much of this is him being a centrist/imperialist/not left enough to sit at the cool kid's table and how much it's his network forcing him to bring up centrist viewpoints.

[@BS-bd4xo]

Very good video. Love John Steward, but I agree fully here. He's a bit too kind to his enemy, especially when sitting in front of them.

[@haloboy456]

2:08 " Other than the Trekkies"...* Clutch's heart and falls back in chair

[@cashnelson2306]

I did not know such a thing as “Paramount Plus” even existed and I will immediately forget after I hit send on this comment

[@Owesomasaurus]

Paramount plus what I'm not paying for an unsolved open equation

[@emilyniedbala]

“people love their private healthcare” me, a disable person, spending/not working my way into poverty to qualify for Medicaid

[@GoodNormals]

Atheists pointing out inconsistencies and absurdity in the Bible did help me on my path to leaving the evangelical church and religion altogether. At one point I was the president of a Christian group in college, and now I don’t believe any of it. Pointing out inconsistencies and hypocrisy can work on some people. Not everyone is as closed-minded and unchangeable as this video presumes.

[@HystericalSej]

You're seeing it too! Thank you! This video is kinda !@#$in' weird.

[@TheSoulHarvester]

@@HystericalSej Did you guys really take away from this video that his argument is "Jon Stewart's rhetoric has never accomplished anything?" Congrats to you guys on your personal journeys but this video is addressing the failure of this brand of rhetoric to amount to actual political change. It's good that you guys stopped being chuds, but that hasn't prevented the US' ongoing downward spiral into fascism.

[@Owesomasaurus]

CITATIONS NEEDED MENTIONED!

[@turingmachine7905]

Great podcast. Possibly my favorite.

[@bohoasa]

me looking at Tim Walz in that debate and the interview "Look how they massacred my boy......"

[@maytay_woo]

When people say “overregulation,” it’s mostly a lay person or a talking head putting ideas into a lay person and the person’s like “regulation?! Ew, I hate paperwork! That must be awful if I ever have to do that!” But it doesn’t have to mean more red tape and shit if, like, the system had more systems in place that *didn’t need regulating since they were abiding by rules to begin with* it’s a snake eating its tail!!!!

[@GAHAHAHH]

This is why I hate hypocrisy, you are trying to manipulate people into thinking a certain way while claiming that people are using a term like "overregulation" to manipulate people into thinking a certain way and I can't even point that out without taking on a form of pseudo hypocrisy. Over regulation is a thing just like under regulation is a thing and get this, both can be happening in the same place at the same time. Just look up Patrick Boyle because I don't feel like explaining this to you myself.

[@maytay_woo]

@ lol okay hun.

[@Invisfire777]

2:10 I was gonna say me until you said “other than the trekies” a direct call out to me personally lmao

[@tylersilvas3924]

Lmao, when you said other than Trekkies, I felt my whole soul get ripped out. Yes, I have Paramount plus for that reason. Curse you!!!!!

[@MayorOfEarth79]

To quote the great podcast comedian and one time Daily Show host Desus Nice: Facts Don't Matter.

[@0r1gam1Abby]

I'm going to have to rewatch and take notes, especially toward the end when you talk about basically different meanings for words between conservatives/ everyone else. It's reminiscent of the way I had to work hard to understand Mormons and Jehovah's witnesses when I was a fundie evangelical. When attempting to convert my friend from mormonism, we had to come to agreement on what basic Christian terms meant so we could understand each other.

[@Olivia-pj9wy]

“People love their private health insurance right now. They’re really *gun*-hoe about it.” I wasn’t expecting it but I should have lol

[@Riverphone-t2e]

watching a new creator i havnt seen before comment on politics is the closest i ever get to gambling. the feeling of not knowing what viewpoint someone has, and clicking on an hour long opinion piece is top tier. all kidding aside, +1 sub, quality content.

[@scout4locations]

The most MAGA people I have ever been around was the time I went to a Bernie Sanders rally. It took place at the university from which I had graduated over twenty years prior. Seemed like i was the only one in the crowd who had even been in such a place for an education. Too many high school drop outs can vote

[@PeacefulPariah]

There's a very fine line between Bernie Bros and MAGA. Both groups are antisemitic, too.

[@mikedaniels969]

I’ve been deliberating for literally more than a year over which creator’s link I would use to get nebula. I’ve finally settled on Skip. It’s my winter holiday present to myself 😊

[@CaseyShontz]

Right as he said “does anyone even have Paramount Plus?” I was about to comment that I have it to watch Star Trek… then he got me 😂

[@docjoe86]

59:50 Actually, Reagan said that in 1987, after he was re-elected. But his vice president went on to win 40 states in the next year’s election.

[@arnoldfreeman2885]

Haven’t finished the episode yet, but this last part on American Hypocrisy should be viewed by every US citizen. It untangles so many weird beliefs Americans have about their own country and mythology

[@Draghoul03]

Innuendo Studios is great, and I a lot of his points (like the one you showed) need to be shown to... frankly everyone but especially status quo liberals that try to protect the "free market" without ever reckoning it's truly fundamental flaws

[@alanfike]

"Central to the teachings of Jesus, is Jesus!" I think it's fair to say at this point that Christianity is to conservative American Christians the equivalent to the Marvel Comics are to those who follow the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They believe a story and they believe it oh so hard that they wanna make us believe it too! Because central to the teachings of Jesus, is Jesus!!? /s I seem to recall that worshipping idols is a sin.

[@dominomasked]

Stewart finally stopped obliquely denying that systemic racism is a huge problem, like, ten minutes ago, so I totally trust him to talk down to me about other stuff I’m caring about too much.

[@avinashreji60]

Shut up, left needs anything it can get in this environment. Now shut it

[@chriswp50]

What are you referring to? From my memory Jon Stewart specifically mentioned the consequences of systemic racism in one of the Bill O'Reilly interviews from his first run.

[@author_abe]

I quite literally learned the word "systemic" from watching Jon Stewart's talking about systemic racism during the original run of the show

[@AWildBard]

Once upon a time, Jon Stewart was a breath of fresh air. And I still enjoy the Daily Show. But I am not a regular watcher anymore. Trevor Noah, maybe a skilled comedian, isn't even left wing. I think you pointed out something I hadn't really noticed about Stewart. He tries to be "fair and balanced." But the right wing is fundamentally dishonest, and I think that is one of the things liberals often do not comprehend completely. I personally know lots of right wing citizens. If we only had to contend with a combination of liberal citizens and conservative citizens, we would usually find a reasonable middle ground. But the right wing propaganda machine is always lying to the conservative base. And we are not dealing at the top with ordinary conservatives. We are at the apex of 60 years of neoliberal economics. It's the reason fascism seems acceptable around the world and at home. So to take those arguments at face value just because normal conservatives are easily swayed into believing total BS is a huge error. And that is exactly what many Democrats and liberals end up doing. The rise of the neoliberal era has meant that the Democratic Party has instituted batshit crazy extreme right wing policies, only arguing that they are going to implement the worst ideas in a more professional manner.

[@exshot3608]

Dude this video is incredible. I already considered myself left wing but you've opened my eyes to a lot of things. Also just presented and articulated flawlessly. If only my parents would watch this video...

[@RachelJade70]

Am I going crazy or is there a bunch of spots where there just is no talking where some sounds cut out? Most obvious @ 29:00 during the patreon plug

[@goat-opinions]

yeah it seems like there's a track in the mix that got muted or something

[@robertshonk518]

Fact check of the claim at 59:45: Reagan's landslide reelection was before the Iran-Contra Affair, not after. It's still a crazy election result.

[@pantaloney]

It's a good day when I get a new Skip Intro video to devour!

[@dukejones5107]

Thank you for this. Too many lefties want this guy to run for president. He covers important issues and often does so in a progressive manner, however he’s way too comfortable with powerful people and the industries they represent. If he were elected president I think it would be Obama-ish .

[@kidd32888]

I take Obama-ish

[@cursedvhstape2443]

2:07 no gay friends alert, he doesn’t know paramount plus is the drag race one

[@Empress-Sky-of-Brynn]

I feel like I'm the only gay who doesn't watch Drag Race... I watch Star Trek though and I just make throwaway email accounts for free trials when I want to binge something

[@iopohable]

drag race is for straight ppl who really want you to know that they have gay friends.

[@wildwesley9328]

I just watched this on Nebula but wanted to like, share, and comment to appease the algorithm gods and push this video with what little power I have to sway our cruel, unfair, uncaring diety, KZbin, that cares about engagement and engagement alone. I do appreciate you explaining my thoughts about why I was not hopeful about this election because of my problems with the Democratic Party in a way that is easier to understand. Months before Biden stepped aside for Harris, I told my parents, that I was worried about the election because of this very reason but I could not explain the underlying reason for my concerns that the Democrats were completely out of touch in a way that they could understand.

[@iopohable]

ey, your comment is cool.

[@generallyuninterested4956]

Gen Xers/ X-enniels still grew up in a time when it was considered bad etiquette to talk about politics casually. Exposing the redundant systems also exposed our parents for their misogyny, racism and overall red scare ignorance. Jon Stewart gave us our first taste of non mainstream non propaganda political coverage and released an insatiable appetite for newly borned poli-sci nerds while we waited for star trek to come on (fk you World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Charles Gibson and Diane fkg Sawyer too) and everyone wonders why we grew up to be unapologetically socialist ... A childhood in the Puget Sound area didn't hurt either... I see you Jackson! Same page even though you're WAY younger than me.

[@Scott-xb1ku]

Most ppl think you're a bunch of puritanical freaks and your definition of racism doesn't align with 90% of the country. Do you really think even half of the country thinks Chappelle is the same as Anita Bryant?

[@Scoots1994]

Jon isn't trying to "solve" anything. He's said many times all he's trying to do is point out the hypocrisy and get a laugh. It's not "news".

[@thebigdawgj]

In fact, one of his taglines was basically "stop getting your news from us" because they're comedy.

[@snaredrumh3ro]

I agree with your overall point, just some thoughts…. He definitely doesn’t lead with the main systemic issues, because he (as always) leads with “it’s a comedy and interview show.” He, and you at times, acknowledge that it isn’t his job to change these systemic issues but yet you are trying to criticize his lack of tackling it from that stance.….He attempts to walk that fine line that not many (traditional media) personalities engage with. He engages in (for the most part) good faith discussions and conversations. I believe it’s a positive to engage, as opposed to completely ignore it. The “ignore it” mentality has definitely helped thus far….. If the argument is “Jon didn’t change with the left over the 9ish years he was gone” that is a totally fair take. I feel it doesn’t matter as much, as he has always had those tendencies, and ideals but most of us were either too young to realize or chose to not see it in him. He was “the champion of the left.” I mean, can we be surprised at being let down in anyway, or should we have anticipated it based on the cries that he served as a messianic figure? The expectation that he should be is telling. If the gripe is Stewart “platformed” and continues to “platform” people who are detrimental to the common discourse, that’s valid. However, he has stated he doesn’t believe that. He has openly said he believes in discussion and not shutting it down. He shows he engages. I personally would like to see him press guests, or get to the bones of many more issues, but I also understand that isn’t what we are going to get, which is sad/maddening. We can choose to take him at and through his words or actions, or not. I guess I just don’t understand the criticism at times….everyone has their good and bad takes. Does he leave a lot unsaid on many issues? Absolutely. That is definitely a problem worth discussion, which I think was done extremely well. I just think the critiques feed into the “eating our own tails” argument. Like, instead of celebrating progress when it is gained, we find ourselves in a doom spiral of pointing out the hypocrisies and failures.

[@bkminchilog1]

I thought Jon Stewart always asked the opposite question of people who clearly benefit from the system to show his audience that help won’t come from these people. What better way to prove a man a liar than by letting him speak?

[@erichmyles4481]

When he says there's good people on both sides and then he only platforms the worst Republicans, it looks like he's saying those are the good people

[@EllieJellie.]

Ah dip I'm at the debut. Love your stuff dude

[@nathancombs527]

Does anyone even have paramount+? Oh I do Besides the trekkies? ......I withdraw my previous statement

[@duo317]

I remember watching him and the colbert report when i was in high school during the first bush administration. I dont know why, but his return feels more....harsh. Maybe im just jaded from the constant "lol orange man tiny hands" jokes we had from late night, but he was more critical of trump and biden than i expected him to be.

[@mofo78536]

Well he did essentially say he wanted to be able to retire in peace lol

[@OtioseFanatic]

Was this video just not finished before you uploaded it? There are a lot of parts where you just forgot to fit in the voiceover audio. Including your own patron call to action.

[@rokoi3]

This election's exit polls showed record-breaking support for tougher immigration by Hispanics, of all groups. Say what you will about it being better for the economy, but this shift is unprecedented, and there's no other demographic group closer to the issue. Make a stronger case for why their change in sentiment is so strong, and wrong, and I'll listen

[@Zyo117]

Immigration is a weird issue. Here in Canada, the longest running prime minister was a self-reported 'corporate centrist' who introduced a lot of social programs to Canada, also the CBC, but also, Canadian citizenship and control of our border. What I've seen recently here has even been called out by the UN as a 'breeding ground for modern slavery'-the temporary foreign worker program. Corporations lobbied for more immigration to keep wages down after Covid, and the government didn't want to provide permanent social support for them, so we got almost unchecked immigration to fuel a wage-race to the bottom while a housing crisis has been ongoing for years. US 'undocumented' immigration has similar effects. Personally speaking, I have no problems with immigrants. The issue is though, that people tie 'immigration' to 'immigrant' and then feel negatively towards those people that our system has brought here to exploit. They're still people just like us and our families, looking to achieve stability. Don't blame the people for living where they feel they have the best chance, blame the corporations for incentivising government to let corps just exploit immigration to reap greater profits while suppressing wages and causing the stress that leads people to blame their neighbours instead of their bosses.

[@Zyo117]

I didn't actually answer the question though-it both has to do with what I talked about with immigration's relation to housing and jobs, but also it has to do with the sort of media that the people you refer to consume once they arrive in the US. Just as an example, CNN posted yesterday "Trump Teases US Expansion Into Panama, Greenland, Canada". 'Teases Expansion' is a funny way of putting 'threatens to invade/annex' from our perspective here in Canada, and one of our politicians posted a response to that headline saying 'Canada will resist'.