New Rule: Prime Real Estate | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

[@debbihinson1629]

I'm a liberal Democrat and two years ago I moved from one of those hip, cool, cultural cities to a small, rural farming town in the mountains of western North Carolina. I absolutely love it. I don't miss the traffic, crowds, inflated prices and oh so cool hipsters. I've found my like-minded peeps, retired hippies, just regular down to earth folks, and artisans and craftspeople. I don't miss the bright lights, hip city at all.

[@papa1964me]

Yep, that sounds like Asheville, NC.

[@debbihinson1629]

Actually, the cool, hip, tourist town I left was Charleston. sc

[@familykaplan1341]

Asheville!

[@Tom-cn4cm]

So you moved from a left place to a left place. Big whoop.

[@Daniel-jv1ku]

I just visited Tennessee and it blew my mind. It's amazing.

[@duxnihilo]

Yes, billionaires should be benevolent. On that note, politicians should be honest and the public should be informed.

[@thehellyousay]

And drinks should be on the house

[@muhammadsaqeeb5298]

Obviously this is idealistic, but at least we are pointing out this then just pretending each side is evil

[@adrianlouw2499]

I bet billionaires pay more money in taxes per year than I will earn in my entire life...how about you?

[@Matthew-wz8ig]

@@adrianlouw2499 what a stupid statement of course that's true but that's like saying it would hurt you to put a nickel in the Make-A-Wish jar at the gas station

[@Hooyahfish]

A benevolent billionaire is a paradox because you cant be benevolent and make billions of dollars. The proof of that is the fact that most CEOs display sociopathic tendencies. Same thing goes for politicians. www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwip3c_CmNHgAhWnTd8KHYedBnEQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fceos-often-have-psychopathic-traits-2017-7&psig=AOvVaw0vEWitoXoCTvSE8XV9ESPz&ust=1550988492894302

[@blackday1013]

You had me at Chinese food. In all seriousness though, it would be nice to be able to use my college degree for something without having to leave the place I grew up in for 23 years

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

So why don't you do it? What's your degree in?

[@Ravie1]

As someone who is in a (super) flyover state where there happens to be those kind of jobs, it's about how to find a place to do that that is affordable, i'm graduating soon and i'm not staying where I am because while it has employment opportunity and a nice quality of life, the housing market locally is bat shit crazy and I would rather save 100K on my first mortgage. I'm eyeing the areas of Texas that have jobs but low housing prices.

[@ChardonnayJohnny]

Such a big world out there. I'll probably end up where I grew up but I've looked for jobs in other cities to get something new n have amazing experiences. But hope you get That job you seek!

[@brettb9194]

this is a function of choosing the right degree, or taking a vocational college/apprenticeship instead: it annoys me no end when a youngster takes four years of art history and expects to work anywhere but a metropolis - even as a teacher their qualifications would be limited to the large centers because the market for students in these non-producer humanities areas is small. it's not that they're unimportant it's that we need only one for every hundred hundred thousand welders, mechanics, service technicians. nice work if you can get it

[@CBlargh]

I used my college degree to GTFO of the Red State sh!thole I grew up in for 23 years. That's what it was for.

[@healthymealthy775]

It amazes me that people are finally starting to get it, including Bill Maher. This has been a huge problem for decades and only growing. Most of the good jobs are only in certain areas. Many people move into these areas and the housing and rent prices skyrocket, making it a pay check to pay check existence. If the jobs were spread apart we wouldn't have the problems of extremely high costs of living.

[@GrassPossum]

Mate there are fewer good jobs in those areas and Bill Maher is a very wealthy privileged person whose ignorance of orinary people and their lives is showing here. For someone who is not an American and extremely glad of it, I found watchjing this arrogant uninformed wanker to be repulsive. He is roundly insulting a lot of people. Many of whom are far smarter andplenty also who are better educated than he is. his simplistic outlook assumes that there is enough for everyone to have what he describes when it is not so, and only 1% of the population would have anything like what he describes and the educated percentage as such will not by any means be all Progressive or Liberal voters. Furthermore not all uneducated and backwards people are religious and not all religious people are unedducated and backward. He is the winner in a system which keeps the majority down. he is in no positionto pass judgement on the rest of that system. Just as the USA remains rich by looting the world and keeping much of it in chaos and poverty so too the 'elites' in the USA maintain their position on the back of keeping the majority poor and fearful.

[@timf7413]

Here's the thing, those big companies companies in thriving fields like tech are also competing for skilled workers who want to live in the areas that have the amenities and (for lack of a better term) "cool stuff" Bill mentioned and most of that needs a certain population density (and all around critical mass) in order to thrive. It's not as easy as saying "spread out", when the people who can afford it actually want (for the most part) to be clustered in those few hip areas.

[@karlhungus545]

@boss 630 End-stage capitalism is the problem in the USA...which is now just another oligarchy like Russia.

[@karlhungus545]

@boss 630 Yes, it would. It's called 'Canada' or 'Sweden' or 'Finland' or 'France' or 'Slovenia' or any number of countries far better than the USA that don't have the almost laughable issues that the 'Republic of USA' now has. Sorry, I forgot that the USA is the 'greatest country in the world' 🤣😂🤣

[@karlhungus545]

@boss 630 Her name's Angie actually. The name is from the Big Lebowski, which every self-respecting man is aware of. Good luck with that. Your senate sounds like a clan meeting in the Congo these days...

[@collectorstartrek1036]

My city has over 60 churches (tax exempt) but no natural history museums.

[@chrisbucci5769]

Not sure what city that is but I truly feel sorry for you.

[@kaladan1890]

and how many imaginary people live in your imaginary city ?

[@CloudsGirl7]

My sympathies. I have a similar situation in my town - really hillbilly-ville - where you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a church, and I have to go out of state to see a museum. (Of anything regarding science.) At least there's a nice, stocked library...

[@jettsoma]

CloudsGirl7 Sounds like my county, but at least we have lots of legal weed. 😏

[@SekaiNoGaijin]

I am so glad I am not american. Hang in there!

[@mikescarborough9196]

Translation: If you want people to understand progressivism, maybe you should start out by showing them some progress.

[@bigwitt187]

Yeah, you do realize that republicans are conservative? You further realize what conservative means when referencing republicans? They aren't fans of change, including progress, even if it benefits them.

[@shagdad76]

give us progressives an opportunity to show you what we can do; and you will be asking hillary who ????

[@fludblud]

@@bigwitt187 If they didnt want to progress then why were 230 cities mostly in red states practically begging Amazon to move there by offering every legal tax break possible? Theyre angry and conservative because theyre dirt poor and have nothing left. If liberals are serious about progressivism then their first priority should be reaching out instead withdrawing into tiny bubbles and leaving the rest of the nation to rot.

[@bigwitt187]

@@fludblud For one, cities aren't filled with conservatives, even in red states. For another, what the fuck does offering tax breaks in order to get a company HQ have to do with progressivism? We can't force the ignorant fucktards to help themselves, especially when they're putting regressive dipshits like Trump in power.

[@IAmGeorgeLucas]

Well put Mike, I'm gonna steal this one :)

[@tuck2727]

Amazon should really go to Detroit.

[@bmel7718]

I say Flint but proximity counts

[@CBlargh]

Yeah! My thought as well! Poor Detroit can't catch a f--king break...

[@christiancoates6505]

W

[@psychobergmuis6281]

Why

[@bugeye8749]

No job or life security

[@64standardtrickyness]

If Amazon was interested in doing good, they'd give their employees a bathroom break so they don't have to pee in a bottle

[@sheikyobooty9334]

Maga fools need education and mental healthcare not guns and walls

[@avedic]

Sex is healthy....it's vital for mental and physiological health. And a life of increasing abstinence is not a good idea.... Less baby making? Yes. Absolutely. But I think younger people have so LITTLE sex these days....isn't such a good idea. Young people in Scandinavia fuck like crazy....in Saudi Arabia? Not so much. I just think this argument is made poorly when having sex is equated with pregnancy. Seperate the two.

[@brux7650]

@@avedic wtf comment were you replying to? or did u just go on that rant with no context haha

[@avedic]

Meritocracy and Capitalism absolutely have their merits. I definitively believe that. BUT.....then there's Jeff Bezos. I am 100% convinced there is not a single human being alive, or who has ever lived, or ever will live....who deserves or has "earned" a BILLION DOLLARS. That's absurd. That's impossible. A human being cannot do ANYTHING to deserve THAT. And this guy...has over 200 times that. At that point, I'm sorry....but you are in fact a sociopath. No human being deserves or is capable of earning that much wealth. You are simply an extreme outlier at that point....that somehow concocted a situation in which you were able to amass orders of magnitude more wealth than you could possibly earn in thousands of lifetimes. And we're supposed to feel excited for you getting to go to space? Neato. Have fun while you can Jeff. Because if you and people like you keep this shit up.....given history, we all know how this ends. Poor desperate hungry people can and will and have killed people like you in order to......you know.....survive. The gross thing is that I get the distinct impression Jeff feels zero shame or empathy. He probably doesn't even think about it. He doesn't understand how gross he is as a human being. I think it's our job, the other 99.9999999% of us.....to get him to understand how gross he is. I just hope we're up to the task, because right now....we're pretty goddamn distracted from reality.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

But Bezos needs another mega yacht...SIGH

[@marymiller6188]

The people who are pissed about him supposedly dissing red states are missing he point. Amazon could revitalize a city instead of driving up the cost of living in an already expensive city.

[@MsBhappy]

Exactly!

[@Krazyyerttle]

No i get it he is just so arrogant to assume everyone else is jealous of overpriced and overrated styles of life he literally talked as if we all just eat chef boyardee and beat our wives because thats all we have

[@Vennytube]

lol, don't make excuses, EVERYONE got his point. It was very clear, the problem is that his point alienates more than half the country with condescending elitism.

[@ubcphysicsyangbo]

Mary Miller Amen to that!

[@movienight7448]

His point is the same one Hillary made when she called half of the country deplorables. Just because he was funny when he said it doesn’t mean he’s not in the same exact boats idiot ass Democrats have always been in. Trump 2020

[@msyrdahl]

I think you're all missing the point. The point of the whole thing was to show that Amazon could make a huge difference in many parts of the country, bringing jobs and a better economy to areas that need it. No matter what you think of his tone, or what your politics are, or that you think he's condescending, he has a good point.

[@dvchel]

Even though Bill Maher is right on many points, there is still *no* need to be this condescending. Drawing viewers away instead of attracting them, since we've gotten so bored by these sharing of views of Conservatives and middle America etc.

[@narata1541]

Umm... We got the point of the video. You're not better than us because you think you're the only one who knows what this is about

[@thehellyousay]

Amazon would make a bigger difference if it's shareholders and board of directors were hanged en masse

[@mariog1490]

Mary Syrdahl bru stfu there is no good point. Oh I’m from California and yesterday my feelings got hurt because I could go to the bathroom I preferred. 🤜🏿🤜🏿👌🏿😂😂😂😎😎🤭😬🤭😬🤑🤑🤑🤣🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🌶🍆🥵🅱️😂😂😂🌶🍆😬🤬💪🏿

[@sheikyobooty9334]

Build a wall around ignorant redstate racists

[@NewMessage]

CSI: Lubbock 🎶Whoooo is ya'll Who, who, who, who 🎶

[@moonlit6311]

Lol!!😂😂😂

[@noeldown1952]

I wonder who will get the part of Judge Henry Allan Laudermilk

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

@Web Grep Bye, bot.

[@ceciliaFX]

I'd watch that show

[@brandonbeard4019]

Give Lubbock the CSI show, but let Abilene have the factory lol!!

[@carlsnyder4833]

I live in a red state and i own a home with a yard and multiple vehicles all on an average income. I remember visiting another office within the company I work for in San Francisco where I met my colleagues all of whom shared this same sentiment of arrogance combined with pity for those of us not blessed to live in such a wonderful city. You can imagine my bewilderment when I left the building and had to sidestep human feces and dirty needles.

[@hunterscott5836]

Carl Snyder the smug liberal thinks their shit don’t stink

[@Makermook]

And you went back to the home you own instead of a postage stamp sized apartment that you pay $4000/month to live in.

[@popcultureodyssey4459]

Exactly I'll never understand it...

[@g.p.1101]

You hit the nail on the head! Warren Buffett living in Omaha, Nebraska would laugh in Bill Maher's face if Bill said to him "You want to be me because I live in a Blue state and you live in a Red State". According to Bill, there are couples sitting in their million dollar homes in Texas right now saying to each other "Those broke people living under bridges in Portland are so lucky to live in a Blue state! I want to be one of those people so bad!"

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

You know, I'm from Idaho (a liberal college town) and now I live in deep red California (Fresno) and work in an ag related job. I roll my eyes any time anyone suggests that the big metropolis people have out better than I did in any way. I wouldn't trade anything for unpaved dirt under my steel toe boots.

[@muhammaddawood4382]

Its not a problem in America its a problem in the Whole World. The Developed Cities keep on developing and the under developed remain under developed. Within one country are two countries.

[@babyteano1977]

I agree to disagree, America is so focused in their precious wall that Trump will get military budget to build it, America is moving backwards

[@danielsteel5251]

@J. Dawood I empathize with what you might be feeling right now, when someone explicitly refuses to comprehend your plain English. Globalization means global rich and global poor, in _every_ country.

[@kaladan1890]

true , the divid between rich and poor is getting wider, the middle class disappearing into poverty, people used to bring balance with revolutions ... something that can't be done with today society, take a look at france, all this rioting for this little results.

[@666Tomato666]

@@kaladan1890 we already had a time when the countries were far less intertwined and the capital was far more centralized, it was called the feudal age globalization and concentration of capital are two separate things and one does not directly force the other

[@jflack6]

I live in TN (Appalachia) and some of us in the mountains and wedged between the hills don’t have much but we are close to nature, our families and are happy.

[@redwoods7370]

"We're the Royal Family and they're Meghan Markle's dad." That made me laugh out loud!

[@CCEkeke]

That was perfectly put.

[@blaisea.3820]

"...and the schools are teaching science again." LOL

[@TaylorKnightCosplay]

It’s funny because it’s true

[@fahimp3]

@@TaylorKnightCosplay Is it really that bad or is most of it exaggerated?

[@Levitiy]

@@TaylorKnightCosplay Would be true if peasants existed in America.

[@istvankovasznai]

"And before you know it, there's legal weed and decent healthcare and the schools are teaching science again" - that's the real pipe dream right there. You tell'em, Bill!

[@334miked]

Nailed the closer!

[@sdog300]

Legal weed would be nice. And cheaper medical “options” But the science classes actually teach science and not dogma that goes against actual science.“some People” get mad when other people look at them like people used to look at punk rockers that had chains and crazy hair. That generation could handle it why can’t ours. you don’t see to many punk rockers nowadays do you. Oh they have different styles now. Wait they grew up and made decisions and didn’t get mutilated before their brain was done developing.

[@jeremypenn1]

Maybe try to solve the problems in California, like homelessness, gangs, drug addiction, pollution, corruption, greed, before you come try to fix the rest of us.

[@avinashreji60]

@@jeremypenn1 Everywhere is controlled by Neolibs idiot

[@joshuakyle5887]

I'm super late to the party, but the main cities in WV (Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown) and their metro areas are very diverse and full of stuff involving the arts, different cultures, etc. Hell, we even have Pride day celebrations.

[@kennethdower7425]

Most folks are so afraid of change, they'd rather be angry and put the blame on someone else.

[@marklo6283]

They are stuck in a bubble

[@tompeterson4998]

Chang unto itself is a meaningless word. There is bad change and good change. Turning into a disease infested hellhole, to most rational people, is a bad change.

[@dupp2424]

@Scion of Madness I like this I'm going to borrow it

[@Wolfboss7]

Kenneth Dower Sad, but true, especially for these places where life had changed too much for their liking, but rather than adjust they just take their frustrations out on everyone else.

[@JezielProdigalSon]

Ironic - You say that, while pointing the finger, blaming someone else.

[@qpSubZeroqp]

4:00 OMG Amazippi hahahahaha 😄😂🤣

[@laughsngasps]

He could have put it in Detroit

[@MrSinister718]

Why would they go to Africa?

[@derdytrout7123]

Or rebuild Detroit's past auto industry into the cannabis industry. refurbish the warehouse into grow houses, etc. House employees into abandoned houses that companies can purchase and rent low cost or no cost to employees. It can-niibs be done!!!

[@muzerhythm2242]

Was thinking same. My family moved from Michigan in 81 and when we check back with relatives...it just keeps getting worse. Detroit WAS the motor city...but now it needs to reinvent itself.

[@TheJaiNetwork]

But he doesn’t want to travel to his headquarters with cases of water

[@TheJaiNetwork]

MrSinister718 because they can’t cross the border wall to get to Mexico

[@skiingracer509]

My god. This is the most accurate assessment that Bill has done in months.

[@joryjones6808]

cothan VN economics and ethics is complicated being a dick to everyone else to reinforce your direct world view isn’t.

[@Vennytube]

Apparently your "god" only cares for orchestras and people driving teslas...figures!

[@skiingracer509]

cothan VN That was word diarrhea that I didn’t even try reading.

[@MrMagnusFogg]

@cothan VN Just stick to Miss America, it'll be less arduous on your brain...

[@juanignacioordoqui7539]

The segment about the middle class squeeze was better.

[@javaughnmallett4019]

Hey man I’m from Toledo not cool lol

[@zipeilei4840]

You got Mahered pal.

[@cf9844]

Cause if you're gonna be homeless it's the best place.

[@javaughnmallett4019]

Idk red states are pretty bad Alabama Kentucky are pure shit

[@happytimeharry363]

C caymer,...Then live in Mississippi, or Alabama.

[@kaladan1890]

@C caymer yes there is more poor people in california simply because poor people tend to stick to big city where they get more help, i would bet any top rich people living in california has more cash than all the middle income people of any state combined, im pretty sure billionaires don't hang in virginia, i could bet they like california better, hence why even if there is more poor people in CA the overall cash flow/owning is still bigger than in let's say : colorado

[@---ly4se]

I live in San Diego and majority of us wear target and eat chef boyardee ravioli.......and still have our xmas lights on haha sorry billy but ur out of touch

[@LEDGER0404]

And you also live with so many homeless, and shit in the streets and needles and illegal criminals and all the leftest "government", so pretty much HELL

[@kevino6416]

Michelle Lee - I also live in San Diego and I love Chef Boyardee. I like the mini raviolis. I also like the Beefaroni, I eat them straight out of a can. I do wear Walmart and Kohl's though. And yes California is a liberal shithole.

[@bobgriffin6315]

No bill's not out of touch , Who can afford to live near San Diego? If you eat chef boy ardee in San Diego WHY!!?!! California allows you to buy hot food with food stamps and general dollar/dollar general is ripping you off with fake starch food.

[@---ly4se]

Yum agreed can't forget the spaghetti-os too @@kevino6416

[@---ly4se]

I don't have food stamps billy bob @@bobgriffin6315

[@faceoff3315]

*Make America Great Again Impeach Donald J Trump and Mike Pence from Office*

[@chiciu]

So you want Mitch to be president? :))

[@fionatanzer5270]

Bill Maher is good at using humour and irony to make serious social points and suggestions

[@davidsummers4820]

What is the suggestion? That America should look to Silicon Valley for answers to serious social and economic problems? If so, that's a terrible suggestion. See Zuck's fuck-up in Newark. Then read Anand Giridharadas' Winners Take All.

[@Sundy4]

Yeah, just not in this video

[@stealthtigerasmr5353]

cothan VN Oh so your against insulting the president were you against that when Obama was president? Not being able to insult the president sounds a lot like the authoritarian countries you claim that Medicare for all would bring when you talk about Medicare for all you should talk about Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and France not VeNEzUela

[@countrymorgan2942]

Keep talking down to the people you disagree with 👍🏽 people love to be insulted

[@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869]

Enter the PANERA CARED PARADIGM

[@kev3d]

I lived in Los Angeles for 7 years, after having been brought up in a "flyover" state. A description of much of L.A. in case you have never been: Apocalyptic infrastructure, trees ripping through the sidewalk, potholes everywhere, graffiti, cinderblock buildings with bars on the windows, weeds where there should be concrete, trash where there should be plants. Dirty needles litter the alleys, homeless people urinating or defecating on the street. Local businesses (small ones in particular) are overburdened with too many taxes and regulations, while illegal street vendors operate with too few, discarding their plastic and boxes of whatever they were selling all along the highway exits, which all eventually ends up on the beach or in the ocean. L.A. is a shit-show, and it's not even the worst "coastal" city (that would be Baltimore). And yet the Beverly Hills snobs think the sun shines out of their collective ass and gleefully look down their noses at "middle America", ignoring every local problem they are too incompetent and spineless to address. Of course in Maher's profound ignorance, he neglects that places like Salt Lake City, Dallas, Houston, Nashville, Helena and many more have symphony orchestras. Maher decries "Chef Boyardee" Apparently he has never seen a working-class grocery store in Los Angeles. (Where does he think Omaha Steaks come from anyway?) And by the way, San Diego? A much better run city than L.A. or San Francisco, and far more politically balanced. But just take a look at what extended leftist policies did to cities like Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Oakland and Memphis. Along with San Francisco and Los Angeles, all once great cities, now ruined.

[@masseffectmafia]

Where at in LA did you live? I lived in several places around LA so I'm curious where you were. You make LA sound like it's a wasteland. Of course Skid Row is a complete disaster area but you can't help people who don't want to be helped. I volunteered down there for two years and the amount of money and resources that are thrown at the problem is obscene. Also 80% of the homeless on Skid Row are from out of state. LA even offers a free Greyhound ticket back to wherever it is you came from. There's a huge infrastructure prop that passed that guarantees the majority of the jobs will be hired out of the local people in that area. A new stadium is being built which means jobs jobs jobs. And I've lived here for almost 8 years and the local vendors on the street always clean up after themselves so I have no idea what you seen and where at. Overall LA is a beautiful citry, of course there's problem areas but that's normal for such a huge population. You should've gotten out more when you were here because you really did miss out on a great city. It's a shame really.

[@sandramarshall8127]

Furthermore, STOP TALKING ABOUT CRAP YOU DON'T KNOW! I was born and raised here, in Los Angeles, and if it's a waste land it's not the LEFTIES issue! California has 7 governors since 1970's, 3 DEMS and 4 GOP. Los Angeles has responded to the GOP controlled government in the state the best way it could. The trickle down GOP funding has crippled Los Angeles but we are working hard to turn it around. Michelle Russell I too am wondering where the heck he lives? Granted I don't spend my time walking alleys as he apparently does but I have been downtown, South Central, South LA, Watts and Compton and I have yet to come across dirty needles on the sidewalks. SMH!

[@cubswin6779]

Funny how bent out of shape Michelle and Sandra got when you ripped on LA, but they'd jerk Bill Maher off while he's doing the same thing to the heartland. I think your comment is the best I've read all day! A good friend of mine just moved from LA to Charlotte last year because the homeless and druggies kept getting closer and closer to their home, not to mention the ridiculous cost of living there. I believe you have it right, sir!

[@masseffectmafia]

@@cubswin6779 actually the cost of living isn't that bad. The South Bay area is nice and affordable. And I'd like to know where your friend lived in LA because that statement about the homeless and druggies getting closer and closer sounds like complete bullshit. Maybe in Skid Row because it's homelessness and then on the very next block is downtown lofts which are expensive as fuck. It sounds to me like your "friend" couldn't hack it here and tucked his tail between his legs and moved. I see it all the time. LA is no joke, only the strong workhorses make it out here. If you aren't hustling for your money then you're better off getting a free bus ticket home. Also, when Republicans rip on dems it's ok but you can't take it the other way around? Typical of a snowflake.

[@MrStGeorgeIllawarra]

Nobody cares if you could only afford the shittiest part of LA. Go bitch & moan elsewhere.

[@badman477]

“Amazon” “Do the right thing” That’s the problem right there

[@robertmoore6149]

Companies cant be trusted to do the right thing. That's why there are regulations.

[@harshitmadan6449]

@@robertmoore6149 Regulators can't be trusted to do the right thing either. Free market ensures that companies that do the right thing prosper and the companies that do the wrong thing go broke. Government meddles with free market to create disasters.

[@robertmoore6149]

@@harshitmadan6449 Well regulators wont kill, injure, or destroy me. Companies can and do.

[@morganghetti]

@@robertmoore6149 True. Governments have never killed anyone, right?

[@g.p.1101]

@@robertmoore6149 Tell that to the over 260 million people killed by government last century.

[@nocheating6521]

I work for amazon it doesn’t matter where they land at this point, they have basically cancelled there competitive wages so you will be making a much as a chicken cutter or prison guard.

[@ArcangelGamingEntertainment]

I don't think the wage is fundamentally the problem though. I just don't think people wanna still be going down mineshafts all day.

[@robertcowan7610]

Amazon are on my short list of most evil companies. Along with Wal-Mart, Monsanto, Halliburton, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Hershey, Google.... I'm sure you see where I'm going with this. ( Most people aren't familiar with the evils committed by Hershey. If you're not then research what their baby formula division did in the third world a few decades ago.).

[@Sulkanator]

Wow was that condescending. How elitist and inclusive.

[@waynemacomson6448]

I'm sorry, did you miss the sarcasm? Bill's (obviously) saying the opposite of what it appears in order to shame the guilty among us? (I can't believe there are adult human English speakers that don't immediately grasp this.)

[@jililin2078]

Wayne Macomson why do you think they keep on voting against their own economic interests?

[@stevenbuck07]

@@jililin2078 The Right has been keeping their intellect under developed so they can easily believe the things they want to.

[@kevino6416]

Futurist's Foresight - God damn you're so fucking ignorant. You're just as much of a condescending piece of shit as Bill Maher. Stay classy.

[@maryannjefferson593]

it's call Snarky

[@BillyJr68]

The audience’s laughter at Bill’s jabs at middle America says alot

[@LabTech41]

Yeah, he spends 5 minutes saying that the problem with big business and politicians is that they don't consider the feelings and aspirations of the red parts of the map... and in the same breath he spends the rest of those 5 minutes shitting on the same red parts of the map, basically saying they're full of drooling hicks. Bill is 95% in lockstep with the very same mentality he's attempting to chide others for.

[@John-vp2jq]

This is honestly one of Bill's best "New Rules."

[@LlamaOccident]

Does Bill think everyone in “liberal cities” are as wealthy as he is? What party is talking about?

[@GrassPossum]

He has never met anyone else, so why wouldn't he?

[@GrassPossum]

@Zack Smith he is wrong.

[@gibsonflyingv2820]

Democratic cities are the richest most prosperous cities. It's a fact.

[@Wheelsanstuff]

It’s a general stat, duh

[@Donillini]

Yes, cities don’t have money, but the rural areas have negative money. They’re in the red.

[@paulramos4037]

Agree, Amazon should put shop in Nebraska and other red states.

[@blackviking2079]

@The Truth really? Californians and Newyorkers are the ones who are fleeing to Texas

[@AdhityaMohan]

@@blackviking2079 Texas is not deep red tho, Ted Cruz won by a pretty narrow margin, and even in Texas most of wealth in big cities like Austin and Dallas.

[@petergallo7997]

Good thing AOC kicked them out of NY

[@terrikukla5017]

@@blackviking2079 New Yorkers are not fleeing to Texas.

[@terrikukla5017]

@@batboy3746 if they continue to vote for Republicans then then its not ever going to change..if they want change..change.. Dont continue to do everything the same.

[@RobbieBackpacking]

Help a dying city come back to life! Well said!

[@markoneill3945]

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[@markoneill3945]

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[@Carly8Corday]

The second part of the bit WAS well-said. But it was strangled at birth by the first part of the bit. He didn't win Amazon for Mississippi, he won the re-election for Trump. And he knows it! But he does what feels good down there in his pants. THAT is how dems keep losing. Even when dems win, their president simply continues all the policies of the previous repug administration. Remember anti-single-payer healthcare War President Oh-Bah-Mah? I'm wasting my education and intelligence on the Democrat side of this audience. Y'all's best hope is that no Red Staters saw/heard Bill Maher's ending bit on Friday, February 22, 2019. If they hear it they will love it, and for all the wrong reasons, LMAO.

[@MonroesCorner]

Such contempt for the working people. This is what the liberals are losing.

[@Reel___]

Contempt, he literally called out Bezos for not putting an Amazon out in the midwest to improve the economy.

[@KB-sv7fm]

If you were LISTENING you would realize that Bill Maher showed no contempt for working people.

[@Aloysius10]

Actually I would move to a flyover state if I could just for the chance to own something. On the coasts you make enough to barely be a serf unless you’re rich.

[@jesusgonzalez6715]

Isn't it weird that the party that has a death grip on the flyover states is also the party that opposes any sort of investment in rail, the one mode of transport that doesn't fly over anything?

[@erniellerena]

Look at Califonia

[@mjgoffice]

We would be called roll through states...

[@mapleace6185]

Who wants to invest in rail? Literally nobody

[@jesusgonzalez6715]

@@mapleace6185 Warren Buffet and Richard Branson...

[@OTPulse]

@@mapleace6185 Who? Well anyone who is actually serious about "Climate change" or excessive emissions is who. Trains, especially high speed rail is a much more efficient mode of transport.

[@mattington3001]

You're confusing Hollywood with every day Americans. All my friends and family in California don't go to Wolfgang Puck Restaurants. And they don't have red carpets and limos. And no one asks them what they're wearing. And if you got a good deal on something, they brag about it.

[@Purebredbrute]

There’s young country kids out here in Texas making six figures working in oil and construction while PHD grads are stuck serving coffee to those kids at the local Denny’s 🤣

[@fookustudios3279]

"They don't hate us they want to be us" Wow, way to denounce the contempt of America while showing it at the same time.

[@pikespeaklosangeles]

Where is he lying, though? They're not mad because they're not invited, they're mad that we're happy and partying, period.

[@oobembarkarlsen3255]

@@pikespeaklosangeles Why would i care about being a smug asshole?

[@zacsimillion]

MYCO “happy” most white liberals in CA are on antidepressants

[@tjernagel]

Why in the world would I want to be like them... He's just another liberal idiot thinking he's got it all figured out when he really knows nothing.

[@craserx6267]

@@zacsimillion and middle america is partying non stop on opioids......

[@TheAmodeo21]

This is so incredibly elitist it’s almost comical. I don’t want to go to your party. It’s full of phonies. Keep talking down to us in the “cheap seats”.

[@justinmaratea2942]

Somebody needs a safe space

[@moonie5565]

Made me think of him getting made fun of or picked on by the neighborhood kids when he was little running home to his mom so she could tell him "oh Billy they're just jealous of you. They all wanna be you that's why they're so jealous.

[@ianburt2376]

This. Pisses. Me. Off. I live in the Midwest. We're not hicks, or "flyover country." You liberals on the coasts are the uneducated ones because you're "educated" by sitting in a classroom, not by being out in the world interacting with it. Our cities are prosperous too. I believe that Midwesterners (and conservatives in general) are actually happier than you guys in New York and California because we find joy in everyday life, life that is just as sophisticated, yet much more simple, than you guys have it. We just have different values. Please quit treating us like we're poor and left behind somehow, because we're not. I feel bad for all of you that agree with Maher on this. You'll never understand what it's like to have true happiness, which is found in God and family. I do admit... I would kind of want ANOTHER Fortune 500 company in Cincy -- but I'd rather not have all of you unhappy, angry leftists moving here.

[@codymendoza4008]

You’re obviously delusional

[@Sneedboy]

@@codymendoza4008 spotted the liberal

[@roomie4rent]

_This. Pisses. Me. Off._ _Claims to be happy_ Pick one

[@ianburt2376]

@@roomie4rent Well, you're right that I did not feel too giddy at the moment of writing that, but in general, I tend to be a happy person, rather than searching for feelings of instant gratification like a lot of other young people in the generation above me seem to do.

[@roomie4rent]

@@ianburt2376 Honestly, I don't understand the vitriol. I happen to live near one of Amazon's chosen HQ2 locations and couldn't agree more with the notion that places in the Midwest are more deserving. Rather than lambasting a comedian for trying to be funny, maybe you should appreciate the core argument of the monologue and join the cause, which should only come to your material benefit.

[@donaldbadowski290]

And he says all the with Donna Brazile sitting right next to him. Am I the only one who finds that ironic?

[@leeann3920]

She's paid for, too.

[@xempire7069]

Wut? Plz explain

[@donaldbadowski290]

@@xempire7069 , Donna is the former DNC strategist who gave Hillary the questions before a debate with Bernie. She was vilified for that. But she is also someone that Bill considers is a perfect example of what is wrong with the Democrats. They are manipulative, controlling and sold middle America down the river. And there she is, on his show. Go figure.

[@xempire7069]

@@donaldbadowski290 well that is pretty damming I'll look into it thanks

[@engin3ar]

Bill Maher makes Bill O'Reilly look like a charming, upbeat guy.

[@jamesfowler7859]

FUCK IT!! WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!

[@joeexotic2545]

Minus the sexual harassment and abuse and the racism

[@engin3ar]

@@joeexotic2545 no, Maher is a famous supporter of sexual harassers

[@joeexotic2545]

Republicans are in no position to talk about sexual harassment - Trump , Ailes , O'Reiley etc etc etc . Sexual harassment should be the republican party slogan @@engin3ar

[@engin3ar]

​@@joeexotic2545 how did democrats respond when Bill Clinton banged a 22 year old intern in the oval office? Did they stand and oppose sexual harassment? Oh that's right, zero of them voted to impeach.

[@CloudsGirl7]

"They don't hate us. They want to be us." ...You know, I never thought about that before, but that kind of makes sense.

[@worldsnetizen2035]

Bill misused words here. He should say "they want to share benefits with us, but not to be us.", you know, conservatives.

[@danielsteel5251]

Does it make sense? Or is it basic self-serving liberal bias. Personally, it reminds me of: "They hate us for our freedoms." --Karl Rove (?) "They hate us because they hate us." --Joe Scarborough (And, honestly, my favorite: "They hate us 'cause they _ain't_ us." --James Franco, _The Interview_ ) Bitterness, resentment, envy, and hatred are all *different* things.

[@SantaBarbaraBiking]

CloudsGirl7 All they see on social media is hot people in the big cities pretending to be popular and loving life. It’s difficult to be a social influencer in Toledo.

[@worldsnetizen2035]

@@danielsteel5251 you've forgotten to mention trump's famous strategies who are accusing liberals of "us and them", " failed globalists", "corrupted swamp", " deep states" and so on and so forth.

[@worldsnetizen2035]

@@SantaBarbaraBiking entertainment is a part of media, so is for others life. Everyone has one's own life, happy or not, it's one's own business.

[@shemsumudsir7071]

This is why I like Bill

[@daveinindy]

Do you think his attitude helps anything?

[@taloar1]

Thank you Bill. Excellent plan. BEzos needs to hear it.

[@kevinbarrera3272]

Bill Maher - bring Andrew Yang on as a guest. Running for president and has some great ideas. Super smart guy.

[@sashalaney7608]

People are attacking Maher, instead of debating his point. Red states are poor, and apparently you are ok with being poor.

[@hominem3731]

Detroit, Compton, Bronx, Brooklyn and many more cities that are in squalor because they are following Democratic policies.

[@hominem3731]

@Mason Rued. Along with the homicide rates.

[@itsthatguybob5750]

@@hominem3731 Hell yeah Kaizen, hit em with the facts brother.

[@2126Eliza]

I don't understand them, personally. They're frighteningly dense. You can't even reason with them anymore. Apparently a Black president was the last straw

[@JustinStrife]

@@2126Eliza Of course you don't undestand them Eliza. You've never tried to! You're a smug elitist who thinks everyone should think and feel exactly the same way you do, and if they don't, you think they're inbred or uneducated. You're nothing but a child with that kind of outlook.

[@HeathenGeek]

Wow. The paid laughers are really obvious in this weeks show.

[@ChelseaATea]

Love you Bill!

[@a.roydendsouza8803]

This is one guy who makes me not totally hate the liberals!! This guy is real!!

[@KingOfMadCows]

But there have been many attempts to improve things in red states. There are start ups that create programs to train laid-off coal-miners in other industries like solar and coding. Tech companies are trying to improve broadband infrastructure in those states. But the Republicans don't want to help those businesses or create government funded programs of those type.

[@juhRave]

Nigga a democrat in New York just killed 25k new jobs and a boat load of economic activity. And you're going to talk about republicans not wanting better for those states?

[@atarileaf]

If learning to code is so great, why is the left having a temper tantrum when it's suggested to the laid off babies of buzzfeed?

[@juhRave]

AtariLeaf Or better yet, saying that theres programs for fackin coal miners to learn to code. That doesn't actually sound like it would be too popular a career change for coal workers haha.

[@nutt1674]

@@atarileaf You're absolutely right. Tweeting "Learn to code" will automatically get your account suspended on Twitter. I read where it was tested on a couple brand new accounts. The first tweet they sent was "Learn to code" and it was suspended on the spot...lol.

[@1uponyou5]

Somebody calling it for what it is. The talking points are smoke screen. The Economy is and will always be the number one issue.

[@diamond852]

Bill is absolutely right. I was expecting him to bash NY but he actually bashed the people who deserve it.

[@TheJinjo75]

@@atarileaf What does AOC have to do with it? New York is a Union state. Plain and simple. By the way, not defending AOC. I'm giving credit to the regular people who really deserve it and showed what we accomplish.

[@atarileaf]

@@TheJinjo75 you haven't been paying attention. AOC inserted herself into it and claimed victory when Amazon left. She even thinks tax cuts are money as if that 3 billion is real and is sitting around for her to use. He's been lambasted by both side for her unbelievable stupidity

[@atarileaf]

@Nick Starkey Christ you're as stupid as she is. What bullshit fake news do you watch? You think it's fake news? Listen to the moron herself say they could take that tax cut and use it for teachers and infrastructure. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmmylp9robuEd6c

[@TheJinjo75]

@@atarileaf It was 2.5 in tax breaks an the rest was in grants and she never claimed victory for anything.

[@josephang9927]

He would not criticize his zombie viewers.

[@neilvandeloo429]

man i just love making fun of poor people. this is fun, im glad we can all bond over how much better we are than everyone else!

[@Linkacide]

Is this what bill was talking about when he said try not to drive them on to their side 🤔

[@benjaminwhite3585]

I'd agree with this, if Amazon wasn't a horrible employer.

[@shortchubbyneckbeard1681]

Benjamin White I hear they’re a good employer for tech jobs But for warehouse labor related jobs they’re God-awful

[@rosh181992]

I didn’t think it was condescending, he made sense. He should have phrased more Politically correct. But when has PC given anybody anything?

[@carterhenry8543]

rosh181992 He’s wrong. So blue states and regions are “superior”? Let’s take California as a great example of this. Highest poverty rate in the US, ranking 40-50th in education depending on the year, some of the highest taxes and highest cost of living in the country. Oh, and the state is constantly on fire. I guess they’re superior to red states, despite ranking lower in almost all categories. Bill just doesn’t want to admit blue regions have their own trash, most of which (in my opinion) is worse than the trash in red regions. He does this most likely b/c it’s easier to make the opposing side of the fence seem stupid and your own side better without providing actual evidence.

[@johngiandonato7430]

You have Bud and we have Bud, and here in Colorado, we have both!

[@fiener42484]

That you do, enjoy!

[@hustle5150]

It may have it's flaws as some in LA and NY see it, but I love living in this so called "flyover" state.

[@ShovelChef]

Flint, Michigan? Would Amazon be good for Flint?

[@fozziebumble8361]

Mabey and so would clean drinking water .

[@jacklizzard1428]

Flint needs clean water much more than it needs Amazon!

[@ohpahleese8306]

No, they were the center of car manufacturing and the left destroyed it.

[@vanaphill2454]

Fix the water supply and hire poor black people!

[@colonels8]

I'd rather not pay >50% of my income towards housing with 500 people living within 100 yards of me. You can keep your overcrowded hellholes.

[@tannerpost9154]

Hates us cuz they ain’t us - Dave Skylark

[@childwaters]

Well, there WAS "Hot in Cleveland." LOVE Betty White.

[@brianr6651]

Typically Republican states? No?

[@johnjarecke2921]

@@brianr6651 .... ⅝

[@n8style]

The audience laughing at the "backwards" jokes are exactly the type of people the whole segment was aimed at

[@Hirnlego999]

Well, quite a lot of what goes on in many of the states are self-inflicted. Refusing to change, keeping the old ways when the world moves on.

[@andrewfotopoulos7766]

Including the one giving the commentary....

[@markirish8907]

yeah, people in "red states" just love San Francisco's homeless problem and want that too

[@everwhat013]

i live in a blue state with plenty of homeless

[@markirish8907]

@@everwhat013 bingo

[@recentral48]

I live in a red state with plenty of homeless... your point?

[@sbelkii]

He already made his point. Learn to read.

[@recentral48]

@@sbelkii Bitch please. He had no point. Every city has homeless people. It's a tired argument. Next.

[@scottmcfadyen293]

"the locals meet people of different races and backgrounds and sexual orientations .. none of whom kill them." Bill Maher.

[@dpfabie]

yes but the locals often kill the people who are different

[@unodosxx]

Not really familiar with the racial make up of all those southern flyover states are we.

[@TheStompboxer]

unadosxx He mentioned West Va., specifically. Not exactly the most diverse place I’ve been.

[@Aloysius10]

@@dpfabie That’s why the ones that do move to the red parts have to have enough ruthlessness to fight back.

[@titochdry1150]

"Amazippi" just killed me, not litterery. But in a Bill Mahr way. If I was Jesus , I would have been born many times already.

[@mikecali5384]

The state of Cali is doing horrible.... what’s this guy talking about

[@RafLpz]

@ biggest population. Then consider all the bad in the state... Why won't they give back the 3.5 billion to the fed government for failed train??? Sanctuary SHITHOLE. Fake votes, fake citizens, real assholes!

[@johnottr]

Boy did you miss his point.

[@LEDGER0404]

He thinks you want to live in a place where people shit on the ground and drop needles everywhere oh and in NY you can have an abortion right up intill you give birth, isn't murder grand

[@johnottr]

@@LEDGER0404 Hey Michelle you are about as stupid as they come. You cannot have an abortion in NY right up until you give birth. Why are you Deplorables always so uninformed. Hey im walking in the streets right now and I dont see any needles or shit. What I do see though is stupid fucking tourists by the millions making the greatest city in the world even richer than it already is. Now go put some in in the tires on your home.

[@SIX6SIXer]

lol... this didn't age very well... How's city life treating ya Bill? us simple country folk aren't dealing with lockdowns, quarantine, outside dining, or businesses being shut down... It's a silly world... isnt it?

[@maxinefreeman8858]

In Southeast Kentucky we have blacks, Asian, Arab doctors. Our rural county with two small towns has 3 Mexican restaurants. They're owned by Mexicans that came here almost 20 years ago. The coal mining industry brought blacks, Italians here for jobs a hundred years ago. We do need industry now that the government is shutting down the mines. It has hurt the area. Stores are closing. A Chinese woman that owned a restaurant here for years has had fund raisers to help children of the laid off workers. Back in the past people would go to Detroit, Ft.Wayne, Cincinnati, or other northern states to work when the mines would slow down. There's no where now to go. That trade agreement that took the factories over seas has hurt everyone. I know Bill will never read this. I just want people to know how the other three-fourths live. The Elites have no idea. I'm educated. I'm a retired nurse.

[@jdub6153]

Most city living libs would be surprised in the beauty of and the smarts that are required to farm, ranch and live the agrarian lifestyle...." you cannot say you are better than me, because you are different"....Dostoevsky

[@stantonloman556]

monokhem 😂 that’s the winner for dumbest comment

[@jdub6153]

@monokhem If i agreed with you, then we would both be wrong...

[@jeanwinterflood8594]

Nah, Mr Amazon will only set up HQ within 10 miles of one of his homes. Gotta be close enough to send a drone over to pick up a butt scratcher...

[@jsmeswagner6104]

He needs somewhere close to a port and a major highway..

[@BloodofPatriots]

What utter patronizing crap. Turn the electricity off and in a week all those "enlightened" places in the country would be eating each other.

[@jeffery5496]

That was so good Blood - really!

[@kennethdower7425]

Well, you're already eating your mother, so I guess you have a jump start.

[@fanofjesus2414]

BloodofPatriots they already are- literally:( At least Maher and his buddies, anyway - so apparently no need to shut down the electric grid....

[@brainflash1]

Suuuuuuuuuure, we're the ones who are arrogant.

[@deedeewhittaker4769]

I wish there was a laughing emoji because that's funny.. unlike our friend bill maher

[@alishaygan9844]

Wow. Bill Maher was hilarious AND simultaneously being so insightful about what ails us as a nation. Never thought of geography from this perspective before but he’s correct on every point.

[@janmorgan471]

When Politicians decide to work for the people instead of CORPORATIONS.

[@brianwalendy3735]

That's half of a sentence. What happens..?

[@jsmeswagner6104]

Never happen..they all think we're people to be stepped over..

[@fcdl61]

I don’t fully understand your statement. Do you think Democrats don’t pander to corporations?

[@AlbertLara]

People in historical red states like Mississippi (Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, etc) keep voting Republican and then they wonder why Mississippi is constantly dead last in economic prosperity and health wellness. Those dead last states have the lowest taxes compared to the rest of the country and yet companies are not relocating there.

[@GmoneyMozart]

Historical red states? Those are historical democrat states. Does your history start yesterday? These states have gone republican relatively recently when looking st the history of the country. It’s only the past 40ish years that republicans truly broke into the south especially locally.

[@AlbertLara]

Gmoney Mozart Stop nitpicking words just to make empty points. “Historical” is relative. The median age of people in the USA is 37.5 which means that (if we go by your 40 year quote) these states have been Republican 2.5 years longer than 1/2 the current USA population been alive. And that is not factoring in the 18 years necessary for a person to vote. You might as well say that dinosaurs rule the Earth because their era lasted about 186 million years compared to homo sapiens that have been around for 5 million years. The Republican policies of the last 40ish years has had more of an impact on the current status of these “dead last” southern states.

[@gcs7817]

Gmoney Mozart He means say “historically conservative states like MS, etc..”

[@GmoneyMozart]

Albert L dinosaurs did rule the earth for a while, when looking at the history of the earth. I’m not sure what you’re even arguing. Within the context of the history of the country, Republican control in former Democratic controlled states is relatively new. And yes, republicans policies do have an impact. Many areas have become more industrial. Cities have blossomed. The average person has more opportunity and the chance at economic success compared to the reconstruction and Jim Crow eras is greater today. Just look at Texas as an example. If Texas goes blue in 10 years, a segment like this distorts how Texas’ economy got to be so strong. You can’t ignore the history of cities, states, the country, and the polices set forth by the governments when looking at what is blue or red in the present. There’s a reason NYC was cleaned up and is a safer city today then it was decades ago. It’s because Rudy Giuliani came into power and completely turned the city on its head. You don’t credit Bill Deblasio and pretend because he’s in power now that his political party is responsible for the success the city has had. That’s all this segment is. It’s Bill crediting the status of specific areas to Democrats who have nothing to do with how that status was achieved.

[@dwayneaustin6818]

My sentiments exactly about Amazon! Been making this very same argument since Amazon decided to not to go to NY.

[@ThePolaris87]

"Spacial Geographic Inequality". This is a brilliant new perspective, and an important observation to highlight that a huge portion of the entire globe's jobs and economic growth are migrating to only a tiny handful of key cities/companies on the planet (example Amazon/Jeff Bezos). It is having an immense impact society and explains a lot of the problems. Difficult to imagine a solution to this though. Universal Basic Income is looking like more and more like an inevitable requirement.

[@dojoparsnip9905]

UBI will never be a good solution. it doesnt incentivize job creation. all a UBI will do is drives cost up higher in population dense cities. Businesses will raise prices knowing there is more money out there. If they dont also raise wages to keep employees, business will shut down. Our world isnt even close to being fully automated by AI anything.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Economic Roadkill regions are as much at fault for their own problems as outside trends

[@muhammadsaqeeb5298]

This is inaccurate, its the republican capitalist are fault for this not the voters

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

@@muhammadsaqeeb5298 And who do you think voted for them on blatant economic falsehoods, fake values, and region-specific prejudice pandering?

[@thehellyousay]

There are good reasons people leave the states of illiteracy, insanity, and religious zealotry that have little to do with economic improvement, yes.

[@Observer-cp4if]

@C caymer Please stop moving to Texas. I don't care who you want to vote for. Don't come here!

[@muhammadsaqeeb5298]

@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing people who have shitty educational system? who are uninformed because their parents live in a poor area because the american dream doesn't exist if you live far from promising high paying jobs and proper education?

[@ThatGuy-ot9uv]

As the heartland likes to say "Life is hard. And it's even harder when you're stupid". It applies to them more than any community.

[@CorvusCorax.]

Love this guy

[@Empire6u]

Absolutely the best monologue of your entire career.

[@shivampatel376]

Claims to care about the poor but rags on them for shopping at target

[@nosilverharbinger]

It is more likely to me that Bill just wrote this stuff for the hate views and the attention he gets from controversy. He’s as much of a slave to the rules of the entertainment industry as anyone else, and it is a nasty, awful business. I have always disliked big cities and big city culture. People tend to have no value for themselves or each other when they are packed in boxes on top of each other. The further away from that I am, from that artificial chicken farm of an existence, the happier and happier I become. Bill has had a long life, and I’m sure he has experience enough to understand that where he is and the places he’s talking about are pretty much the opposite of where the party is, or where life is genuine or even tolerable a lot of the time.. But hey, you have to pretend to root for the home crowd just to get their applause, right?

[@rubenmendoza1864]

Maher at his BEST. Keep it up, Bill!

[@BillWillyBillyBill]

"They don't hate us. They want to be us.". Mmmmm, I seriously doubt that.

[@a2ndopynyn]

You're correct. We don't. Bill has become one of the "cool kids," and has been affected by the exact same arrogance and snobbery the high school kids in the popular cliques had.

[@realdukeofthemidwest]

Bill maher should put his money where his mouth is and put his show in Arkansas.

[@prometheanevent]

As someone who appreciates 19th century landscape paintings, Shostakovich string quartets, and an abundance of classic literature, I have to say; I thoroughly admire and support the decent people from America’s heartland who love their family and their country and couldn’t care less about the perspective of just another arrogant statist boot-licking leftist snob. Now, I’m going to reread some Edmund Burke, put on a Bruckner symphony, and open a can of Chef Boyardee spaghetti.

[@megadeuce-b7c]

Separation from propaganda is one of the strengths of middle America. When the elites of the country spam hatred like this it falls on deaf ears. Dare I say that this is how Trump got elected and the elites were shocked.

[@prometheanevent]

Tim Nelson - Absolutely. Propaganda aspect aside, this latest Maher tirade has to be one of the most brazen I’ve seen - just plain rude, arrogant, and beyond elitist.

[@2126Eliza]

Tim Nelson come again? Middle America is not susceptible to propaganda? Hahahahahahahaha lol

[@prometheanevent]

2126Eliza - Unfortunately, students in public schools and university are (susceptible to propaganda) and have been effectively taught that a powerful punitive government is a good thing. Some people are so clueless that propaganda isn’t even required to sway them into chaos and bondage.

[@roomie4rent]

If you were a true patron of the arts, as you claim, you would move someplace where substantive art is happening and/or appreciated - London, New York, Paris, etc.

[@markrarey3834]

This clip could be entitled "Why the electoral college is important"

[@LaktostheIntolerant]

Well Damn, that sounds like the seed of a much better progressive agenda.

[@EEM1978]

My favorite “New Rule”.

[@ReasonExtremist]

I'm not american so perhaps I'm a little off but this seems pretty patronizing (not sure that's even the right word). I sort of get where he's coming from but Maher's perception of middle-america is a bit juvenile. I'm not sure he's taking the best angle here, I'd imagine this would just piss people off more :/

[@Anthony-945]

ReasonExtremist you’re right, he’s kinda living in a bubble. He’s one of the reasons why Trump won the election in 2016.

[@Ragnar06]

Maher had the audacity to say out loud what the arrogant a-holes on the Left think all the time. Condescension (jealousy) of the middle-class-traditionalist lifestyles. Keep New York IN New York. The rest of us are just fine thanks.

[@runi5413]

I think it was just a poorly written bit, Maher didn't seem all that into it himself. They were working from that whole "Amazon shouldn't move to a major city" premise, but then got waaaay off-track talking about why people living in rural areas are dumb, ignorant Bible-thumpers who don't know how to have fun, (because those jokes are easy to write). But then they circled back to the Amazon thing... It didn't make any sense at all. (and it came off kinda juvenile and mean-spirited, I agree)

[@redpenink12]

I live in middle america and I love Bill Maher!!

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

and so it's obvious you don't get it. it's called SATIRE, ok?

[@wwbaker3]

Also consider this, Bill, Amazon wouldn't just hire locals from Nebraska or West Virginia - they would hire from out-of-state citing lack of available talent. The only reason why they would do business in a flyover state is tax benefits. The only thing they would bring is additional economic hardship for the people that live in those states but don't qualify to work for Amazon. There's a term for that - gentrification.

[@PJ-vh6jr]

I disagree. If more people move to your town the demand for everything goes up. Mechanics, doctors, cooks, janitors, tailors, retail etc. Question is are these ppl ready for change.

[@joebin3286]

Your wrong PJ. Go look at what happened in Monroe LA when Centurylink built their new headquarters and was forced to bring in so many jobs. Transplants moved there. Housing cost sky rocketed way more than anything would have in NY from a cost difference and once the two years were up people got out of there ASAP. Now inflated housing costs are dropping and people are losing money. It is not always good for some of the smaller communities.

[@PJ-vh6jr]

@@joebin3286 Amazon would be more permanent than 2 years tho. The question, as i said, is are these communities ready for that kind of change? ppl complain there are no jobs while simultaneously fighting to keep their town as is. U can't have it both ways.

[@mikemann1788]

Wow. The arrogance.

[@karllieck9064]

I know, like you.

[@mikemann1788]

@@karllieck9064 burn!

[@wisetrollman]

Snowflake

[@TheArtkaw]

@@John-kx2io Didn't the Dems win the House a few months ago..?

[@josephang9927]

People in blue cities are just looking for jobs. Many leave after they male money. They do not live like Bill on mansions.

[@sudhanvabhat3100]

Please run for president, My Man!

[@barryjohnson4340]

It seemed like he lecturing to the liberals like Jeff Bezos but why do I feel like he was still talking down to the mid-west middle class?

[@GrassPossum]

Because he was and that is what he does. I have long found this reptile to be loathesome.

[@sethroth868]

Barry Johnson he was joking at lest he wants to help middle America

[@OtreblaIIIable]

It seems some of those people from those red states didn't understand this segment, as always they don't see things beyond their nose, too hard headed, all they focused on was how smug Bill sounded and how he said true things that hurt but still are true. Granted, his delivery could've been different, if you want the other side to listen and not feel ridiculed uh... don't ridicule them, you have to talk to them as if they're little kids. They don't know what's good for them. Like every Trump voter they won't admit you a 'libtard' are right, so they take the "you insulted me" road. He's not saying they are better than you, he's saying you need more help than they do. Your pride and stupidity won't let you admit that you do need help from the people you so much hate.

[@niceblondegirl8776]

'those' 'they' 'them' 'they' 'you' ' me' 'they' 'your' lol you actually specified nor said anything

[@ppronny12345]

While he "advocate" He put down and makes fun of the people he said he wants to help with jobs . Just like the dirty pro zionist jewish supremacy he is

[@2126Eliza]

Jo John are you a bot?

[@redneckamerican6241]

Zions shoes could have saved trump from his bone spurs

[@muhammadsaqeeb5298]

This is funny

[@jamesvaughan3394]

Clever clever

[@alwaysincentivestrumpethic6689]

😂😂😂

[@suzannelipscomb9231]

Love you Bill. I've been saying this same thing for at least a decade.