"They've got us fighting a culture war to distract us from fighting a class war."

@Robert-fx3ng

14 күн бұрын

They tried to get us to fight a class war but since it didn’t work as well as it did in Russia and China, now they are looking for other decisive issues.

@Sarkoths_Claw

14 күн бұрын

1000% yes. This. Boom. Bam. Bingo.

@susiepoadster4642

14 күн бұрын

Truer words never spoken!

@Shamusmusic416

14 күн бұрын

Totally. Racism isn't the problem. It's classism.

@leigel3

14 күн бұрын

Who are you quoting?

I'm not worried about the corporation virtue signaling. I'm worried about the politicians they donate to supporting legislation to take people's rights away.

@kaponkotrok

15 күн бұрын

then vote these politicians out and monitor your elected representatives.

@cvp2000

15 күн бұрын

💯

@garrettfleetwood4702

15 күн бұрын

​@@kaponkotrok and replace them with the politicians corporate sponsorship has allowed into the candidate pool? Capitalism negates democracy.

@Alexanderthenotsobad

15 күн бұрын

The thing is that they're one in the same... Amazon posted Black Lives Matter on their websites for months, while at the same time "legally" disenfranchising their black workforce. Bezos also donates millions to the donkeys and the elephants...

@tylerhackner9731

15 күн бұрын

@@kaponkotrokdefinitely do that of course

"If you can get people asking the wrong questions, you dont have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon

My Pop Pop taught me that the only conscience a company has is the one imposed on it by government regulation.

@iosmom

13 күн бұрын

and they have captured their regulators

@dangerouslysane

13 күн бұрын

Your Pop Pop knew what he was talking about, for sure. Sadly, the deregulation spree that got under way during the Reagan administration really got things going downhill.

@termsofusepolice

13 күн бұрын

@@dangerouslysane And now we've got a presidential candidate (leading in the polls) who is openly telling CEO's of oil companies he will give them further regulatory cuts in exchange for campaign donations.

@bonniehalf-elven

12 күн бұрын

and they'll flout those as much as they can get away with.

@j.dunlop8295

11 күн бұрын

Bottom line!

Jon Stewart left the media as Gandalf the Gray. He has returned to us in our more dire time of need as Gandalf the White

@50ftGuerrilla

15 күн бұрын

So is this the turn of the tide?

@JohnnyDelco

15 күн бұрын

Cringe uncomfortable statement 🤦🏽‍♂️

@iTzJimBoi

15 күн бұрын

@@JohnnyDelconot as uncomfortable as your mother when the doctor handed you to her right after you were born. I feel for her.

@RaydivatheWriter

15 күн бұрын

@@JohnnyDelco Know what's cringe? Someone constantly saying something is cringe and following it with a facepalm emoji. If you don't like what you are seeing; you can use either the back button, go to a different site or close up your browser/computer completely. Maybe a book will feel less cringy to you.

@williamyoung9401

15 күн бұрын

If only he'd run for President...

“Corporate America: We never cared… and you’re idiots to believe we ever did.”

@alwillk

14 күн бұрын

Ronald Reagan allowed corporatism to run rampant in this country. Yet, some common folks loved the guy. I don’t get it.

@TheReddaredevil223

14 күн бұрын

@@alwillk There's an entire right wing propaganda apparatus to make sure that people don't understand that. The same is true of 'liberal' media. They wouldn't be caught dead telling the truth about corporations.

@richborn6700

14 күн бұрын

​@@alwillkthey fell for his lie of "trickle down economics" that was continued to be fed by H.W. Bush and subsequently his son until the 2008 collapse he was able to just walk away from as Obama took over

@sangeet9100

14 күн бұрын

@@alwillk he did a lot of populist moves; feeding people poison letting food industry suppress scientific research being one of the most heinous - the dangerously evil worshipped and oft quoted by opportunistic shallow politicians of both parties even now - disgusting

@spicypines3827

14 күн бұрын

​@alwillk how does the saying go? "The poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires" the same people who like Reagan thinks they have a chance to be part of the 1 percent if they just keep trying

I'm so grateful for my 9th grade English teacher who had us watch commercials and analyze what they were trying to make us feel. I really think everyone needs that 'talk' at a young age, that marketing and advertising is really only about one thing

@AuntieMim-lx8mm

10 күн бұрын

Letting us know how much corporations actually truely care about us? Btw, ever noticed how MOST ads ommit mentioning any price tag whatsoever? Unless it involves a service instead of a product...such as insurance.

@MsBhappy

9 күн бұрын

Media literacy should be mandatory in all high school grades and some basics about marketing and psychology. Critical thinking skills are sorely needed.

@BrocksJellyFilledDoughnuts

7 күн бұрын

Ethos, logos, and pathos? That's the one I learned anyway.

@rachelj16

7 күн бұрын

i genuinely think media criticism/ analysis should be taught starting in elementary school.

I can't even begin to explain how great it is to have Jon Stewart back, and I'm not even living in the USA

@AuntieMim-lx8mm

10 күн бұрын

How dare you not live in the political trainwreck of a country? 😅

@alexguitarwatson3215

8 сағат бұрын

Enough already

The owners of Walmart are worth like $267 billion US. McDonald’s made $14.6 BILLION in profit last year. I’ve always been confused why they want us to “donate” our actual hard-earned money.

@lydiahood7725

15 күн бұрын

Because you don't donate to charity, you donate to those corporations that will donate the money you donated in their own name, thus earning a tax break in the process, that is why they are harassing you for donations, so they can pay less in taxes later from it.

@randymulder9105

15 күн бұрын

Exactly. Fake culture.​@@lydiahood7725

@sha1841

15 күн бұрын

@@lydiahood7725 Agreed. I learned of this recently. Someone in another comment said corporations actually don’t get tax credits from donations but do get to hold the contributions to gain interest on them.

@CinnamonQuills

15 күн бұрын

And also despite making so much profit still pay poverty wages and encourage their employees to sign up for public assistance.

@Daggy3D

15 күн бұрын

That is why I don't. I will never donate to a charity being asked of me by a corporate hand.

Corporations aren't even hiding their greed anymore. They're price gouging without raising wages.

@theorenhobart

15 күн бұрын

without raising their employees wages but not without raising their executives bonuses (bonii?) !!!!!

@serversurfer6169

15 күн бұрын

When prices go up, there's only two places that money can go-to the workers, or to the shareholders. 🤨

@AbsurdlyGeeky

15 күн бұрын

When did they ever hide their greed?

@1themadbluebird

15 күн бұрын

I’ve never understood why people seem to think this is new. Their entire purpose has always been to make as much money as possible.

@KAMMD

15 күн бұрын

HONOR LABOR

The "best" was when the grocery store chain Meijer here in Michigan sold a "fight for women's equality" dish towel for International Women's Day 😂

@Automat1cJack

12 күн бұрын

That is incredibly tone-deaf. Whoever is in marketing must not be a real human.

@teresawaterkuetter8760

9 күн бұрын

In my home town of East Lansing Michigan, the Meijer promotes how much it supports the St. Paul Lutheran Church Food Pantry. That gets people to buy in the store And the gift cards they donate to the Pantry are bought by the the members of my congregation. ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH 😂

They don't want to be called racists, but they're fine calling people perverts

@davidlloren

14 күн бұрын

If every sitcom husband can have a much more attractive wife, I have faith in eczema opie!

"They have one value and that's shareholder value...nothing that they do that's not in service of their bottom line..." -THAT PART

@TheFireGiver

14 күн бұрын

To be fair being at least superficially inclusive is part of their bottom line. I work at a major heathcare corporation who does all the pride stuff every year. They don't do it out of the goodness of their hearts, obviously. Even the top executives would agree that there are financial motives if they were being honest. It costs more money to appear biggeted than it does to throw up a few pride flags.

@MostHighEmperorPalpatine

14 күн бұрын

It’s been that way since the beginning when “corporation and the Shareholder first gave each other a quickie in the back” 😂

@JohnDoe-pk2hs

14 күн бұрын

Corporations are supposed to be responsible to their stakeholders, not just their shareholders.

@derkeheath5172

14 күн бұрын

Yep. Companies USED to be judged by how well off their employees were. Now employees are just a used and abused afterthought.

@CorinthianIvory

14 күн бұрын

​@@JohnDoe-pk2hsKlaus Schwab would like to speak with zu

"We all too often have socialism for the rich and brutal capitalism for the poor". - MLK jr.

@Bls-of1ld

13 күн бұрын

No we don't want socialism

@Felix-qc7fn

13 күн бұрын

@@Bls-of1ld we do tho. At least if you knew what socialism was then youd want it. Most of european countries are social decomcracies due to the heavy influence of socialist parties. Nowadays theyre mostly moderate and not quite as extreme as the say communists in the 1900s and before, but theyre still socialists and have a huge part in how europe became europe today.

@kaylamadison8347

13 күн бұрын

Everything is more expensive the poorer you are, and cheaper the more money you make.

@FantasticOtto

13 күн бұрын

@@Bls-of1ld You don't understand the word, and that is exactly how they want it to be.

@opaljk4835

13 күн бұрын

@@Bls-of1ldsocialism is dope. People don’t talk about anarchism anymore, though. That used to be the thing people on the fringes wanted, but it’s a really hard system to actually implement. Whatever you want to call it though, we need housing, healthcare and income for everyone. Our brains have been poisoned to think it’s impossible, but it ain’t.

i live on social security as a retired person. i resent corporations asking ME for donations when they are price gouging us. i resent them virtue signalling when they are underpaying their workers.

👏👏👏👏. I’m glad Jon is echoing what Roland Martin has been saying for months about these disgusting corporations and their fake stances.

@jramsey9690

12 күн бұрын

Ah….advertising!

Remember, corporations aren't your friends.

@alwillk

14 күн бұрын

But, but, but Ronald Reagan said they were and trickle down economics would make us all wealthy 45 years later?

@nl5828

14 күн бұрын

@alwillk 👏👏👏👏👏

@polreamonn

14 күн бұрын

And neither are your work colleagues.

@nhr27

14 күн бұрын

But their profits do make it possible for you to live.

@richardbishop6752

14 күн бұрын

@@nhr27 actually the higher their profits seem to get the lower worker profits seem to get, therefore making it slowly harder to live.

A Corporation is nothing but a Golem being maintained and aimed by humans.... that is all. No emotion, no soul, just a ruthless drive towards a single mission.... get more money.

@bryanmachin2152

15 күн бұрын

Sounds like you've been reading Alan Ginsburg!

@maryasuestark5208

15 күн бұрын

Shalom

@burkles4456

15 күн бұрын

@@maryasuestark5208😂😂😂

@johnsanders561

15 күн бұрын

A corporation has No soul for damnation nor a body for incarceration.

@seeleunit2000

15 күн бұрын

Yeah, pretty much. It's just that most people have forgotten that fact.

Thank you, John. I'm so fed up with these corporations that pander to us for one month, then turn around and give money to politicians that want to end my existence.

@normanberg9940

3 күн бұрын

Want to end your existence? How? You mean with the wars for profit?

Back in summer of 2016 Anheuser-Busch launched a marketing campaign temporarily rebranding their beer "America", printed on every can in lieu of the Budweiser logo. Had a friend who worked for them at the time. On the same day of that press release they outsourced her entire department to a call center in India.

@CanalPSG

9 күн бұрын

Not only ANheuser-Busch. Levi's closed all America factories, but now is VERY committed to LHBTIQ+-issues. Which in the end is lots cheaper than paying Americans and/or immigrant workers a decent wage.

@Pravdacz-tp8zu

5 күн бұрын

Insane how worked up some people get over trans influencer, but when a corporation this blatantly abuses their employees, crickets.

I once heard someone say that Jon Stewart is the best desk comedian of all time and I must say....seeing him back, doing what he does, it really just doubles down on me feeling that is the truth too. You can do just Mondays forever because we all need this!

@deeznutz8320

15 күн бұрын

Yeah lets ignore his 15 staff writer team that writes his jokes for him But 'he' is the best😂

@MaekarManastorm

15 күн бұрын

Wrong

@flyrobin2544

15 күн бұрын

@@MaekarManastorm Sitting wrong all by yourself...pitiful.

@Nieghorn

15 күн бұрын

And now with The Weekly Show podcast!

@elizabethalexander6528

15 күн бұрын

He is is great!!

corporate panhandling for my change is infuriating. Telling low income workers to beg for change so that a massive corporation can donate your money to a charity then claim a tax write off for their genorosity is disgusting.

@erikt454

14 күн бұрын

Reminds me of grocery chains asking customers to pay retail house prices for food to leave in the donation bin on the way out, so the grocery chain can falsely claim / imply the customers' largesse is really the corporation's.

@Narrator007

13 күн бұрын

I don't think that's how it works. I'm pretty sure the corporation would have to declare your "donation" as income, and then take a deduction of that same amount when they "donate" that money on your behalf. It would end up being a net zero benefit to their bottom line. I still think it's wrong for them to get PR credit for passing along their customer's donations, though.

@laura-gp3gv

13 күн бұрын

Right. On top of it places like WALMART hire primarily part time workers so they don't have to give any kind of benefits.

@youtubecommentsectiondebates

13 күн бұрын

They can't write off money if it was never recognized as income in the first place. If money was collected for the explicit purpose of being donated, it's not revenue and can't be deducted as a charitable donation.

@Nobody-dl4tm

13 күн бұрын

​@@youtubecommentsectiondebatesregardless free PR is massively valuable

This is real though. I lost a job when my boss came up and asked me if I was a boy or a girl (which was baffling because I’m not a trans) and I didn’t respond fast enough. Transphobia hurts everyone

"Those beers have families." I don't know why, but I heard that in Mitch Hedbergs voice.

@AuntieMim-lx8mm

10 күн бұрын

Whatever it is you're smoking or inhaling... leave some for us (in a little ziploc bag)

Imagine thinking in 2024 that a corporation does anything out of goodwill for the people…

@crystalwalker4403

14 күн бұрын

Anything except pay a livable wage!!!!

@Aencii

14 күн бұрын

Including airing a television episode ostensibly criticizing corporate pandering...

@Tustin2121

14 күн бұрын

⁠@@Aencii- Ostensibly criticizing and doing what instead…?

@Aencii

14 күн бұрын

@@Tustin2121 Collecting massive profits?? I'm pretty cynical about the ability of capital to "subsume all critiques into itself", to quote Disco Elysium. As the quote continues, "Even those who would *critique* capital end up *reinforcing* it instead."

@Tustin2121

14 күн бұрын

@@Aencii - Okay, but like… does that invalidate the criticism or something? You’re literally doing the “yet you participate in society” meme, acting like people have a choice to just not engage…?

The silver lining is that if corporation think it's profitable to advertise for equal rights, it's because society has progressed to a point where more people are in favor of it than against it.

@killed_by_the_architect-829

14 күн бұрын

No it's becasue a militant vocal minority will throw a fit and protest if they dont get their way. There's far less people in favor of it than you think.

@oliviaturner7388

14 күн бұрын

Except that the “propaganda” campaign only lasted a few months!

@dominicparker6124

13 күн бұрын

Unless you're target in which case you dial it back a bit to not upset the bigots

@EmCee_MacD

13 күн бұрын

​@@dominicparker6124Or Budweiser

@BarryHart-xo1oy

13 күн бұрын

You may have a point.

I worked for target last June, of they pulled back on pride month this year it is absolutely because they were done with getting bomb threats. The whole time I worked for target I had to sit through active shooter training every few months. I was starting to wonder how often targets get shot up to have to sit through it so much.

@SusanKay-

12 күн бұрын

Well you do have a Target on the building.

@marydawkins4190

11 күн бұрын

It's awful to get bomb threats but they still sold out bc of the liability they'd face if someone got hurt at work.

@crossedstreams3683

11 күн бұрын

@@marydawkins4190 >they sold out They're a retailer, that's what they do.

@marydawkins4190

11 күн бұрын

@@crossedstreams3683 uh, yeah. that's what I said.

@gmarefan

11 күн бұрын

The active shooter training is every grocery chain actually.

Brilliant. What a scathing take-down of corporate hypocrisy and presumptive moral preachiness. We need you more than ever, Jon Stewart!

As a grocery store employee I felt that donation rant 😭

@ttacking_you

14 күн бұрын

Whoa! I shop at the grocery store, too!! 😳

@jeffclement2468

14 күн бұрын

"YOU'RE the one with the f*cking food!" 😝

@xmateinc

14 күн бұрын

Yea I’m not donating to get Kroger a tax break.

Took a course called Business Ethics in college. The instructor made it clear, the class was a course in theory only...there are no practical applications.

@paul329869

13 күн бұрын

Yeah, that’s the reason why talk is cheap, like all our betters say.

@fivespot83s24

13 күн бұрын

A true oxymoron.

@tyl1186

13 күн бұрын

It's applicable to the Securities Exchange Commission.

@ty_teynium

12 күн бұрын

Business Ethics ... in college I wonder if Vaas knows the definition of Oxymoron.

@djpaulcfunkeddub3951

12 күн бұрын

lol, sad but true

The definition of corporation is an entity with all the rights of the individual and none of the responsabilty.

"... you're the one with all the fckn' food!" 😂 Awesome 😎

Corporations: giving you less and charging you more.

@marvinmartin4692

14 күн бұрын

But but the shareholders! What about there right’s?!

@annmarieknapp

14 күн бұрын

Shrinkflation!

@MaverickPhantom

14 күн бұрын

There's also the automation that will come next. So those low paying jobs may not exist...

@MaverickPhantom

14 күн бұрын

​@marvinmartin4692 it's not the rights of shareholders, it's about return of an investment

@Kenny49ERS

14 күн бұрын

Now that explains why they lowered prices

Finally someone in media is saying this. It's driving me insane seeing people get worked up about this stuff

@AuntieMim-lx8mm

10 күн бұрын

200 likes (thanks to me) and no comment? Fell off. Oops. I meant "Let me fix that"

@seppyq3672

9 күн бұрын

My friend was so upset about the bud light pride thing and said he would never buy it. I was like, you never bought it before. All you ever drink and buy is budweiser. 😂

There is no such thing as "woke brands" or "corporate morality".

@libertas5005

12 күн бұрын

But there are. They're pandering to the woke crowd to get more sales. Either way I'm not going to support any business that engages in promoting wokeism.

@jamesrowden303

12 күн бұрын

I don't know about corporate morality, but pretty much every minority/eco/liberal/socialist focused charity has branding and an overwhelming number would be fairly "woke" in the Fox News sense.

@ajasen

12 күн бұрын

there is an ethical principle though: maximize the profit of those who risked their investment in the company. anything else is theft.

@herrschneider5310

12 күн бұрын

@@jamesrowden303 everything that's not downright fascist is "woke" in the fox news sense.

@herrschneider5310

12 күн бұрын

@@ajasen nobody forced those investors to risk their money by investing. why should they not have to handle this risk by themselves? everything else is structured around the idea that everybody's responsible for their decisions.

Raytheon putting up a rainbow flag is probably one of the more dystopian things I've seen.

@einundsiebenziger5488

13 күн бұрын

Seem like it won't be long until they paint that flag on their guided missiles.

B-but _that's_ how you know you've made it as a demographic -- when corporate America pretends to care about you(r money).

@lagstorm1

15 күн бұрын

They have a demographic for everyone to maximize profits. We're all just numbers.

@roaam78

15 күн бұрын

Did you mean Democracy ?

@jacobkyle4573

15 күн бұрын

​@roaam78 money should not have any say whatsoever in democracy, only ideas and people. Private Money playing a role is exactly why we are in the current mess we are in. Take private money out of campaigning and it becomes a lot easier to end corruption.

@jabberw0k812

15 күн бұрын

I've made it as a demographic. I can die happy now, knowing that my demographic has accomplished so much during its lifetime.

@ShirokiMaki

15 күн бұрын

Eh, also means they treating it like another 'hip trend' that would go out of style and be completely replaced on their marketing budget once the next 'hipper trend' comes along.

I'm just glad I still get to see Jon Stewart 15 minutes a week.

@joewalsh4713

14 күн бұрын

He's also doing a Weekly Podcast if you want some more.

@annmarieknapp

14 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@jeffclement2468

14 күн бұрын

Me too. That was a week's worth of funny right there.

@xmateinc

14 күн бұрын

I’ll take it!

This whole segment was an absolute masterpiece... "you've got all the food, why dont you round some of that up??!!".....so glad to have Jon back (on Mondays)

As the owner of a small business, who chose to incorporate vs. sole proprietorship, I would suggest that only publicly traded companies are focused on shareholder profits. That is not the model of my company. I focus on the stakeholders. Which not only includes me, but my staff, customers, community, environment... etc.

"Are you sure you don't mean sodium triphosphate?" had me DYING💀

@SiriuslyBlack7

14 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@dorisdittmer7750

14 күн бұрын

It was a typo.😮

@spiceyhotpot

14 күн бұрын

Ah, additives.

@tedtalksrock

13 күн бұрын

Sodium triphosphate has a lot of people dying…

@Hardwarestoresenpai

9 күн бұрын

Wonder how many people want THAT chemical drawing tattoo.

Yep, what initially "looked" like corporations actually helping turned out to just be marketing campaigns for selling more products. There is no humanity in them as all they see is dollar signs.

@MrHubadub

15 күн бұрын

I'm suprised people ever thought otherwise. The emotional attachments people place on celebrities, corporations, the clergy, or political figures is astounding. All these people or entities should only ever be a means to an end for someone because thats all you are to them.

@svenkrackow5550

15 күн бұрын

Hmm, I take it as a measure of reality...

@BallsworthBallsbury

15 күн бұрын

That empty corporate posturing only "looked" authentic to the absolute dumbest among us. We're talking ASTONISHINGLY dumb people.

@elliott614

15 күн бұрын

that's why initially and still, there's so much skepticism and protest of corporate hijacking of pride events

@jayeisenhardt1337

15 күн бұрын

Think on how long 40 years ago was. I'd say they have been at that level for some time now. Pride started in 1970. By 1984 that's more than a decade for marketing teams to do their work. They probably been selling it since day one I reckon.

So great to see corporations support others for a whole month while paying their staff a not living wage.

@AuntieMim-lx8mm

10 күн бұрын

A non-living wage

@amandajingleheimerschmidt3050

8 күн бұрын

Interestingly enough: The whole idea of a “minimum wage” was originally called Socialism. As comedian Chris Rock once said: “Minimum wages means ‘If we could pay you less, we would’”!

@ronclark9306

8 күн бұрын

"Living wage" is a meaningless term. What matters is that we are ALL worth what it would cost to replace us. That's it. It's that simple. We all WANT more. But that doesn't mean that we're really WORTH more. You have three options to better yourself. Find someone willing to pay more for the skills you have. Make yourself more valuable. Go into business for yourself and show us all how it's done.

I LITERALLY talked with my boss at Publix on why we THROW AWAY TRASH CANS FULL OF BAKERY GOODS. Apparently, "legal issues", which...like... ARE YOU TELLING ME THERE ARE LAWS AGAINST GIVING AWAY DAY OLD COOKIES?

" The merchant has no nation. His sole loyalty is to the source of his profit. " Thomas Jefferson

@mikedomina7082

14 күн бұрын

More recently, Paddy Chayefsky (in his screenplay for the 1976 film NETWORK): "You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations; there are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There are no third worlds. There is no West. There is only one holistic system of systems; one vast, interwoven, interacting, multivaried, multinational dominion of dollars."

@dh8203

14 күн бұрын

And then at some point Americans stopped reading, and sold the Government to the merchants for peanuts.

@termsofusepolice

13 күн бұрын

Given that Jefferson placed "pursuit of property" (his original wording) right behind life and liberty in his human need hierarchy I doubt his statement about the nationalism of merchants was more than a simple observation.

@dennishickey7194

13 күн бұрын

@termsofusepolice I'm no Jefferson scholar. I take it much the same: a dry observation on the merchant's interests. He'd have no trouble seeing it in any multinational corporations comfortable arrangements with repressive regimes.

@ynraider

12 күн бұрын

@@dennishickey7194 Thomas Jefferson was a racist slaver selling his own children... He was a ALSO a corporate/merchant.

“Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work together for the benefit of all. “ - John Maynard Keynes

@grmpEqweer

14 күн бұрын

Things were better under Keynesianism.

@peterstafford4426

14 күн бұрын

Jon is a big time capitalist.

@soulscanner66

14 күн бұрын

@@peterstafford4426 The other side of the coin is the LGBTQ organizations that accept their money.

@soulscanner66

14 күн бұрын

@@peterstafford4426 So was Keynes. That's why he argued for strong democratic governments to regulate corporations. It's like Bernie Sanders said: "They can have their money, they just can't have it all."

@peterstafford4426

14 күн бұрын

@@soulscanner66 Except Jon is pulling the same BS he is attacking. This whole bit is a stealth attack on woke and also a distraction from the insane BS Trump said during the weekend. Trump is as big of a con artist as Trump is

Idk how Jon Stewart does it. Just years upon years of being consistently hilarious. The guy is a national treasure. Kills me every time.

It still amazes me how there are so many people who seem to trust these corporations over the government.

I'm glad Jon brought this up. Because I never donate when a store asks if I want to. Because I know it's really just a way of taxing me, so they can get out of paying taxes.

@KhronicD

15 күн бұрын

If I'm paying in cash, I'll "round up" if it's an option. Mostly because I don't want to have to carry a nickel and 2 pennies around. I'm under no preconceptions as to where that "extra" money actually goes.

@1themadbluebird

15 күн бұрын

Can you explain how you donating a dollar would help them avoid taxes? It doesn’t work like that.

@thedoctor9936

15 күн бұрын

@@1themadbluebird It actually does, since that falls under "charitable contributions". IRS specifically states, "You may deduct charitable contributions of money or property made to qualified organizations if you itemize your deductions. Generally, you may deduct up to 50 percent of your adjusted gross income, but 20 percent and 30 percent limitations apply in some cases." Since all that money is directly donated to the brand, the company can utilize that money for their own taxes, and more importantly, their own tax write offs.

@RPGreg2600

15 күн бұрын

​@@TinLeadHammer deadbeat

@1themadbluebird

14 күн бұрын

@@thedoctor9936 You are 100% wrong and are posting about something you don’t even have a basic understanding of. You’re quoting the rules for regular donations from a company’s own funds. They are absolutely not able to deduct donations made by other people. You can easily fact check this with one search.

”They (corporations) are very clearly conflicted between the high moral values they think we want and the amoral values that serve their shareholders" Very well put!

@dh8203

14 күн бұрын

Except they're not conflicted at all, they're just trying to get all the money from everyone by tapping into their emotions the same way they do with all advertising. None of it has ever been true. With the current trajectory it won't be long before you're seeing A.I. tailored ads that appeal to your specific emotional profile based on your entire online history. Love Diversity? All your ads are diverse now. Hate Diversity? Everybody in ads are the same ethnicity as you! Concerned about breast cancer? So is every brand that wants your money.

I work at Target and my store doesn't even have a Pride section AT ALL this year

@bluepandaman

14 күн бұрын

I’m so thankful for that.

@MichaelLovely-mr6oh

8 күн бұрын

If it means you and your coworkers can carry out your duties and customers can shop without worrying about threats of violence; so be it.

Jon, (excluding my family) you are my favorite person on this entire planet. I'm so glad that you are back! 😊

they'll say anything to sell you the same thing at a higher price.

@jptothetree

15 күн бұрын

Facts. Gotta keep the shareholders happy, even if the world is burning.

@bryanmachin2152

15 күн бұрын

How do you think they become wealthy, exactly?

@williamyoung9401

15 күн бұрын

And less of it. Shrinkflation.

@akimbo139

14 күн бұрын

If the price is too high then don't buy it...

@BradLR

14 күн бұрын

@@akimbo139 wow. problem solved. you're so smart!

Jon Stewart is the goat. If he ran for president, America would win.

@JonahsWail

15 күн бұрын

That would be nice, right? Hard to understand why we can’t seem to find two decent people to run for f-ing president of the country.

@thekingAbeFroman

15 күн бұрын

I wrote him in for the 2012 election. He would use the bully pulpit like no other.

@Landoverse

15 күн бұрын

I came here to make this comment.

@rbeberman5296

15 күн бұрын

The media wouldn’t allow someone who isn’t a corporate shill to become president.

@dropkick63

15 күн бұрын

@@JonahsWail Every other country in the world is asking the same thing about the US.

I can’t say it enough, Jon Stewart back on the daily show is exactly what I and the world needed. He deserves the Nobel peace prize! I absolutely love him. He’s better than chocolate cake for comfort.

And this is just one of the reasons why i love Jon Stewart. Ty for bringing back some sense of reality-check and common-sense and for presenting it the way you do!

Corporations have one goal: make the most money possible. When money is the driving force, it makes all the decisions. When money decides, people lose... a lot.

@Dukenukem

14 күн бұрын

It is not just driving force, it is actually a law. As a shareholder you can take the corporation to court for not making money when they can.

@scoobertmcruppert2915

14 күн бұрын

@@DukenukemTo a degree…but MANY actions can be sold in a way to say they believed they were trying to increase value.

@wildlightarts

14 күн бұрын

The Owners of Comedy Central are VIACOM 🏳‍🌈

@Dukenukem

14 күн бұрын

@scoobertmcruppert2915 surely, but the customer backlash and sale drop are actually measurable and have consequences. If you "try to increase value," but the actual stock takes nosedive, then you are failing at your job and your actions will be very much discouraged for your successors.

@scoobertmcruppert2915

14 күн бұрын

@@Dukenukem Discouraged but not illegal. If you can show you made an effort to increase value then they are in the clear legally. Things can be done in a way that is actually beneficial to most people, even in this system, and they could spin it but they won’t to that because that doesn’t enrich them personally.

Had the pleasure of meeting John Stewert at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.

@lorrie2878

15 күн бұрын

I am dead jealous!

@R50_J0

15 күн бұрын

Which persona was he using that day?

@vincentjohnflorio

15 күн бұрын

@@R50_J0 Non grata

@PonyCordero

15 күн бұрын

Love the back handed "surprisingly" 😂😂😂

@Alexanderthenotsobad

15 күн бұрын

I had the pleasure of taking a shower once. Water is surprisingly wet.

OUTSTANDING!!! I've read so many comments made by people who just dont even get the point and can't think critically at all. This was lip smacking goodness. This is what The Daily Show was designed for. Thrilled to have Jon back, even if it is only on Mondays and he's "phoning it in", hahaha!

6:47 Corporations are people except when the taxmen come, then they are obviously something that can use as many tax breaks and subsidised loopholes as inhumanly possible as the normal human pays all in full.

There's nothing else essential to Corporate America but greed.

@silverlobo2135

14 күн бұрын

how about political power? seems like quite an "essential"

@AdmiralKarelia

14 күн бұрын

@@silverlobo2135 they only want political power so they can satisfy their greed. Money is the true power.

@brooklynbridgealias

14 күн бұрын

@@silverlobo2135 Aren't you talking about labor unions?

@brooklynbridgealias

14 күн бұрын

How about creating jobs and producing products and services and creating wealth.

@sophiepooks2174

13 күн бұрын

Corporations globally.

I refuse to donate at check out so the billionaire corporations can donate my money instead of their own! The shakedown is so rampant these days that cashiers no longer bother to name who the money will be donated to. Just this weekend a cashier asked me if I wanted to donate to charity. I almost asked which charity. Then I remembered I don’t give a F.

@claireconover

15 күн бұрын

the flaw in your premise, is your assuming the corporation would have donated if you did not.

@ingridmorgan7893

14 күн бұрын

Have you heard of RFKs plan?

@agilemind6241

14 күн бұрын

@@claireconover Don't be a tax shelter for corporations. They want you to "give to charity" so they can claim that donation on their taxes, so they can make more profits from your generosity.

@clickbait007

14 күн бұрын

"then I remembered I don't give a F"... 😂

@kathieann5936

14 күн бұрын

I prefer to donate directly. I don’t trust that my money will go where they say it will.

On the skittles advertisement, when was white not considered a colour? 😂

I honestly thought the Oreo ad was selling paint 😂

@Lesrevesdhiver

10 күн бұрын

My guess until the end was that it was another Dove commercial.

It's profitable to pretend but not worthwhile to actually care... America!

What a refreshingly honest Corporate America commercial! Thank you Daily Show! 🙏

A lot more people need to hear this, especially in corporate boards.

John Stewart 2024!!!!

This is possibly one of the most important messages people need to understand about corporations. Thank you Mr Stewart for nailing them to the wall...!

I used to work for a big company. Retired now. What John say is true gospel.

@coolioso808

14 күн бұрын

Since you are retired, you are probably free to say what you think. Do you think big multi-national corporations is a big problem we, as human society, need to address? And if so, how?

@johndiggle4229

14 күн бұрын

TRUMP 2024

@OutrageIsNow

14 күн бұрын

@@johndiggle4229so he can give more tax cuts to these corporations? Foh

@OutrageIsNow

14 күн бұрын

@@coolioso808you don’t have to work for these corporations to answer that question. The answer is yes. And the second answer is to unionize and support unions at all costs by electing pro union politicians. The power of collective bargaining has been proven time and time again.

@johndiggle4229

14 күн бұрын

I had more money when Trump was president. Me and my wife make 170k a year together and we can't afford to upgrade cars or house that we bought making 100k a year. Joe Biden is a vegetable and supporting him means you are too. Stick your head back in the sand and change your gender.

I'm not even from the US. But I love the daily show and as such know more about America's politics than my own country 😂

It's so nice having you back

Thank you! I'm so sick of these corporations pretending they care about these causes they talk about. I'm tired of telling people this stuff. Maybe people will actually listen to YOU.

@ttacking_you

14 күн бұрын

It just makes everyone feel uncomfortable too.

@robertskrj6555

14 күн бұрын

They do this because they are forced thorough ESG rating. What else did you expect....

@ttacking_you

14 күн бұрын

@@robertskrj6555 what's esg? Besides a great female funk band

@ttacking_you

14 күн бұрын

The bottom bun is taking it waaay too far, trying to mainstream sadomasochism like that!

@robertskrj6555

14 күн бұрын

@@ttacking_you Do i wish it was only a punk band... Basically "score" how much a company gives a s**** about diversity, enviroment and governance. One of main reasons for culture war, even though nobody except for few zealost dont really care about it. However it is a great way to invest, higher ESG score, more reasons to short that companies stocks...

Its all about money, they don't care about your cause.

@Blackshadow164

15 күн бұрын

They never did

@Illninnio

15 күн бұрын

They really don’t. They use charity for tax purposes.

@timf7679

15 күн бұрын

Yes, that is exactly what was stated and explained several times in the video.

@charactersetup

15 күн бұрын

​@@timf7679​I commented before watching, its an obvious take. And all these thumbs up are cause I caught the video release early, not cause its a quality post that made you re-evaluate a topic. This is the internet we built.

@HylianFox3

15 күн бұрын

They care as long as you give them money.

Amazing nod to Rachel Maddow, Jon Stewart 😂😂 "have you thought about just doing Mondays?" 😅

"NO F***ING WAY IS HE DATING HER!! NO WAY!!" Jon Stewart got me in stitches 😂😂😂

Even if the Daily Show lost some ad revenue to make these jokes, bless ‘em! Keep making these!

@Damothedevo

15 күн бұрын

They still ran the ads, the vaporous husks of these corporations dgf about anything else.

@SusanKay-

12 күн бұрын

Big Spaghettios is gonna come down on them like a load of pasta!

I think Jon Stewart was a strong influence in making me see that we are in a class warfare, and still only a small percentage of people are actually aware of.

@jacquelineleitch7050

15 күн бұрын

Haven’t you always known? Who took your voice and your mind and gave it to someone else to validate your perspectives. I’m wondering why people are so star struck by a celebrity. Do you not trust yourself to hold knowledge because you could be wrong or are you needing a cult leader in order to be greater than thou?

@4SteveKombolis

15 күн бұрын

@@jacquelineleitch7050A whole segment of Jon showing the receipts and your take away is celebrity worship not someone that has helped inform people? wow

@SIS3W3N

15 күн бұрын

@@jacquelineleitch7050 So, no one else has ever informed you about a subject or influenced you to look beyond what you were taught as a child? No "celebrity" has ever called your attention to an issue that you had never taken the time to study? Should these celebrities not bother to use the platforms their status affords them and just wait for each individual to get there on their own? [This comment originally concluded with a pretty solid barb, but the censor bots weren't having it.]

@deeznutz8320

15 күн бұрын

John is part of that war on the lower class Remember when he said dat people are healthy? You know who pays fat activists? Nestle...

@deeznutz8320

15 күн бұрын

Yeah only a 'small percentage' are aware of it😂😂

Jon Stewart is a genius in delivering the truth. Thank you!

Jon Stewart, please run for POTUS. PLEASE!?

This was so well done!!! Finally someone called out this corporate hypocrisy!

@snuffeldjuret

14 күн бұрын

it really isn't hypocrisy, it is just catering to the leftist mob for long enough for the leftists to start chasing the new current (pally) thing.

“I just want to say to Pat Sajak, Have you thought about just doing Mondays?” 🤣🤣

@shelbynamels7948

15 күн бұрын

Is that a quote from the video?? You don't think we can find it on our own??

@N_IRL

15 күн бұрын

​@@shelbynamels7948They're expressing their appreciation for the quote

@shelbynamels7948

15 күн бұрын

@@N_IRL .... the way we used to in 6th grade

@S.Shea2432

15 күн бұрын

@@shelbynamels7948, You get offended like trump, Trump is that you?

@moniqueengleman873

15 күн бұрын

Pat was really acting out. I believe he has dementia. The things he has said have been way way off base. Maybe Vanna will be the host.?

If anything, I think corporate virtue-signaling probably makes things worse for social justice activism: if the biggest commercial power-brokers in the world are publicly aligning themselves with progressive causes, that allows conservative populist demagogues to disingenuously position themselves as the "anti-establishment" antidote to "Woke corporations" even though conservative economics for the past forty or so years have been specifically designed to benefit corporations.

John Stewart’s writers for the freakin win man!! JS doesn’t miss!! 🙏🏾😂😂

Man, that's something. Stewart just smashed this myth totally. He tells the truth like it is.

@Win7ermu7e

15 күн бұрын

I mean he's saying what we all know but doing it in the funniest way possible. It's not like he's exposing anything here.

@jimmym3352

15 күн бұрын

We all knew it was a myth. I'm glad he went after both sides. Back in the 90's they'd pretend to be all patriotic and care about the American worker. Even then we knew it was BS. Now it's just a different type of BS. I just want corporations to advertise their product and try to say how it's better than the competitors.

@naylas3908

15 күн бұрын

@@Win7ermu7e, for some people, apparently, he does, like the person you’re responding to. If you were never educated on publicity, you might believe all of it.

@jtl-en4yx

15 күн бұрын

Basically the corporations are losing money big time so they bring in "Stewart" to tell the woke mob not to care about pride month anymore.

@MeldaRavaniel

15 күн бұрын

He's definitely not the first to point this out.

You're the best man in media, Jon! I highly respect you.

@anthonygracey5528

15 күн бұрын

I love him so much.

@djbombba

15 күн бұрын

Appreciate his moderate perspective we need more moderacy in the USA

@kaponkotrok

15 күн бұрын

@@djbombba do your part. Help a neighbor understand moderation.

@sunshine3914

15 күн бұрын

@@kaponkotrokexplain moderation to a MAGA? 😂 they enjoy chaos way too much.

@kaponkotrok

15 күн бұрын

pre-maga can be invited to reason. They aren't tattoed yet lol

It is downright bizarre how rare it is nowadays to see a non-interacial couple in an advertisement. I got no beef with it, but it's somewhat absurd how far these companies have run with things as if they think it actually makes a difference to any consumer

This is was pure gold! Not just entertainment wise, but an incredibly important topic. What I've been hoping with the current boycotts is that people start to pay more attention what they're putting their money into and I truly hope that everyone will come to their senses about financing enormous conglomerates that do nothing but poison you, destroy environment, and exploit their employees and people living in the areas they want to benefit from. Many of us who claim that supporting local businesses is too expensive can actually afford it. It's just a matter of budgeting and putting your values in order.

"The answer to all of your questions is money." - Don Ohlmeyer

Greed destroys integrity everywhere. Just look at what's happened to KZread. It's one big infomercial; people constantly hawking, peddling, begging, pleading, and prodding useless garbage. The minute you are willing to compromise the quality of your product for profit, it's over. You can rationalize anything at that point.

@LadyDoomsinger

15 күн бұрын

You say that like there ever was any integrity in the first place?

@QueenMegaera

15 күн бұрын

I feel like integrity is only found in face to face meetings and small scale stuff anymore. If a local small store that isn't part of any chain flies a pride flag even though it might lose them some of their customers, that actually tells me something about the values of the people who own that store. If Amazon changes their logo to a rainbow for a month, of course it means nothing.

@bramvanduijn8086

15 күн бұрын

And we've enshrined greed in our corporations as their main driving principle. This is all a consequence of shares existing. Or maybe even a few steps more back and it is all a consequence of the idea that you can own abstract concepts like businesses. Ownership should be defined by use. If you use it, you own it. So you can't own two stores at the same time, because you can't work in two stores at the same time. You need to hire at least one other person, and in that case each of you owns two half stores if you regularly switch, or each of you owns one of the stores. Anything else leads to corporations driven by greed.

@Brasswatchman

15 күн бұрын

You're not wrong. But people do kinda need to eat. Don't you think the spigot of free content has kinda spoiled everyone? If it came between clips costing a few bucks versus a sponsorship ad midway through, which one would you pick?

@scottneil1187

15 күн бұрын

​@@BrasswatchmanThen they should get another job, KZread was supposed to be a free media platform, sick of creators pay walling stuff behind their Patreon and constantly begging.

The saddest part: because all companies support for LGBTQIA+ equality so loudly, others start to blame members of the LGBTQIA+-community "for pushing a woke agenda," causing more resentment than members of these groups deserve (if they deserve any resentment at all). I hate that.

I need to watch this show again. Jon Stewart goes after everyone! Love it.

Yes! Thank you! I've been saying for years corporations aren't political. All they care about is money, and will say and do anything that they think will get them the most money.

"Yeah they ran the numbers and apparently you can sell more cellphones in a dictatorship" was an EXCELLENT joke. Went over the audience's head methinks.

@JeffreyGillespie

14 күн бұрын

Agreed, wayyyyyy more complex than the audience was willing to give it credit for.

@LeahRobb

14 күн бұрын

I noticed it, but didn't get why you'd sell more cell phones in a dictatorship...wanna let me know?

@kdyssd

14 күн бұрын

​@LeahRobb You make everyone buy a new one every year was my impression

@alaineb2643

14 күн бұрын

I think more people got it than you realize. This is Jon's audience, not Fox News' audience.

@RicktheRecorder

14 күн бұрын

Or they are for use in prisons

« You’re the one with all the f****** food! » 😂😂😂

Well done!!! John has such a way of accentuating the truth in things many of us have gotten used to and too easily accept

Skittles. Taste the plainbow.

@donborvio

15 күн бұрын

Secretly racist (white pride) Skittles

@stephanieann3456

15 күн бұрын

That’s funny!

@bovinityleak2066

15 күн бұрын

Why did they make them all white instead of all black or all brown?

@bovinityleak2066

15 күн бұрын

The plainbow 😂 Brilliant

@Wew42

15 күн бұрын

@@bovinityleak2066maybe because they aren’t chocolate….

I really just want corporations to shut up about politics. We know they don't care anyways.

@Imaginecat22

14 күн бұрын

I disagree; I think they care very much, if it's a political issue (climate change, corporate tax rates, etc.) that affects their bottom line. But they don't care about social issues unless they see money to be gained from it.

@Roonasaur

14 күн бұрын

There are too many different kinds of people on the payroll for them to have an official opinion.

@enviritas9498

12 күн бұрын

They care very much about politics when it comes to regulation

That redhead guy commercial always got me too lol

I remember when Pat Sajak was the weatherman on channel 4 news in Nashville....