We are currently living in a world that is one part 1984, one part Brave New World, one part Lord of the Flies, one part Fahrenheit 451 and one part Idiocracy

@morbidian2020

21 күн бұрын

Well said! 🤘😎🤘

@peterlang777

21 күн бұрын

a BIG part idiocracy!

@brucetopping248

21 күн бұрын

I think it can FEEL that way when you watch the the news or media where "if it bleeds it leads" and the main lure of engagement is to make you scared, or angry, or both. Out in the real world shit is definitely not a cross between those dystopian nightmares you pointed out. People are living longer than ever, with less murder and rape, less famine, less war, less infant mortality, the highest literacy rates in history, etc etc etc. Sure Trump sucks, Biden's old, whatever. The sky isn't falling.

@richardlambert3238

21 күн бұрын

You are vastly under rating the idiocracy part.

@expectador

21 күн бұрын

A huge part of the problem is that so many reading this will wonder wtf are you talking about?

Future historians will observe us exactly like Alexis de Tocqueville did almost 200 years ago: “In America I saw the freest and most enlightened men, placed in the happiest circumstances which the world affords: it seemed to me as if a cloud habitually hung upon their brow, and I thought them serious and almost sad even in their pleasures. The chief reason of this contrast is that the former do not think of the ills they endure - the latter are forever brooding over advantages they do not possess. It is strange to see with what feverish ardor the Americans pursue their own welfare; and to watch the vague dread that constantly torments them lest they should not have chosen the shortest path which may lead to it.”

@bryanmachin2152

22 күн бұрын

I can only count one group here. Which is "the former"? And which is "the latter"?

@patrickking9600

22 күн бұрын

@@bryanmachin2152 here is the first part of the quote: In certain remote corners of the Old World you may still sometimes stumble upon a small district which seems to have been forgotten amidst the general tumult, and to have remained stationary whilst everything around it was in motion. The inhabitants are for the most part extremely ignorant and poor; they take no part in the business of the country, and they are frequently oppressed by the government; yet their countenances are generally placid, and their spirits light.

@thisspaceforrent5737

22 күн бұрын

@@bryanmachin2152 Courtesy of Project Gutenberg, here is the part of the paragraph preceding the quote above. Americans are "the latter" and "the fomer" whom de Tocqueville is comparing them to are as follows: "In certain remote corners of the Old World you may still sometimes stumble upon a small district which seems to have been forgotten amidst the general tumult, and to have remained stationary whilst everything around it was in motion. The inhabitants are for the most part extremely ignorant and poor; they take no part in the business of the country, and they are frequently oppressed by the government; yet their countenances are generally placid, and their spirits light. "

@bryanmachin2152

22 күн бұрын

@@patrickking9600 So the group of ignorant and poor are "the former" in the first quote, which means the enlightened ones are the ones who are unhappy and unsatisfied. I get it. Yeah, I think we ARE still like that, yes! Too bad it's so long you can hardly put it in a comment. 19th century authors were famously long-winded. Still DeToc was probably the most unbiased of America in his time.

@bryanmachin2152

22 күн бұрын

@@thisspaceforrent5737 Thanks man. The original writers supplied it also. But thanks anyway!

It’s in your nature to destroy yourselves….The Terminator.

@diegotowers33

12 күн бұрын

nope more like skynet lol

Yesterday when I was driving I thought the smart phone ruined modern life, it's ridiculous everyone looking at phone nonstop ,like you're missing something if you take of your eyes of the screen. Start living your life not what people suggests.

@user-oq6st5pp4f

20 күн бұрын

Oops, I read this with my “smart” phone.

@AnthonyJMurph

19 күн бұрын

I think the smart phone and technology is a double edged sword. It allows pretty much all the knowledge known to man in your pocket and can connect people for good. Unfortunately, it can connect people for evil as well. Now everybody has an equal place at the knowledge table. Problem is, not everybody should be equal, especially for an extreme minority opinion.

@Tsimy876

19 күн бұрын

She types on her smartphone.... oh sweet irony

@Monika-mh2je

19 күн бұрын

I'm not against smart phones, it's just the fact people can even just wait at a red light without looking their phone- totally addicted to it ,and it's sad.

@Monika-mh2je

19 күн бұрын

@user-oq6st5pp4f I hope you wasn't driving. 😉

i dont want to be stupid about shit

@marcpeterson1092

22 күн бұрын

Then why are you commenting on KZread?

@rocketphewl

21 күн бұрын

ditto.. and don't read Bill's book either...

@ShawnDillon-pw8lb

21 күн бұрын

@@marcpeterson1092: …because youtube allows you to safely vent so you don’t do anything stupid…

@musicmatters4357

21 күн бұрын

@@ShawnDillon-pw8lb Not much venting allowed here anymore. This comment might even be too much. Basic truths can be discarded by YT and/or the channel

@bryanmachin2152

21 күн бұрын

@@marcpeterson1092 Hey, KZread doesn't MAKE YOU stupid. Like everything else, it's what you do with it.

My favourite description of the US comes from Oscar Wilde: "America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilisation in between."

@digalittledeeper

21 күн бұрын

I like that. Mine comes from Churchill- "You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing- after they've tried everything else first. "

@omarkhaliqi2718

21 күн бұрын

What a load of crap. How do you think America got built? How did the skyscrapers first go up. How did Slavery get abolished, how didthe west get settled. Americans worked tirelessly, fought over moral imperatives and endured extreme hardships. Americans disciplined their impulses to build the decadence. That was civilization. Sounds like Wilde was too focused on perceiving America through the eyes of the wealthy, slavers and outlaws.

@gamkal7231

21 күн бұрын

@@digalittledeeper Well it took awhile in Churchill's time, but we haven't much since then.

@Shorty_Lickens

21 күн бұрын

Thats cute but also 100 percent horse shit. Its OK. Oscar Wilde is a more lovable liar than Donald so I forgive him.

@digalittledeeper

21 күн бұрын

@@gamkal7231 Agree wholeheartedly.

FYI...bill Maher describes how historians will see the American people precisely as how us Europeans see the USA today

@Juls673

15 күн бұрын

Yea expect Europe is going through esentialy the same exact problems 😂

@anaibarangan4908

5 күн бұрын

Bingo

@NoDonkeys

4 күн бұрын

Yeah, And Europeans want to give up sovereignty to the UN.. Yet Americans are still supposed to pay for your defense.🤨FU!

@timothypeterson4781

3 күн бұрын

That would be funny if you people weren't busy destroying yourselves too.

@Usernamesdontmatter1

Күн бұрын

Except Europeans are the same just more miserable.

holy shit this needs to be seen by everyone in America. what a masterclass

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

@malachi-

21 күн бұрын

While my attention was taken up in guarding against one fault I was often surprised by another, habit took advantage of inattention, inclination was sometimes too strong for reason. -Ben Franklin There is perhaps not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive. Even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility. - Ben Franklin

@erichancock6815

21 күн бұрын

Hard to remember a past when our present is documented almost entirely electronically.

@scarpfish

21 күн бұрын

We're not forgetting the past so much as we're corrupting our present with things that never were. I'll bet whomever stated that quote never saw that coming.

@tacoheadmakenzie9311

21 күн бұрын

The bigger problem is remembering a past that never was.

@pendejo6466

21 күн бұрын

Shut up with that tired trope. Repeating the past IS what we do.

We are literally living in the movie Idiocracy

@Piggy-Oink-Oink

22 күн бұрын

Idiocracy was incredibly hard script to write as M Judge had to lower his brain power to about.. 2024 election level.

@wadestclair249

22 күн бұрын

@@Piggy-Oink-Oink omitting "an" and shorting Mike to M proves my point. 🤦

@Piggy-Oink-Oink

22 күн бұрын

@@wadestclair249 Nah..did I really have to type MIKE .whatever lol

@jaredfalk7701

22 күн бұрын

Not quite, but close. My doctor certainly isn’t as dumb as Justin Long was in that movie. Lol

@spaceknight793

22 күн бұрын

I agree that we are living under the rule of idiots who appeal to the common idiot. In that regard, we live in an idiocracy.

Humanity needs an off-frame restoration. It's not, one person, or a city, or a state, or country. Everything needs work and people aren't doing the work.

@drumjod

21 күн бұрын

Respect to you. This was one of the few comments I found here that sound like a genuine effort towards a solution. You're right, it does take work, and if we don't all chip in our buck o' five, who will? On top of that, I'd say it's important for us to be understanding and compassionate of others. Especially if they're different than what we're used to. Tired of hearing about how divided we are? Understand that that doesn't represent reality. We have a lot more in common than we have in division.

@artisreality

17 күн бұрын

Yes harley, you are absolutely right 😢

Bill Maher might be the best place for the left and right to come together, hear each others perspective, then talk shit and troll each other to no end haha. Actually a really good thing. Love and respect.

@zapkvr

21 күн бұрын

FFS. You really aren't too bright

@doxasticc

21 күн бұрын

No it's a place for "enlightened" centrists to act smug and circle jerk.

@rainman4516

21 күн бұрын

Sometimes, I'm just soooooooooooooo tired of the BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@lauriekeats8538

20 күн бұрын

Not really. He is just a leftie masquerading as a centrist.

@hallmorrison

20 күн бұрын

​@@zapkvrThey ain't smart at all. Shallow being the operating word. He's a gas lighting lad just a few inches to extreme left who would not be relevant if people were smart

You had me at cheeseburger for a dime delivered on roller skates, sounds like a good life.

@user-kb8ec6kg6b

21 күн бұрын

It was a real good girls on roller skates best rock and roll music yeah I said it was good times

@anneb889

21 күн бұрын

Yea, making a livable wage with a high school diploma, being able to afford dating, a family, and a burger out. Granted that came with hiding under your desk bomb drills….but is that really so different to all the fear mongering the news does now? The burger, which wasn’t injected with tons of hormones, delivered on roller skates does sound better.

@Zebra_3

21 күн бұрын

@@user-kb8ec6kg6b I miss the quad skates.

@juliagoodfellow-so4jc

21 күн бұрын

Average wage, 1.50$ an hour. No extra for overtime.

@IdRatherNot86

21 күн бұрын

@@juliagoodfellow-so4jchouses cost $21,000. SS Camaro cost $5,000. Gas cost $0.30/gal. Oh no! No overtime?! Pfft

"Everyone wants to believe that the time they're living in is the most epic, the most important age to end all ages; but heroes and tyrants rise and fall, and historians sort out the pieces."

@oltedders

22 күн бұрын

The present age was never a golden age.

@pikajew9455

21 күн бұрын

Jolee Bindo, right?

@fg6971

21 күн бұрын

Compare 1900 to 1800, 1700, 1600, and 100bc. Now compare 1900 to 2000. Our present time started with trains, steam engines, and industrialization, about 1850. The rapid changes the past 150 years has made our present time period very unique and special in the known history of humans on Earth.

@michael4250

21 күн бұрын

Look around you. There are no equivalents in all of human history with what is happening right in front of us. Some just don't have eyes for it.

@jimmym3352

21 күн бұрын

True enough, but as mentioned above, things are changing very rapidly now. The oceans are warming so fast that things could fall apart soon. This will truly be the time we have reached our peak. It's all downhill from here.

The year is always 1619 for the Huffington Post, damn that’s accurate.

This was pretty balanced and equally critical of both sides - nicely done

America needs a third party, for all normal people who are not extremists. Should win easily

@HercuLync

21 күн бұрын

We need people less afraid to vote for a third party.

@giantsr1eva

21 күн бұрын

@@HercuLync The establishment will blame you for costing their candidate the election.

@giantsr1eva

21 күн бұрын

@myowndata If people wanted a centrist third party then why did no labels end their presidential campaign?

@rkjackson6976

21 күн бұрын

@@giantsr1eva Please read the comment above. Thanks!

@giantsr1eva

21 күн бұрын

@@rkjackson6976 I did read the comment, it said “America needs a third party, for all normal people who are not extremists, Should win easily” That’s what the third party called no labels was doing. They ended their campaign so if people really wanted centrism, then that party should have won easily is a false statement.

People of the future will view us as highly driven by emotion.

@mattkess3156

21 күн бұрын

As opposed to the days of religious empires? Humans are the most emotionally complex species In Earth’s history, it’s why we got this far. Modern times are easily the most well behaved we’ve been by a long shot lol. It’s not even close

@mikemondano3624

21 күн бұрын

The exact opposite.

@CLYMA1.5CHAINZ

21 күн бұрын

What do you think about those that went to war century ago?

@benbaselet2026

21 күн бұрын

That's just a continuation of tens of thousands of years of human existence.

@Kentuckybearsfan

21 күн бұрын

@@mattkess3156 for thousands of years religion was all we knew as far as explaining the unexplainable. And yes this did result in tribalism. However I believe social media has made the modern human emotionally weaker than humans in the past. Look at how all logic flew out the window for years during covid due to people being emotional. As a country I don’t think we are emotionally equipped handle an emergency like 9/11 or Pearl Harbor as well as previous generations did.

It's perfectly obvious to me that the joke should have been "the planet X, formerly Mars", but that's why they pay your writers the big bucks.

I'm more of a library guy, but, I think I may buy this book. One thing about Unca Bill. he calls 'em like he sees 'em!

Anyone else wish they could live back in the 80's ?

@Piggy-Oink-Oink

22 күн бұрын

no the 70's the 70's was the right answer.

@garyfoster3854

22 күн бұрын

Noooooooooo!!!!

@Michael9-23-15

22 күн бұрын

@@Piggy-Oink-Oink I actually meant to say both decades.

@user-rx2gf4nx9e

22 күн бұрын

​@@Piggy-Oink-Oink The 60th was much better!

@Marryjanesbud

22 күн бұрын

60’s, 70’s, 80’s. Hell I’d settle for 50 years from now. Literally anywhere & anywhen would be better than right here, right now

Future historians will look back in shock at how politicians were obsessed with every country's people except their own.

@tn_onyoutube8436

21 күн бұрын

Nah. Future historians will look back in shock at the stupidity of the view that the stability of other countries is not important to their own. Especially to the country who sees itself as the greatest ever country.

@user-cn4wf9ud8p

21 күн бұрын

@tn_onyoutube8436 The country bringing stability to the world has possibly the most idiotic and ignorant politicians and population that has ever lived. Not a great combination for big decision making.

@firstlast8258

21 күн бұрын

Unless it's voting time 🤓 🖕

@Kaede-Sasaki

20 күн бұрын

Future historians: The 10 private equity firms owned the vast majority of the global corporations that owned all the politicians (republican AND democrat, conservative AND [new] labour). They made sure the people fought amongst themselves instead of looking at them. Status quo is what they got, with a sympathy card from one side and thoughts & prayers from the other.

Which is why I stand only with Humanity, with Justice.

@Sereneh468

21 күн бұрын

Everyone thinks they’re doing that. The conflict comes because we all define humanity and justice differently…and how inflexible one is in their definitions.

@drumjod

21 күн бұрын

Humanity and Justice sound cool and all, but how about intentionally misleading people for personal gain? That would be pretty fun too, right?

@justadad6677

21 күн бұрын

@@drumjod That is not Justice, so clearly not cool. But part of viewing Humanity is to accept, we are all humans and we all make mistakes. The wrong comes when people lie on purpose, like Tucker Carlson did about a stolen election.

@justadad6677

21 күн бұрын

@@Sereneh468 With facts and truth you will get Justice, but only if the system is Just. Name one system that is just. It is an ideal, and yes we differ on what punishment comes when you break the laws we make. But laws are only guidelines, and each case has to be viewed on its own facts. I stand with not is perfetc, we can't achieve utopia, but we can do better. We can learn from others and demand better from our politicians. Like how the prison system is better in Germany, or the educational system is better in Japan. All we cna do, is demand better in baby steps, otherwise it ends in a revolution, and I prefer not going down that path.

@MsBhappy

21 күн бұрын

There's no such thing as true justice. We can only ever look to the future with shared humanity and right wrongs collectively to benefit us all. Looking to the past has been shown to be divisionist.

Very nice commentary, Mr. Maher. One of your best.

Carl Sagan predicted all of this in the mid 1990s

@tszirmay

21 күн бұрын

“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...

The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance” Carl Sagan --1994

@mattkess3156

21 күн бұрын

Quasimodo somethin somethin- Bobby Bacala 😩😩

@frankxu4795

21 күн бұрын

How sad. When Carl Sagan made the prediction, he really meant to warn people at the time to turn around and stop driving down the cliff. But here we are at the bottom of the valley, wondering why we wind up here. “Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is.” - Three Body Problem series

@wyattcole5452

21 күн бұрын

@@tszirmaybecause all of this was happening to a lesser degree back then too

@TedsHoldOver

21 күн бұрын

Yep - The Demon Haunted World. Brilliant book.

Dear Bill, if you think this only affects the United States, nope. It's a worldwide phenomenon The entire world post-covid has been a huge sea of massive polarization and even in my country, unity doesn't even exist on independence day. We, as the human race, truly have become miserable, always-angry and sometimes outright moronic 😢 😭

@redsolozach1151

22 күн бұрын

This was happening before Covid

@marsettenmohn

22 күн бұрын

Not everyone is miserable - migrants are not miserable. It's mostly white people who are miserable. They are seeing their country invaded and turned into something it never was, their culture destroyed in their native homelands, their tolerance is actually unique among peoples, but also their downfall.

@0Y02USH

22 күн бұрын

​@@redsolozach1151 Yeah, polarization did exist since antiquity, but it wasn't as toxic as it is today.. It's like the saying: "And then it got worse"

@boblozaintherealworld3577

21 күн бұрын

YES!

@f.t.2817

21 күн бұрын

I am an Italian who lives in the UK. Western Europe is not (yet) as polarized as the US. But even in the US, political polarisation is higher among political, cultural and economic elites (politicians and journalists on both sides, scholars and bureaucrats on the left). The problem is that this minority is extremely vocal, and they get to frame the political discourse and its content.

I love this. We need a good laugh along with ways to be connected and united in a good way.

never thought id say this, but bill maher is making the most sense of anyone on tv right now. granted all he is doing is pointing out basic, truthful observations about the world, but at least hes making the attempt to first be rational instead of rationalizing a preconceived idea.

That greek joke took me off guard

@HomemdaFaina

22 күн бұрын

Perhaps.. with your back turned, your pants down?

@dr.ryttmastarecctm6595

22 күн бұрын

I think he meant Athenians, or that was just Spartan propaganda.

@thegamerv2346

22 күн бұрын

@@dr.ryttmastarecctm6595Actually all Ancient Greek city states practiced some form of homosexuality (male only) they didn’t like the female kind and in some cases prosecuted women for it.

@Bleepbloopblappp

22 күн бұрын

@@thegamerv2346sounds like the same sort of misogyny that has led to all these men pretending to be women

@bradfordjhart

21 күн бұрын

​@@thegamerv2346you can find the Yale University courses on ancient Greece. It's pretty shocking what they were into. Their wives heads were shaved and dressed as a boy on their wedding day 😂

His book is for people who don't want to be stupid about sh*t. So where's he gonna sell it?

@spaceknight793

22 күн бұрын

not to maga, not to woke. So,, to the rational middle that's watching the extremes burn the US to the ground.

@jlwilder8436

21 күн бұрын

To us 😊

@crazypantaloons

21 күн бұрын

@@spaceknight793 MAGA never did burn anything. With the help of the FBI, they broke some glass right before a guided tour of Congress.

@stereoroid

21 күн бұрын

In bookstores, probably.

@Baeraad

21 күн бұрын

Admittedly his target demographic is one that seems to be constantly shrinking, yes...

Absolutely love Bill- keep it up! Great commentary, as always.

Thank you for highlighting the Cass Report. Please continue to do so.

Longtime history geek here, and as usual, Bill is dropping some serious truth bombs!

@richardgarcia7180

22 күн бұрын

No he is fearing being irrelevant

@pietrojenkins6901

22 күн бұрын

@@richardgarcia7180 that's Trump actually.

@jbourqueofp

22 күн бұрын

😂 is he??

@Hallows4

22 күн бұрын

@@richardgarcia7180 Almost everyone becomes irrelevant sooner or later, and that’s something I know as a history geek. Even if they haven’t been outright forgotten, nearly all of the historical figures we study are only remembered in the first place because they were the exception, not the rule. That “exceptionality“ may be due to any number of factors - social rank, vast accomplishments, or just plain luck - but in the grand scheme of things, far more people have been forgotten than remembered.

@vforwombat9915

22 күн бұрын

he's wrong about the science, gender is a construct. it's different than sex.

On npr i Head them talking about cervical cancer and how it affects “people with a cervix”

@steve19811

21 күн бұрын

Some idiot celebrity the other day was talking about periods and accidentally said " female" but corrected herself cause her huge ego and then said " or menstruating people."

@seththomas9105

19 күн бұрын

I've listened to NPR for years as it has always (on the state level) had some great music programing and carries BBC World Service News in the afternoon. But lately I've noticed the "Woke" creep. Yes we all know the slant to the Left that NPR has always seemed to have, but the Woke BS I just shake my head and do a WTF moment.

@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman

16 күн бұрын

just proved that I was safe

A voice of reason, and not just in the U.S

@drumjod

21 күн бұрын

But also in the U.S.S.R. "Long live , Built by the people's mighty hand. Long live our people, united and free. Strong in our friendship tried by fire. Long may our crimson flag inspire, Shining in glory for all men to see." I'm not Russian, but I hope to be friends with others from Russia some day. Those last 5 sentences I just found from their anthem speak true to everyone, no matter where you come from. The things their government commits to do not represent what the people of Russia think. Just like how the things my government has done to other countries in the past does not represent how I think. Thank you for this platform where I can express this.

People think being morally right gives them license to do anything. The problem is, morality is a construct of emotion.

I just don't want to talk about shit anymore. Why can't we jail a serial criminal?

@LuxeFilmography

22 күн бұрын

Agree. It's time to put Biden away.

@ronblack7870

22 күн бұрын

like those that help themselves to stuff on store shelves and walk out?

@SeruraRenge11

21 күн бұрын

@@LuxeFilmographyLook I know they say we can't arrest the Thieves Guild because we'll be at it all day...but you gotta start sometime

@ScootyPuffSr7

21 күн бұрын

Well, if a plurality and almost a majority of "we" want him to be "our" leader, then it's rather difficult.

@DS_P8

21 күн бұрын

@@ScootyPuffSr7 He lost the 2020 election and has never provided proof of any of his claims. Then he decided to use his followers, like you, as pawns whom he left to hang because they didn't achieve what he wanted... that's your guy. That's your legacy.

From the Silent Middle, thank you, Bill, for continually reminding us of the rampant, self-destructive, insanity that is rending the fabric of Youmanity into bloody ribbons and for reminding us that the fight for Rationality and Sanity is most important.🖖♾

@e.m.b2834

21 күн бұрын

His attempting to compare the left and right as equal is laughable... his defense of Israel islaughable.. hes a comedian all right .... according to his logic Israel could blow up his entire audience if they thought one hamas member was hiding amongst them....

@drumjod

21 күн бұрын

Not sure what it means to be, "the middle" to you, but I consider myself to be reasonable, as I'm sure you do too. Thanking someone for reminding us of how bad something else is in it's absolute worst case? Showing clickbait headlines and presenting them as though that represents anyone? Hard to think of that as constructive or productive. How about the good things our opponents do that we often overlook? Cutting myself off here, but really want to make this point. It's not valuable to focus on how destructive a perceived, 'them' is. It's more valuable to talk about solutions. Jokes are great, but come on, Bill Maher hasn't hit a punchline since the last time Mike Tyson fought with his fists.

@Reflectors1

20 күн бұрын

@@e.m.b2834could you please paste this in the general comment section, it bears repeating.

Mr Bill Maher your the best

Anyone ever read "But What If We're Wrong" by Chuck Klosterman? He asks questions like "what rock star will be remembered as the symbol of the genre?" and "Will the Constitution be seen as something that contained the seeds of its own undoing?"

@Piggy-Oink-Oink

22 күн бұрын

So what rock star does he pick..I pick.. Bob Dylan and Gene Simmons (who curiously almost released an album together). That pretty much sums up the Yin and and yang of rock de-evolution.

@musicauthority674

22 күн бұрын

​​@@Piggy-Oink-Oink All wrong it should be Chuck Berry. he best imbodies the genre that was his legacy. and as for the constitution I can't say at this point in time. because right now it's taking a real beating.

@Piggy-Oink-Oink

22 күн бұрын

@@musicauthority674 I agree..Chuck actually INVENTED both Rock AND Rap (Too Much Monkey Business) CHuck is completely overlooked by GenZ because of you know..the Dark Side of Chuck..but Come on-he INVENTED IT ALL!!

@Chris-fn4df

22 күн бұрын

The question wasn’t “who was the symbol” it was “who will be _seen_ as the symbol”

@musicauthority674

21 күн бұрын

@@Chris-fn4df That is incorrect, if you read the comment it states the question? and I quote "what rock star will be remembered as the symbol of the genre"? end quote. if you go back and read the comment? that is exactly how it is worded.

either the audience plants need to tone down the fake laughs or the writers need to write better jokes. the forced laughter is jarring

@BenState

22 күн бұрын

laugh tracks... look them up.

@johsmith2481

22 күн бұрын

Bill most certainly has staff in the stands laughing their ass off.

@ronblack7870

22 күн бұрын

or what you don't find funny i may find hilarious.

@samthesuspect

21 күн бұрын

Yo I laughed out loud at least twice during this, especially the Greek joke.

@jlwilder8436

21 күн бұрын

Every show/week, year after year; yes, his audience, unfortunately, is mostly his writers and staff, and yes, their volunteering to be an echo chamber of scripted laughs and applause is so frustrating and annoying. 🤐

Barely into my 40s. The older I get, the more I agree with Bill Maher. Wonder what that means.

@richstex4736

20 күн бұрын

You've reached the Age of Wisdom?

I m fan of urs ex Muslim algerian atheist Bravo 👏👏👏 👍

What we collectively need to do is get over ourselves as something superior - and get back down to individual work of trying to be the best we were intended to be... like Kindness to one another from the Heart, with no expectations in return!.

@willingtooppose7919

21 күн бұрын

Closer To The Heart - Rush

Aż mi się łezka w oku zakręciła, chyba jest Pan jedyną osobą w Amerykańskich mediach która potrafi tak świetnie podsumować obie strony tak różne od siebie a zarazem tak podobne. Nie powinniśmy być skrajni, powinniśmy być w środku jeśli chcemy iść razem naprzód - niezależnie od kraju w którym się znajdujemy. Radykalizm jest jak beton, taki ciężar zabiera ci tylko wolność i życie.

My favorite Centrist! Keep kicking ass with facts Bill! The world loves you for it! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

One of the best commentaries ever!

Why is that same audience member always the one laughing the loudest on every episode. The guy must have seasons tickets

@rickwilliamson9248

22 күн бұрын

Maybe its an employee?

@18155456

22 күн бұрын

I suspect he must be a producer or a member of the crew. Probably laughing loud to carry favour with the boss

@BenState

22 күн бұрын

laugh tracks... google them

@PoochAndBoo

22 күн бұрын

He takes those laugh signs they hold up, very seriously.

@helene420

22 күн бұрын

Canned laughter, probably.

As a republican -I find the hatred for Ukraine and Zelensky is disgusting

@Happyshiningpeople12

22 күн бұрын

Ukraine's government is corrupt, but their people deserve to be protected.

@Zer-o-ne

22 күн бұрын

@@Happyshiningpeople12 They've been combatting coruption like there's no tomorrow my friend

@chrismiller5198

22 күн бұрын

I remember when Republicans were on the side of the peoples being oppressed by the Russians.

@John-bravooo

22 күн бұрын

Same for democrats hatred for jews in the middle east

@andersandersen6295

22 күн бұрын

@@Zer-o-ne It is a corruption culture, they have that from the russians, just dont send them money, you can only send goods and hope you catch what are being sold.

He makes an interesting observation. Americans will be seen fundamentally in the future as the most creative and innovative people on earth.

My medical forms ask me if I am non bianary and then asks when i had my last period.

i don't want to be stupid about shit either. Especially the shit trying to make me think that both side are equally at fault for making things shitty!

Keeping it real

@giantsr1eva

21 күн бұрын

@williamjmccartan8879 The establishment has failed the people, that’s why they don’t believe their lies. Bill is clearly upset that he might lose some of his money.

Just bought you book, Bill! Thanks for continuing to be the most rational voice in the public today!

DAMN, Bill nails it on the head... There's GOTTA be far more of us in the middle who are sick of the crap from both extremes... We don't hate the people who align with either side, we're just tired of the bickering. We don't have to MAGA, we just have to put down the picketing signs, acknowledge and make real strides to improve where we need improvement, and be happy with the incredible lives we can live if we just stop hating each other!

as a centrist who would not have a child if not for abortions and loves guns and thinks fiscal responsibility is cool but also wants a well regulated safety net for people..... sorry my daughter interrupted me with an interactive pop-up book she's trying to make so i forgot my point... but yeah why can't we all just chill and get along?

@hurricanekitty6736

21 күн бұрын

Would not have a child if not for abortions?? What does that mean?

@gamkal7231

21 күн бұрын

@@hurricanekitty6736Just a guess, but perhaps the fact that women with ectopic or other forms of dangerous pregnancies denied abortions today often end up sterile or unable to conceive afterwards?

@blinkger

21 күн бұрын

@@hurricanekitty6736 I'd guess that his wife had a troubled pregnancy and had to abort one before getting pregnant with his current child. But I'm sure he will enlighten us. ;)

@avengemybreath3084

21 күн бұрын

Stop writing pointless comments for no one and pay attention to your daughter.

@chrisrowe2308

21 күн бұрын

There's too much profit in selling fear and dread. Combined with a serious derth of critical thinking skills from decades of demonizing intellectual achievement and knowledge and you're left with a situation where both sides of the aisle live in two completely distinct realities complete with their own sets of facts and existential crises.

I'll leave my mask on sometimes since I've found that they do wonders for hay fever. Especially while cutting grass, bike riding, or driving with the windows down.

@tn_onyoutube8436

21 күн бұрын

Exactly right! I even slept in a mask for two weeks during the peak tree pollen season just gone. Strangely I didn’t die from the inconvenience.

@shocktrauma85

21 күн бұрын

His obsession with it is stupid. If it makes you feel comfortable then by all means wear it.

@digalittledeeper

21 күн бұрын

Agreed. But poor Bill... he's just stupid about that shit...

@x00p3

21 күн бұрын

I've gotten in my car before after leaving a store and forgot to take it off. (During the p a ndemic.)

@Cwgrlup

21 күн бұрын

People like you are what he’s talking about. 🤡

The best part was when Bill Burr roasted your ass on your own show!

@psychedelicfright85

19 күн бұрын

He was laughing his ass off.

The best of times. 60’s 70’s & 80’s!

@BaymanForever

21 күн бұрын

Born in the early 50s. A great life. Glad I'm on the way out, as the Libtards have screwed up the world. Good luck to you all - you're definitely gonna need it!! Fight lie hell to defeat the growing evil that is the Left!

@brandoncaudill6864

21 күн бұрын

60s: Rampant racism and a never-ending war. 70s: racism slightly better, but still pretty bad; huge inflation (worse than today); terrible crime rates. 80s: racism against slightly better, but still pretty bad; crime slight better, but still pretty bad; homelessness started getting out of control. Every decade has its warts.

@vernpascal1531

21 күн бұрын

It certainly was miles ahead musically and in film. A lot cheaper and a hell of a lot less cynicism. I could see the country changing for the worse in the late 80's and the culture. You have to have the belie,f and the belief is gone with a few of the Presidents on both sides on down who never paid for their crimes.

There are major problems with the far left + right wings of politics.

@frankxu4795

21 күн бұрын

I think that’s not correct. Stupid and crazy people have always been there. But they have been confined to the corner of society until social media comes across and every opinion, no matter how dumb it is, gets its air time.

Excellent points! I'm liking Bill more and more everyday!

Bill has always been funny. He occasionally makes good points. I respect that he will stand on something even when the pressure is to move with the crowd. But he still conflates facts with propaganda and he still uses humor to avoid any opposing argument he is uncomfortable with.

This video should be required viewing in schools. Well said Bill.

He tries to make this monologue balanced but it isn't really

A sad people indeed.

@drumjod

21 күн бұрын

Who dat?

@Ggnmgjhg

21 күн бұрын

And petty!

"An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction"

Nailed it!❤

I love America! ♥️🇺🇲♥️

@dennisevans6544

22 күн бұрын

You wouldn’t love America if you knew what a wonderful country Australia is ; without all the barbarism and inequality that sadly America represents.

@PyroDrew

22 күн бұрын

@@dennisevans6544 That's funny.

@rigel2112

22 күн бұрын

@@dennisevans6544 Those people chanting for the death of Jews at the Sydney opera house were scary

@davidmeadows5627

20 күн бұрын

@@dennisevans6544 You mean the country where you can be arrested for free speech the government doesn't like? The country where guns are illegal? No thank you.

@davidmeadows5627

20 күн бұрын

@@dennisevans6544 You mean the country where firearms are illegal and you can be arrested for speech? I don't think so.

I rooted for Drago as a kid. Rocky and Apollo were kind of asses in that one. I usually root for the villains. Khan, Vader, etc. It's more fun.

@williamerickson520

22 күн бұрын

Same. They are generally more interesting characters.

@davidk6264

22 күн бұрын

like Dr. Evil or Dr No. They put so much effort in. Then it all gets destroyed.

@rigel2112

22 күн бұрын

Doms have more fun

@WilliamJames48

22 күн бұрын

He took the fun out of the room in the best way.

@kkquikB1

22 күн бұрын

I wanted to talk about emotional perspective in modern cinematic art but now I’m just speechless.

Bill Maher, I often disagree with your perspectives on different issues, but am also very grateful for a reasonable (mostly) voice of openness and clarity. Thank you for being that voice! I also would love to debate you someday, while being grateful for how you use your voice and platform. Kudos!

This man will truly never get it. His false equivalencies prove that.

Beautifully said so good!

The only thing we learned from bill Maher this week is that he won’t be inviting bill burr on his podcast ever again

@drumjod

21 күн бұрын

I learned a couple other things on top for this weeks lesson! The US appears to be pretty divided. Media is strengthening that division. Here's what's wrong and how terrible 'they' are. 1 Now let's all just get along and put aside all the terrible things I just said. Bill Maher anecdotes aside, I'm thinking that this is a good time to start listening to voices we'd normally ignore and look for ways to calmly say "Uncle Berry, the government is still not trying to take away your guns, the 'pedophile child-blood drinking pizza cult' was actually a conspiracy theory, and God loves you the same no matter how much you fight for your belief online.

@einundsiebenziger5488

21 күн бұрын

Bill* Maher, Bill* Burr*

@brandoncaudill6864

21 күн бұрын

Why? Maher seemed like he was having the time of his life on that episode.

@NoggleNasher

21 күн бұрын

@@brandoncaudill6864 my suggestion would be to rewatch the episode and use your critical thinking skills.

@NoggleNasher

21 күн бұрын

@@einundsiebenziger5488 Okay, do you have anything substantive to contribute or are you just one of those disgusting grammar nazis

Anyone else find it ironic to hear this complaint coming from Bill?

We have become a sad people.

@terryolsen3225

18 күн бұрын

Your or anyone else's happiness is 100% on you.

@javabean215

17 күн бұрын

@@terryolsen3225 Not sad as in emotion...sad as in pathetic.

Always a pleasure Bill!

There is my 90s bill. I’m still with him.

Thank you sir

Perhaps somebody should explain to Yanks that Spartans were also Greeks

Today there is a black samurai in ancient japan and in 20 years Caesar Augustus will be known as being the first black Emperor of ancient Rome. Yes, identity politics will make its way into the history books. It's already happening.

@bryanmachin2152

22 күн бұрын

Actually NO peer-reviewed history books says either of these things. But nice try.

@marsettenmohn

22 күн бұрын

@@bryanmachin2152 So you DONT think blacks are being cast as historical figures in these upcoming films? 🤣🤣🤣

@dragonfox2.058

22 күн бұрын

No, Augustus will be transgender too, just like Jesus and God

@mr.green2341

22 күн бұрын

The black samurai thing is in reference to a new video game if I remember correctly. Cuz the narcissistic DEI crowd has to “see themselves” in everything to extents beyond absurdity. So that is what the commenter is calling out.

@TT79-

22 күн бұрын

@@bryanmachin2152 Give it time. Over the past 3 years, the story of Yasuke has gone from fairytale to entities like the Smithsonian stating it as factual. Seems like something they really want people to believe.

👍😆 Thanks Bill, I needed that! 👍💙🇺🇲👍

Jonathan Haidt has been a guest on the show before, and he posits through research and debate that social media is the deciding factor that has driven a wedge between Americans. Read his article in the Atlantic “why the last 10 years of American life have been uniquely stupid.”

Nah, we don't worship a god named "Apple." We worship a god named "money."

Bill Burr straight clowned him for two hours 🇺🇸

@vinnym5607

21 күн бұрын

As he should. This monologue is cringe.

@honuman39

21 күн бұрын

It was the only thing with Maher worth watching for years.

@pauliethemushroomman

21 күн бұрын

Ol’ Billy Red Tits really popped this self-satisfied little zit. It made the world right again for a few minutes.

@mattkess3156

21 күн бұрын

Bill Maher forgot that being funny was more important than being right. Burr, came up with the Opie & Anthony crowd, dude can take bullets after the insults he got. Maher was worth something at some point, now he’s just an opinion piece where his best jokes are not his lol. He always gets mad when they sleep on his one liners lol

@calculatedrisk1

21 күн бұрын

Seemed like Mahr didn’t catch on to what Burr was doing until it was too late. Maybe I’m biased towards Burr because I’m sort of a Masshole, he’s definitely in my top five comics all time…

7 years ago Bill had an editorial speaking out against people drawing false equivalencies between the right and left. You know, the stupid shit of "both sides are equally bad". So, that's that.

@SomeYouTubeTraveler

21 күн бұрын

He's learned he was wrong since then. He called himself out on it a couple years ago and has reveled in the scorn he gets from the Left for "betraying" them or whatever. He's always been an insufferable narcissist, but most all talk show hosts are. Doesn't mean they can't learn and change their minds and mature on certain issues. Growing old grants the clarity of hindsight, and Maher seems to be one of the few self-obsessed talking heads who's actually willing to change his position on things. Even if he has to hire the same guy every week to laugh obnoxiously loud to make it look like his fanbase hasn't shrunk in the process.

@honuman39

21 күн бұрын

​@@SomeKZreadTravelerhe's learned that he's wrong about the"both sides do it" media? Except he wasn't wrong and the Republicans are the party that's actively destroying democratic norms and pushing a rapist indicted candidate that's said openly he'll act unconstitutionally. That's not both sides do it.

@anneb889

21 күн бұрын

Maybe the left has just gone too far. I think saying there’s no difference between men or women, kids can pick their gender and giving them meds or surgeries, boys playing women’s sports, men going to female prisons….I think that was just too much for many. Then you get the media saying a former Bernie supporter like Joe Rogan is far right for disagreeing with the left talking points with this insanity.

@kathrynmcelroy5658

21 күн бұрын

And now that is all Bill does is both sides everything. It makes me sick.

@EconomistGI

21 күн бұрын

Good observation. What Bill misses here is the massive asymmetry in the numbers: The share of the US population that I would call the "crazy right" is many times the size of the share of the "crazy left". On my estimation, for every "hyper woke" person there are at least ten "die-hard" Trumpians who are incapable of even listening to anything someone else has to say who doesn't toe their line 100%.

Social media, marketing, profits, and propaganda. That's what the future historians will see.

Always great insight though masks in cars may be more of an indicator of someone with severe pollen allergies then a nutter.

@VeritableSmorgasbord

22 күн бұрын

Also the most unpleasant part of wearing a mask is sometimes putting it on, so if you’re going multiple places maybe just leave it on. Also it was advised early on in the pandemic that you shouldn’t be touching it too much, taking it off and on without washing your hands, but of course conservatives wouldn’t have gotten that message... Hmm, I wonder if the rest of his examples of left nuttiness are less dumb and falsely equivalent...

@VeritableSmorgasbord

22 күн бұрын

Actually you weren’t supposed to reuse them at all, so it’s either keep it on while driving from place to place or take it off and use a brand new one for every new place...because you want to look tough while you’re driving I guess?

@frankxu4795

21 күн бұрын

I agree with you. I think Bill might rush to judgement and ridicule the wrong people. I used to live in a place where I am allergic to a particular type of dust mites, in door and out door. I did wear masks and use air purifier all the time for a few months before the effect of allergy shots kicked in, but it has absolutely nothing to do with covid.

@patcurrie9888

21 күн бұрын

Here's a thought, maybe it a shared car and they have Covid.

@IdRatherNot86

21 күн бұрын

@@patcurrie9888we knew by like June 2020 that the virus doesn’t live on surfaces but you’re still claiming this crap. The “trust the science” folks strike again!

I sometimes wear a mask when alone in the car - not for COVID but for pollen allergy

@sommmeguy

20 күн бұрын

Stop! Your ruining it for all the judgy people out there.

"Worshipped a god called Apple." That's spot on. 👍

Real-time keeps playing around with the idea that if they post less videos on KZread they will get more HBO subscribers. That is not going to happen

Bill doing his best equivalence-on-both-sides rant.

@Shih47

21 күн бұрын

He's getting worse, isn't he? Maybe it's an age thing?

I'm a conservative and I'm laughing 🤣

@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677

22 күн бұрын

Because bill pivoted to appease the right wing media pipeline

@tpl608

22 күн бұрын

Sad. Conservativism is a mental disorder. A deep, deep, mental disorder based on must having an enemy to hate and blame.

@brando7266

22 күн бұрын

R u still a virgin or just celibate?

@ReD4eva94

22 күн бұрын

@@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677 the left is now an asylum lol. Reminds me of the dark knight quote, die a hero or live long enough to be the villain. The left is the example.

@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677

22 күн бұрын

@@ReD4eva94 the only ones who need asylums are people who think cutting taxes is good for the poor

I got to get a copy of your 📕! I am independent by the way 😂

Fantastic take Bill

Awesome Jaws 3D shoutout. 🤣Ah, the early 80s 3D craze. Friday the 13th Part III in Super 3D was another one.

@willdpe1256

21 күн бұрын

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden. With Molly Ringwald.

@44excalibur

21 күн бұрын

@@willdpe1256 Don't forget Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn too.

They will say What the fk are the audience laughing about

@davidguelette7036

21 күн бұрын

Yup,classic "everybody is an a$$hole except me"Maher.

Funny that conspiracies come true if you wait 6 months.

Who ever thought common sense would be so rare?

I love Bill. Polarization is terrible. He's great.

@leechap3

21 күн бұрын

So what is your answer, appease traitors?

@31webseries

21 күн бұрын

I mean he's not wrong.

@leechap3

21 күн бұрын

@@31webseries I think Bill is seriously misguided. Oddball ideas about gender are not equivalent to destroying democracy or cancelling people's rights.

@F.khoury

21 күн бұрын

He is an entitled arrogant prick who likes to twists facts , specially when it comes to muslims

@plankingplanet

21 күн бұрын

@@leechap3 Bill is talking about people like you...

We already know where you stand on everything there's no reason to buy that book! You don't need the money, and we do we do

@georgekatkins

22 күн бұрын

Gee, too bad you are required by law to buy his book. Maybe get a second job to make up for the expense.

@davidgoosen1633

22 күн бұрын

@@georgekatkins oh yeah buddy boy, will all be doing what you say!