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[@renegadecut9875]

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[@gaynebula6439]

Thank you so much both for taking the time to do this, and for focussing on transphobia, as well as calling out the 'lol homophobes are all gay' bullshit. These two things are often glossed over and dismissed.

[@369TurtleMan]

Sassy KING

[@KevinRegalado1117]

Renegade Cut very good vid! SNL letting trump host is bad, but also never forget that they let dan the cyclops dipsh*t appear on the show too

[@AndiKowalski]

I like your videos. Subscribed!

[@1BlessEdYou]

Appreciate all the effort you put into it, but god that sounds exhausting. Good luck not going insane weeding through the comments at such a granular level.

[@curiousworld7912]

I remember one late-night comedian being asked if Donald Trump wasn't a gift to comedians. The host answered, 'Yes..., as the plague was a gift for gravediggers'.

[@redmeat4vegans62]

OK - that is funny! DARK, but funny.

[@AJ-cq5pw]

Clever

[@zmdumpbox2340]

I recall one Late Show segment where Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart referred to themselves with regards to being Stewart-style comedians (especially in the wake of Trump's presidential campaign) as "turd miners". Said jokingly, but also with deep sadness and distress.

[@nonaide]

@@BMoser-bv6kn "most people like themselves" Fuck, do they really? I cannot relate.

[@charleynewman5057]

Colbert has openly acknowledged this at least a couple times I believe. I know he has said on his show that he would absolutely give up his ratings to get rid of Trump. Which albeit, maybe he just said for ratings. But I don't really think so. He seems like a genuine and good guy.

[@beansfebreeze]

American liberalism is just spicy centrism.

[@sol4925]

How dare you call such a bland, milquetoast political stance spicy?

[@drifter_d]

@@sol4925 🤣🤣🤣

[@vegantacospizza6302]

The "horseshoe" is stuck in one political corner

[@exsilencio]

Mayo isn't a spice, though

[@dangerouslytalented]

*food court spicy. They say it’s spicy, but it’s never spicy enough to actually make it interesting or good

[@agraciotti]

A similar thing happened in Brazil, with TV shows overexposing Bolsonaro, apparently innocently, but in the end they were normalising his far-right-conservatives-racist-misogynist persona. And here we are.

[@pleudumes]

We need a video about CQC

[@peanutbutters8758]

I came to the same conclusion back in 2010 when Tina Fey and Seth Meyers blamed the corrupt banker economic collapse of Greece on regular Greek people...as though their laziness and irresponsibility caused it. They then made fun of them for resisting neoliberal austerity measures. I was like, “Really! Really neolibs?!”

[@_-_julie_-_7834]

Oh my god that is disgusting. It's incredible to imagine the kind of voluntary ignorance needed in order to subscribe to a neoliberalist worldview 🤢🤢

[@ContentWithJeremiah]

I remember seeing an interview with George Carlin, who of course hosted the very first Saturday Night Live. He remarked that it was odd that he’d never been invited back to any of the anniversary shows, which typically invited anyone who’d had anything to do with the show. But watching this, it becomes clear why a show like that would distance itself from someone like Carlin, who really went after the establishment.

[@squidcultist0022]

George Carlin was not only against the establishment, but was good at criticizing it

[@mattjohn4731]

There's so much to be pissed about. Carlin had the brilliant skill of making our filthy system sound Funny! ✊🏴‍☠️🎭

[@Spookybluelights]

I always thought that Colin looked like that milquetoast boyfriend of your friend from college who used to do black face at his old fraternity.

[@CoryMck]

@@ManicPandaz he did blackface

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

BenGrapples Aw, dang you beat me to it. Well played. 😂 Dangit!

[@margaritam.9118]

Lmao I wish Michael Che could make that joke and then they showed a closeup of Colin’s face 😂 too bad it will never happen

[@michaeladkins6]

Or Scarlett Johansson

[@Amberk1985]

I was conservative for 28 yrs before becoming Liberal and I’ve always watched SNL. It’s not as liberal and cutting edge as they live to pretend. Colin!

[@waldenotwalled5783]

Amber Annette Become a communist

[@b1bbscraz3y]

it's ok, they are liberal in the literal sense of the word. as in, liberalism advocates laissez faire economics but also advocates social freedoms. American liberals are really just following what the ideology entails, supporting laissez faire, except they realize that they can use the state as a tool to protect their own interests

[@Acidpunk101]

Do the right thing and look into anarchist philosophy, no true liberty under captialism mah dude.

[@KOLN555]

Very weird watch as a guy named Colin.

[@1234q-q8x]

Sorry Colin Jost has dirtied your name.

[@caimacd]

Lol. He was talking to you dude

[@TheLowBrassDude]

It must be fine watching any episode of Whose Line.

[@ewokshoterz]

Same

[@margaritam.9118]

😂 poor Colin

[@lilshifty4758]

snl recently tried to get a more conservative voice for the show but wow surprise the guy turned out to be a massive racist

[@vegantacospizza6302]

That's their attempted of being balanced, to appease... Umm like 4 Republicans

[@pleaserewind295]

Norm Macdonald and Dennis Miller are pretty conservative.

[@GC-ps9mn]

@@pleaserewind295 Norm Macdonald is conservative? I know a lot of conservatives like him but I've never heard him state his politic opinions. I doubt he is conservative, I bet that he leans center left. Like Bill Burr and Joe Rogan, they both have a lot of conservative fans mainly because they like to rail against "cancel culture™" but neither one identifies as a conservative they both say they are on the left side of the spectrum. I could be wrong about Norm, maybe I just missed him identifying himself as a conservative.

[@michaeladkins6]

@@pleaserewind295 Miller is now. I think he combination of overwork and 9/11 did some damage there.

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

@@pleaserewind295 Again a clip from a Comedy Central show where women having a sports team is a punchline. Makes me wonder why is there so much hate against women in sports, could be because they are doing more than display their bodies?

[@ParchmentOfPower]

28:35 "Alec Baldwin claims he's done playing Trump. We'll see about that." *plays Trump later that night, plus bonus sketch portraying Bernie as a saboteur of Warren's "rightful" presidency*

[@kendrajade6688]

fr? What, because progressives voted for him over her? She showed them they were right pretty damn quickly.

[@tofutaco2190]

As Karl Marx said Liberalism was for the Bourgeois, a mere patch and coat of paint of feudalism

[@marly100]

Omg, I’m so glad that I’m not the only one that recognizes the SNL’s neoliberal sense of humor. And I’m a New Yorker.

[@marioricomeza2839]

Ha, after the 90's, New York has become kinda of a neoliberal place, hasn't it?

[@charleynewman5057]

They did Larry David Bernie Sanders again and SNL's agenda finally clicked into place for me. When they casually blamed Sanders for Trump getting elected and hinted that him running again would result in the same. I'm so thankful for people like Sanders. The actual left was dead in this country before Sanders ran in 2016. Need to get back to when we had more politicians like Teddy Roosevelt and FDR.

[@fuckadoo84]

Mark Fisher wrote a book about this. Capitalist Realism. In it he‘s basically saying, that we, as a society, are no longer able to conceive a reality without capitalism. It’s definitely worth reading (it‘s really short as well:)

[@UndiCreator]

Reading now!

[@SamUSB5000]

Yes !! Absolutely !

[@goldenovaries]

Thank you for addressing the transphobia on SNL. It’s so latent and yet no one seems to have a problem with it

[@baronblackdragon9078]

Snl is one of the main reasons, at least in my eye of why legitimate criticisms of trump go ignored

[@dereljohnson]

"Man destroys liberal media with facts and logic!" This is an incredibly well-done video that perfectly describes the reality of liberal capitalism. I'm looking forward to watching the rest of your work and I wish everybody would see this video in particular. Thank you for your work.

[@WikiSorcerer]

The problem with being a centrist is that unlike the Left and the Right, the Center is always in flux depending on the status quo. The Right in America tends to yank the status quo more and more right, meaning that the centrists that run the Democrats are also becoming more and more right when so many of today's universally popular ideas are left by global standards, meaning the people that run the Democratic party become less and less an opponent to the Republican party and focus more and more on keeping their voters in line. Then when a guy comes along who is unambiguously left (Bernie Sanders) who is single-handedly trying to yank the chain the other way, Republicans are antagonizing him because he is a threat to their unquestioned reign and the Democrats attack him because he is an existential threat to their monopoly over left-wing voters.

[@ithemba]

To quote the great Theodor Adorno: "Once the new fascism will surface, it will not say: I am fascism. It will say: AND LIVE FROM NEW YORK THIS IS SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"

[@leplus1]

After the Musk special this aged like a fine wine.

[@leehumphries5706]

I wish I had the ability to hack NBC's broadcast tonight and run this on a loop in place of SNL.

[@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869]

You could find someone who does know how and either learn from them or pay them

[@useroffline9999]

get the system from the inside, comrade

[@jacobellis5822]

I'm Australian, and until pretty recently I didn't have any interest in politics. In fact, "politics," as a concept, seemed like such an American phenomenon and so over-the-top that I think I automatically dismissed the whole discussion, and it's relevance in my own country. But the signs of these problems are here too, and I'm only just starting to see that as a 20 year old. As a long term vegan (first for ethics and then for the environment and health) I'm seeing how my society and media treats political change as a joke and blindly defends the status quo. And honestly, now that I'm becoming more informed on wider political and social issues (of which I still have a long way to go) I'm not sure how I should be progressing. I'm finding that it's so easy to fall into hopelessness and despair and just letting the world keep on churning, but that being "apolitical" is more harmful than I had thought. I just hope it won't be too late for my generation to bring substantial change

[@sobertillnoon]

"And for some reason, his looks." SICK BURN!

[@cliffordlevy3918]

"When wealth and the wealthy are valued or honored in a city, virtue and good people are valued less.... ...and what is valued is always practiced, and what isn't valued is neglected" -Plato - Republic

[@abaque24]

I'm tired of rightwing guys saying 'radical left' like it has any meaning X/

[@margaritam.9118]

The right: RaDiCaL lEfT Me: [looks around for any bolsheviks]

[@useroffline9999]

cyncynshop it cracks me up that me asking nicely for rights as a trans person is radical to some people. (it also scares me but laughter is how we cope, eh?)

[@GrumpyOldFart2]

Yeah…like, when they refer to Pelosi as a radical leftist, I think, ya know, honey, why don’t you just tattoo “I’m stupid” on your face and be done with it. They apparently don’t know that words have meaning.

[@CostumedFiend_Audio]

You touched on a lot of things I've been thinking about in regards to SNL and the type of humor people think is far left when it's not. Also, the way you say Colin will be how I think it from now on.

[@Greendragon434]

Tia Nichele It's hilarious how many people hate SNL because they think it pushes a far, far left agenda.

[@philipchurch8772]

Your powers have continued to increase exponentially.

[@bigf0ot25]

This is a nice thing to say but said in a very weird way

[@SnoFitzroy]

"I'm apolitical! I'm apolitical!" squealed the coward whomst'd've wouldn't criticize capitalism nor fascism

[@cecewhm78]

Just when I thought I couldn't dislike SNL any more than I already do.

[@Greendragon434]

Cece Whm They exist to make profit for NBC

[@conhuevos8927]

I prefer convos with conservatives over neoliberals because at least the conservative isn't pretending to be on your side.

[@MelMelodyWerner]

conservatives concern troll all of the time, I don't know which ones you're talking to but I'd much prefer them to pretty much all of the ones I see.

[@margaritam.9118]

I agree. That patronising and condescending “But I’m a good person, I’m not a racist” thing is irritating as fuck.

[@angryhobo212]

I just thought about how cool it would be if SNL was actually an extremely left wing show. It would be so friggin rad if there was a show that ruthlessly critiqued capitalism and mainstream politicians.

[@JJRasta97]

angryhobo212 South Park

[@BalorShield]

they've always poked fun at politics and politicians, back in the day politicians played along and some made cameos.. Bob Dole, Palin, Obama, Hillary for example. old school Republicans could take a joke, not so much this current breed.

[@v0Xx60]

@@BalorShield None of those people actually appeared on the show though, they were caricatures voiced by other actors.

[@85percentnation]

@@JJRasta97 South Park's Libertarian. Big difference.

[@sebces2576]

@@BalorShield yeah they don’t critique the establishment though, do they.

[@doughboydevito4529]

Jesus, the jokes in SNL aren't even just bigoted or push a harmful ideology, they're also just bad. Bad punchlines, bad setups, and bad delivery are just rampant in these sketches. I'm not saying these jokes would be funny w/ "good" setups, etc. but my god the humor is so garbage

[@crazymonk27]

bland humor that doesnt challenge anything

[@brandocolossus5965]

In the early 90's it used to make me smile. Sometimes.

[@Jamie-kg8ig]

A lot of it just reminds me of dumb humor reactionaries say on their Netflix special.

[@doughboydevito4529]

@@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 Same here. Hell, they still had SOME funny moments even during the 2000s w/ Lonely Island, and even a small bit of the 2010s had some funny moments, but those are even fewer than pre-2010s SNL. Miracle if SNL makes it to the 2020s

[@nicktrice4921]

@@jeremybeau8334 yep

[@MelMelodyWerner]

the clips in this are the most SNL I have ever watched in one sitting... why have you done this? jokes aside, that really is bad. I felt like vomiting at that Larry David impersonating Bernie bit. I'm not super left leaning (I'm a social democrat, but am open to moving further left and offer solidarity to just about anyone more left than me), and I'm still to the left of Bernie's platform (especially on foreign policy). the idea that a center left candidate like him is "too left" is so ridiculous. glad I never got into SNL. all of the political comedy I see is on KZbin, and it is much less boomer than this. the funny thing is, rightists and centrists love to pin lefties as being "unable to take jokes" (because we call out bigoted "jokes" for what they are), yet SNL would NEVER have Michael Brooks on to do his "Muslim Obama" bit or do anything remotely as sharp-edged.

[@Jamie-kg8ig]

Not to mention that Bernie is the most popular politician in America and has the best odds against Trump. He and his policies are pretty popular. And yeah they call us snowflakes but I make a joke about cops being tossed in prison and they lose their shit.

[@TheRenegade...]

@@Jamie-kg8ig Or he would if the media wasn't brainwashing the US into a right-wing agenda.

[@ornos3133]

I once wrote a short, and badly argued, essay like this but using Barbie as the popular example of how capitalism makes disingenuous stances for any progressive views and only did it in the name of profit.

[@heathriley3692]

06:18 -- Testify. "Corporations will be People when Texas [literally] executes one."

[@MrMirville]

That used to be called anti-trust laws.

[@misquared1421]

No wonder Colin and scarlet Johansson are engaged. They’re perfect for each other.

[@robonick3607]

I remember hearing Donald Trump on Morning Joe in mid 2015, I was only in seventh grade but I just kept asking myself why everyone was giving this guy the time of day. Come eleventh grade, I’ve seen films like ‘Netwrok’ and now watch this channel weekly. I understand that the obvious sensationalism in media is sickening.

[@kassemir]

Republicans can take a joke better than democrats. Now, that's a laughable statement. Trump is literally the most precious snow flake of them all :D

[@BalorShield]

waaahhh Bill Maher called me an orangutan, I'm gonna sue him lol

[@foxfairchild2458]

They can lolz and I’m not one of em but they FLAT out can lolz

[@dangerouslytalented]

Amazing how many SNL stars turn out to be nutty right wingers. And how those people weren’t very good.

[@orlandoshaw9503]

Those reactionary cranks seem to mostly come from the late 80's/ early 90's when the bars on human behavior and comedy were lower.

[@elloingo]

As someone who only knows about SNL through references you yanks make this was very interesting and insightful

[@angryhobo212]

More cowbell

[@o.liveil7111]

Everytime I hear neoliberal, I think of the anti-homeless gay rock

[@MrLittelmerciles]

I've always noticed how SNL was pretty shady when it came to protecting capitalism but I would have never thought it was intentional. Never knew there was so much to analyze about this, thanks!

[@billbrasky8525]

Great essay, I always found something weird about SNL’s political satires.

[@davesnothere2879]

I remember recently 'Colin' introduced a story about Julien Assange with the descriptive term "internet troll ".

[@SplendidCoffee0]

Also, he referred to him as "the reason why he puts tape over his webcam." Dumb bastard doesn't realize that Julian Assange and Ed Snowden were exposing the NSA for that very bullshit.

[@DragonSlaveKnight]

Julian Assange is incredibly pro-russia biased: when offered proof about russian troops in Ukraine, which, among other war crimes, downed MH-17, he refused to publish it. How do you trust someone who spends his life doing cover-ups a brutal dictator that is putin huilo?.. Do you seriously believe that "exposing NSA" is worth 298 lives in that Boeing plane??? All the dead children russians killed?! Over 14 thousand Ukrainians dead over five years... Millions left without homes and forced to flee, and it's even worse with russian invasion of Syria on Assad's side, who routinely uses chemical weapons to kill civilians. Russian federation bombs markets, then schools and hospitals to ensure the biggest civilian casualty rate. It's a terrorist state. And Snowden is being hidden by the same very russia that finances whole alt right, various terrorist organizations such as HAMAS and Hezbollah (their foreign ministry quite openly calling them "allies"), russian military occupies territory of more than half a dozen sovereign states (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Syria, Venezuela, several African countries), and wages wars of conquest all over the world!.. Millions of people destroyed by putin's wars, want to see Snowden and Assange face tribunal in the Hague. They are responsible for pro-russian propaganda: and propagandist Julius Streicher was executed by Nuremberg trial much like actual war criminals of the Third Reich. Goebbels would be too, had he not offed himself in the bunker. The blood of million Syrians are on the hands of everybody who supports putin's regime.

[@_-_julie_-_7834]

@@DragonSlaveKnight I agree that just because Assange did an incredible thing by exposing the NSA he shouldn't be excused for protecting the Russian regime - but the original comment wasn't putting Assange up on a pedestal and making him infallible, making it seem like it was is creating a strawman. It wasn't even praising Assange, just pointing out Colin's moronic and dismissive tone when bringing up an incredibly relevant figure when it comes to the deference of online privacy against the US Government (in this context). Calling him an internet troll is misleading and wrong, and the original comment was merely underlining the point made in the essay

[@bretturben8710]

Loving your work, brotha. Keep up the good fight. Brilliant philosophical journalism.

[@clobbermiester]

Hits harder a year later.

[@ericharris262]

I noticed that last night during the Democratic debate sketch. At one point, Bernie Sanders (Larry David) blurts out, "I'm just going to ruin everything again,' as if Bernie is at fault for Hillary losing to Trump. At the end, the debate moderator felt hopeless as she believed none of the Democratic contenders were 'worthy' of the nomination.

[@SnatchBandegrip]

I confess I was afraid to click on this video - politics and KZbin being a particularly nasty combination - but it was enormously insightful and informative. Quality work.

[@LovecraftianToenail]

I've watched a ton of your videos, and this still somehow manages to be among your best. More than worth the wait.

[@Agos226]

“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum” ― Noam Chomsky

[@anaroy3524]

So we all know SNL is a long form advertisement for mainstream films and music, right? Is its existence even a testament to its quality as a comedy show? It’s THE comedy show, so prime billboard for other industry bed fellows too.

[@texasyojimbo]

There have been some dark satires in SNL's past, but you have to go back a ways. The one that most comes to mind is the skit involving Reagan secretly plotting Iran-Contra while meeting with Girl Scouts, back in the 1980s. The "Last Days of Nixon" skit from the 70s was also pretty pointed.

[@mxpronounced3224]

Saturday Night Liberalism 👌 excellent video

[@vegantacospizza6302]

Contrapoints made paranoid of Ok signs

[@misterdemocracy3335]

I like that title better, then I realized he probably didn’t use that title because when you read the title it reinforces the idea that SNL is biased to the left when in reality they are really just biased toward profit.

[@TheLokiBiz]

Honestly, the NDP here in Canada is pretty liberal/centrist too. Apparently it used to have a radical wing back in the 70s called "The Waffle", but it's been espousing capitalism with a mild social safety net ever since. Electoral politics are fine for making your life suck a lil bit less in the meantime, but the bourgeoise will never just let us vote away their stranglehold on the means of production. As a scrawny, genderfluid person with a physical disability, I really wish this weren't the case, but direct action and eventual revolution are our only long term option.

[@MrGohtrunks]

I expect now that whenever you make a poignant statement you end it with "Colin!", regardless of the subject. On a more serious note: I never had a good idea of what neoliberalism meant until now, so thank you for that. I suspect that here in the Netherlands it is understood under a different definition, but I can certainly recognize the idealogy in a good number of our politicians now.

[@kaironarnold]

The 'Colin' jabs are golden.

[@xXsuperbananaXx]

I’m really glad you made this episode because I started noticing this more. I especially became more aware of this around the primary elections and how SNL would portray Sanders in a lot of their skits. It was weird to me how a show I previously had perceived as progressive was discrediting the most progressive candidate there was.

[@anannon8384]

This essay could simply be adapted to describe the media's relationship to mass homicide perpetrators.

[@Jjrmtv]

thank you for being the eloquent voice for us. and you have concluded exactly what I saw happening, the media was so in love with its own ratings that it neglected the bigger picture

[@notacaulkhead]

Liberal Democrats are actually centre right in the UK, and Labour is centrist. We also don’t have a left wing party (other than possibly the Greens, although they’re more like environmental centrists really)

[@Baggydawg1]

This video is an unbelievable eye-opener, and I feel lucky to have watched it (since I stumbled upon your channel by accident via. Wolf Warrior review). I'm not gonna lie, I've probably been more right-leaning than I'll publicly admit during the past 5 years, and I would usually consider myself sympathetic to "Classical Liberal" right-wing causes (Adam Smith, Spinoza, Voltaire, etc). While I still believe in such values, watching a few of your videos has genuinely opened my eyes to the deceit I've been fooling myself with regarding the 'banality' of neoliberalism. I realise I just haven't given enough attention to the insidious political gaslighting that enables neoliberalism to be such an accepted phenomenon in Western culture. Thank you so much for putting this amount of work, effort, and detail into your videos - I can honestly say tonight is the first time in years where I've genuinely questioned the integrity of my moral compass and belief system. Keep up the good fight brother!

[@StraightPunkEdge93]

Dammit I'm about to get mad about SNL again

[@alexc.5204]

I'm so glad you're on our side lol

[@BaithNa]

Its the only side that makes sense :)

[@trekjudas]

Just saw the season premiere. They are going easy as hell on Biden! Woody Harrelson practically looked at the camera and said, "These others guys are a bunch of losers. You got no choice but to settle for me."

[@vphiameradisogaarwa]

I have been binge watching your channel since I discovered it last night, I've watched 6 videos now and I must say, having been on youtube since 2007, this is a top ten channel! Keep up the great work.

[@Amazatastic]

In Australia the Liberal party is right wing and one of the two major parties. Surprised this wasn't mentioned when you compared where different political parties that call themselves "liberal" land on the political spectrum. In aus, liberals aren't liberals 😂

[@margaritam.9118]

Hannah In Russia Liberal Democratic Party (ЛДПР) is far right, they pick random names just to confuse people 🙄

[@pankaches2723]

And today, SNL is so ready to call him out on the same things which they joked about and gave a platform in 2015. You can't have your cake and satirize it, too.

[@ToastyJunebugs]

Every Karen's husband is now named Collin.

[@lonnie_toons]

Scarlett Johansson is a Karen.

[@andyhoov]

Remember, the combination of neoliberalism, capitalism, and SNL gave us not only the "It's Pat" sketches, but also the "It's Pat" movie. What greater proof of evil do we need?

[@meganfaith4052]

Anyone who wants to say “SNL” is left leaning needs to be shown the Elon Musk episode. Reminding them an emerald cave successor who bought his most well known company is in fact not our friend and we should eat him.

[@grantca8204]

I know this was outside of the scope of the (rather excellent video) but it's probably also worth considering the time SNL banned Sinéad O'Connor and mocked her for trying to bring up criticism of the catholic church's abuse of children on the show.

[@Greendragon434]

Thank you foe matter-of-factly stating that capitalism causes social ills.

[@H8B7L]

Recently a guy posted a link to the new Dave Chappelle on a german board I visit and wrote "If you wanted to know why the americans elected DT watch this." I responded with "Oh, he makes jokes about the Electoral College?" Now this guy liked to say the usually stuff like "its just a joke!!!!11". But, for some reason, he really didnt like my joke and he lost his shit when I wrote that my joke was more original than Chappelles new special.

[@Inspiration_Date]

SNL has been going on for almost 45 years and there's only 800 episodes? Wow. I would think there'd be way more than that.

[@stadbab]

in all seriousness, you have convinced me to stop watching this show, despite over a decade of loyal viewership. i always knew something was off about their politics, but i could never quite put my finger on what was causing that feeling of unease in my gut. your eloquence on the subject has been enlightening.

[@anthonychaboude1548]

Why can’t we just say it: neo-liberalism is just being what a moderate Republican was 30 years ago.

[@ciwa8286]

I've never heard anyone take a critical look @ SNL.

[@HiddenGhul]

Curious to see how many people who don’t know what a ‘liberal’ is leave sone spicy comments

[@vegantacospizza6302]

Maybe anarchists should always called them centrists

[@benjaminpeters6729]

Well its defined in the opening seconds

[@HiddenGhul]

Benjamin Peters implying people watch videos before leaving comments stating their opinions

[@esmeraldaloschuetz9120]

FINALLY, someone is pointing that out. Great analysis, well done! As a European, most SNL stuff is somewhat baffling to me, and I don't get the cult status at all (based on the cultural impact & history - ok, but based on quality??? what??). I rarely find a skit funny and was often baffled at how reactionary and myopic a lot of them àre. Like, trying to be least offensive / challenging to the broadest part of a possible audience. Good to know that someone else sees this, though I never thought about / analysed it in such detail, obviously. So thanks.

[@PhineasPhule]

The 45th President of the US doesn't need any help from SNL to look like a buffoon; he manages that outstandingly well all by himself.

[@angryhobo212]

This is so damn good, so informative and so densely packed with high level ideas, my brain is still in recovery mode. Seriously though, this is amazing. Even if I already knew a lot of it, you do a fantastic job of explaining it. This video that's ostensibly about SNL has more information than most videos that explicitly try to explain these things. Thank you so much, you are an absolute gem. It's rare to see someone who's so good at covering issues and explaining things. Instantly subscribed. Give yourself a pat on the back, you deserve it :)

[@billygundum]

After the laughter comes tears... Enablers will feel the reckoning more than the orchestrators. And still they'll laugh.

[@gregorycampbell9386]

You just stated quite eloquently how neo liberalism and corporate America have this incestuous relationship. I remember watching an old skit of Ferrell as Bush where he stated openly that there was utterly no legitimate justification for a military intervention in the middle east. That was cringe ran deep into my bones. The idea that a popular show would joke and normalize American military interventions was truly horrifying.

[@loobly]

6:45 just reminded me of the time oreo tweeted "trans people exist" and it was like yeah thanks for perceiving me, brand

[@itsemmallright]

I once watched a few SNL sketches. The only thing that ran through me was... I'm too young for this.

[@Reddebrek46]

"have a financial interest in a Trump Presidency" many of the creative team behind Spitting Image openly hated Thatcher and her government and held a celebration when she stood down. However many of them were soon left wondering what they would do now that she was gone. Most simply left in the following years since they no longer had any passion for satire for ratings.

[@seankelly1291]

Such a great essay, and video. great point.

[@TheLowBrassDude]

Say it louder in the back for Colbert and "Our Cartoon President"

[@nunyabaznus7851]

Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin.

[@awsomeadam2]

Well that is just a nonsense statement.

[@redj1101]

The neoliberal coin

[@blindfreddy9157]

In Australia our conservative party is called the Liberal Party.

[@chaos_incarnate5131]

Can I point out that you did this video on the night of SNL's season premiere?

[@renegadecut9875]

You can, I guess, but I've been saying that and promoting that for weeks. I want their audience to see this.

[@waldenandwilson]

Thank you for existing, and bothering to explain to people what these words actually mean. I'm way too ill-tempered to do it; LOL. . .

[@Abdadrama]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and just say the Eddie Murphy era was the only time SNL was actually worth watching....And that was only by default for kids without cable in the 80's.

[@spencerzumwalt8957]

I enjoyed the Hartman, Carvey, Myers, Sandler, Farley era as well but yea besides that it mostly sucks.

[@jonsmith9838]

@@spencerzumwalt8957 did like will ferrel and dude from barry

[@purpleghost106]

There have always been good individual skits, and sometimes a particular comedian shines, but when taken as a whole it's never been good. It's not about Era or which Employees were on (because that's what the comedians are), they can make it more palatable by entertaining us better, but not remove the business model. If something doesn't significantly prevent corporate profiteering, neoliberals don't care or may even 'lean left' (ish), which means you can get things 'subversive' by conservative standards because they're on social issues, what you won't get is something that significantly critiques or lampoons how destructive capitalism is. (or how capitalism contributes to every other form of oppression)

[@itzzaamia]

Anthony Atamanuik is the only good trump impersonator.

[@tofutaco2190]

I kinda Madtv more as a kid, but eh it's at least pretentious, and I like Phil La Marr Anybody else like Living Color more? Or any other skits show?

[@carybeweary7209]

The whitest kids you know was a good sketch show too

[@vendaboi8652]

Commenting for the algorithm

[@wondashozen]

Almost finished with the video, and it's easily my favorite one from you. Maybe ever? And I've binged almost all of your stuff. Everything is so on point, and succinct.

[@tjbarke6086]

Yeah, COLIN!

[@simonpierrelauzon3845]

I'm actually going to start reading ''a brief history of neoliberalism' by David now, thanks!

[@prometheusunbound7628]

Thank you for calling out Colin Jost. I used to like him but I noticed he can't get through a Weekend Update without laughing. His jokes aren't all that insightful, either.