Exactly!

Especially when others happen to be wealthy as well.

Gotta love how he kept trying to rope Jon in. "C'mon man, we're both megalomaniacs, why are you busting my balls?"

He understands. He doesn't care.

Hard to do when you live in a sociopathy bubble, and more important, in an environment prone to rewarding sociopathy.

Is that why Tucker gets 4 million viewers and John Stewart gets less than 50 thousand?

If only Stuart got the rest of Carlson too.

That was his villain origin story.

@Alabama Man sounds like you got those numbers from the hyenas mouth

@@alabamaman5994 Tucker gets that many viewers because his old ass audience doesn't know how to use the internet, so they watch whatever is on cable. Once the boomers die, so will your party, so get ready to leave. Or you could just leave now.

Eggs are almost $10.00 per dozen here in Sacramento, CA!

@@moonstar68jr Eggs are still under $4/dozen here in Canada. Virtually no one carries a gun--and yet its far safer than America for some reason. Free healthcare. Women's health is not under attack. ;-)

@@moonstar68jr eggs got expensive, not due to inflation, but due to shortages. That’s why eggs increased more than milk and anything else.

@@moonstar68jr I always buy local eggs in Virginia. They’re still $3-$5 a dozen, depending on whom you buy them from. Admittedly, $3 is not as common as it once was, but that’s hardly going to break me, and I like dealing directly with the people who raise the chickens.

@@jaycossey850 keep bragging, we’ll invade just to make your country as shit as ours. Don’t think we won’t.

Very true , I diversified my $400K portfolio across multiple market with the aid of an investment advisor, I have been able to generate over $900k in net profit across high dividend yield stocks, ETF and bonds in few months.

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'The experts proved the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation'

Exactly. I’m so sick of people sh*tting on Jon Stewart. He’s an og boss and it’s just disrespectful.

​@@BoringTroublemaker Who is shitting on him?

Larry Summers took a gamble, because it's one that often has high odds of success -- most people will make arguments from their personal bias (like Summers). And so he makes these arguments that would be against Jon's point but for his personal bias, but Jon is not a hypocrite who makes arguments based on his bias.

@@BoringTroublemaker did you see his “interview” with Rice and Clinton?

....and Larry apparently, hasn't a clue as evidenced by his continued pontification despite the, look.

It was all about Jon.

Jon's expressions were priceless...he looked like he was trying to decide between strangling the guy or puking.

Yes

I didn't even know people didn't like him. He always was the guy who had great interviews. What happened?

WTF? This is the first time I've heard of anyone left of center not loving Stewart since the beginning. Sounds like biting the hand that feeds them.

@@thedarkerknight2188I think to people left of the establishment Democratic Party, he had the appearance of being a shallow inoffensive establishment Democrat line-toer (i.e. not truly anti-capitalist, uncritical of Democrat hypocrisy). See current late night talk show hosts who will make fun of Trump but would never question capitalism. Regardless of how that true that was of Jon, I think he’s earned the respect of those same skeptical leftists these days.

Amen! I usually enjoy MR content but they are WAY To Sanctimonious. I think MR will eventually evolve and grow. Just like they assess of Jon.

John's always been progressive it's just that the other side has gotten crazier

It’s almost as good as the interview/debate he did with the Arkansas politician who was pushing the anti trans laws.

As they say, young thoughtful and compassionate liberals turn into older capitalism-doubting progressives.

exactly, good to see cuz usually the opposite happens

I mean he's always been progressive lmfao but he has definitely gotten less willing to give people the benefit of the doubt.

“You work for Apple. Do you think *they’re* price gougers? 😏” “Yes.” “…Oh.”

That Sucka thought he had him. Wasn’t prepared for a non sellout interview.

They all firmly believe everybody is just like them on the inside, just wearing different masks. That's why they're so obsessed with "virtue signalling". The idea of somebody having actual principles is just utterly incomprehensible to them.

To people like him, having principles is like seeing a unicorn. They can't believe it when they see it.

@@pano3607 I freaking lost it 🤣

Our anger is never gonna peak until Larry Summers is behind bars for what he did on Epstein’s island

Who wouldn’t be mad at Summers for that insanity? I wanted to knock his teeth out about 1.5 seconds into his evil speech about how great price-gouging is.

Good.

For what it's worth, sorry for your pain but I'm glad some people still care.

Why the animus? Summers has been out of office for what - 6 years? What are you blaming him for -- at this late date? Inflation? I'm watching a smart, educated guy explain economic policy. He voluntarily appears on Stewart's podcast -- to talk. And this angers you?

This particular interview is freely available on The Problem With John Stewart youtube channel.

That's the only option available to the Fed though

@@anmolt3840051 So maybe the Fed does nothing.

The Fed could advocate for monopolies and duopolies to be broken up to argue for more competition... but that would affect profits.

@@nerag7459 No I think it's fine that we have monarchs whose kingdom is large sections of our economy.

@@fishbiter9409 This is fine.

No idea why he expected anything less, John Stewart has no stake in Apple. If his show wasn't on Apple+, it would be on youtube or spotify or HBO, or something else. He has no issue calling them out because they might currently be paying his bills, he's not an apple CEO. his pay check doesn't go up when they make more money. He might make more than the average middle-class worker, but he isn't collecting huge profits off the backs of the middle and lower class, he's working within the system like the rest of us. You think the average Genius Bar worker, or Apple service worker, or factory worker is getting giant bonuses? Yeah right!

Because Jon Stewart is an intellectually honest man, unlike Summers.

@@M00nSlippers I guessing Summer's thought since Stewart show is on apple, he's gonna agree with me on this one. News splash summer's you don't know Jon well, he shits on comedy central when he was on there too. Apple needs to his content not Stewart, and Stewart knows this.

@@lip124 @Justin Kosuk @Lauren Wainwright This entire thought experiment is saddening, because you guys don't get it. Jon didn't "have humility", nor does he simply lack a stake in Apple. The reason that Jon wasn't persuaded by those arguments is because his isn't a hypocrite, and you guys apparently would be because you're drawing from your personal experience to try to understand him. Most people are hypocrites, and when given an argument from their personal bias, they change their argument to fit their bias. Jon Stewart, despite having a stake in his employer (or not, who cares?) did not change his argument to fit his bias because he's not a hypocrite. You don't need to figure out how Larry Summers must have miscalculated in figuring out what Jon's bias is -- some of us really can just set aside our bias and keep making the same arguments with logical consistency even when we don't personally like the conclusion of those arguments.

Most people are not hypocrites.

Summers is an _economist_ , and as such a smirkably grandiose overestimation of his own intellect is an irrefragable career requirement.

@@hadronoftheseus8829 that occupation heavily selects on miserable c..NT personality traits.

Because they are dumb, and have absolutely no understand of much. Much like the comments here. The job losses will come. We already have more inflation in 2 years than we have seen from 2011 to 2021. No one’s life is better because of the massive devaluation of our purchasing power. It’s tragic, but the working class will lose this in the end. This is a heads they win tails we lose moment. Unfortunately it doesn’t matter how much money they send to the middle class and above, it will quickly go to the wealthiest corporations. Look at who has become rich since 2020, sure isn’t the bottom half that’s for sure.

They have always been this greedy. It’s just that now they can fund their own politicians since Citizens United.

They just figured they’d get away with it. And they would have if it wasn’t for those meddling kids… Ha!

@@danpowell3953 I hate that this is true, but don't fool yourself: they're getting away with it again this time. There is no system or structure still in functional use to counter them. Sure, we have antitrust and fiscal regulations, but the vast majority of those with the power to set those levers in motion are bought and paid for by guys like Summers, or they're already members of his cohort. The rot has set in. The only way to fix the structure before it collapses is cut out the rot and start again, and I'm afraid the majority are too apathetic, ignorant, and politically disengaged to even recognize this, let alone get out in the streets in numbers sufficient to prompt any kind of meaningful change. The worst part about guys like Summers is that, when they assume they can keep getting away with robbing us, they're right.

Apple and so many other corporations move a lot of their profits overseas for big tax breaks. We 99% can’t do that.

That’s a ridiculous statement, corporations don’t become greedier overnight

He probably thought cause his show is on apple, he would fall in line.

@@lip124 Such a big self own from Summer as well.. Just outing himself as a person who has always stepped in line when the corporations tell him to. "Wait what? .. but.. you're owned by Apple right? Oh wait? What? .... I ... I need to read some of my contracts again... You telling me Exxon doesn't own me and my opinions?... wtf... I've been lying for all these rich people my whole life... I didn't have to do that???" It's like he sees integrity for the first time in his life.

@@vgaportauthority9932 spot on. Summers is probably surrounded by yes men and believes that everyone has to stay subservient to their corporate overlords and so is shocked when he sees someone who is not afraid to perform the traditional role of a jester who speaks the truth in the kings court when everyone else lies to protect their own neck. The jester is there to make fun of the king for all the lies he tells himself since without the truth being spoken, the king is at risk of endangering the whole kingdom. Summers is there on behalf of the rich people behind the king who whisper how he needs to keep order by disciplining the peasants but will allow the king to be killed if the peasants revolt and just back the next king whoever takes over. The rich believe that the politicians are the kings but in a democracy, the king is everyone who exercises their right to vote in a way that is informed and aware of how the system is set up and who has outsized influence through money and media messaging.

Exactly, I've been thinking about that too. He had those memorized, ready to go. He really thought that was gonna be a "drop the mic" moment. What a fricking ding dong.

@@PeacefulPariah A frickin ding dong who is in charge of our economy!

Oh my god, 17:17 Summers looked like he was going to throw up in his mouth. Jon is a fucking magician.

oh yes... a beautiful moment, among several...

Agreed: unfortunately, Larry Summers isn’t as “genius” as he thinks he is by half, and John Stewart was ready for Larry’s perfectly predictable Milton Friedman attempt at public humiliation, but John flipped the script on him. Summers’ cheeks puffed at that moment from the gut punch…

Jon wasn’t a frequent visitor to Epstein’s rape island

People like Larry summers are nothing but high class cowardly grifters. They will side with the rich and powerful every time in order to get a cut of the green. The only way to fight them is to be WOKE to what they are doing and fight the like hell. You have to keep an eagle' s eye on this people and make them pay politically and financially.

Tbf they’re probably right sadly

@@placebojesus5652 yea Jon needs a bigger audience. Idk if corporate media infiltrator is the right place either. Idk if he would even get past the establishment like Hassan. But he needs a bigger audience somewhere he will be amplified and MSM can’t ignore him.

People are dying from the bullshit republicans are pushing. Acting like it's for the children and then voting against anything that would actually help children. People are dying from these abortion bans. Fox news maga supporters killing their whole families.

Also, please try to get Sam on your show Jon!

That would be great.

Sam who?

Sam Seder publicly accepted my open invite for left personalities to come on my show, we would cover all costs He then privately DM'd me saying he wouldnt actually come on and then used it to generate content for his youtube channel He is a liar and a coward' - Tim Pool, 23 June 21

@@basedtruthpiller7140 🤡

Hey, corporations are people too.

That kind of stuff is where regulation is needed.

@@craigh5236 US had the regulations and tax laws in place. Republicans won the silent war they’ve waged since 1970’s by quietly stripping them away. They also won the propaganda war if anyone’s keeping score.

Yup, Jon broke it down to the elementary level. This is a real education. Finally, the media is doing it's job.

Not just the US, pretty much all the developed nations are doing it. Canada is in a really rough spot with the mismanagement of the housing market in addition to the other sources of inflation. Wages have barely gone up, if at all, in blue collar and unskilled jobs, and then the governments wonder why we have a labor shortage for those jobs.

@@strangestecho5088 Canada avoided banking deregulation thanks to Jean Chrétien, generally has strong labour laws and isn’t trying to go back to the 50’s in terms of women’s rights. Yes, housing is expensive; an unfortunate side effect of driving the economy with immigration but the upside is lots of jobs. I don’t see other G1 countries where the government is actively trying to send their population back to the dark ages. Sure, Macron is trying to get a couple extra years out of French workers who have the magnificent retirement age of 62 but he may not win that battle. In the US, people would just shrug and accept it.

Ikr? That was surreal.

I kept hearing "We're not so different, you and I." In that Dr. Evil voice.

The long-haired white cat lounging in his lap was just out of camera range.

sorry to cringe so loudly

YES

Certainly no. He’s not a racist or neo nazi that’s the bench mark these days isn’t it

He's not getting any Presidential award from a Democrat Administration (or any other) after doing that to Summers

@@yossarrian no one can hear you from mom’s basement

Like saying Trump solved the Covid problem by enabling all the deaths.

Capitalist economies are really complicated. We could fix that if we abandoned capitalism. But as long as we ARE living in capitalism, we can interpret this as a punishment for buying things for too much money. The mechanisms of capitalism don't really differentiate between rich and poor much. The system correctly punishes investors who bought homes when they were super expensive and made them even more expensive, but the collateral damage is people who weren't investors who bought those same homes at that same price to live in. I've been semi-homeless for 3 years because I realized house prices were completely ridiculous and I'm not sure I should get punished for not buying an overpriced one. Neither should the people who really needed one so they bought it. The government should bail those people out because it gave them no choice. I don't need a bailout because I still have the money and I can buy one when the prices are solved. The investors should get no bailouts because they're investors.

Hey! The corporations are people too! 😜

@@alexmiesch4423 I'd be all for corporate personhood if they'd send one to prison for its crimes.

@@thewhitefalcon8539 Its a matter of -ism's ... Finding a balance by taking what is good , and disposing of what is bad within its fabric, is what will be hard earned..... When the rhetoric is Socialism BAD....Communism BAD... well.. Capitalism is too.... To be taught a word is but a definition , with one meaning, without actually considering its origins, is like what happened in the US after WWII.. and into the 50's The idea of Communism invading the US led to creating people being outcast, because their values were not acceptable... Propaganda by the US Gov, discriminating against all those that where true belivers in America... (for those that need be entertained , see the film Trumbo.. "Heisenberg" lol) Fact is.. Socialism, communism , capitalism all are but a system, an idea.. But here we are, and when people are confronted with what they dont understand, say Socialism, well, If they despise it, maybe they'd stop using social media. Mwhahahahahahha Yeh.. Just a rant... But , Left or right.. even the out of control , know , the order of things needs top change. Lets hope, we the people get them tp work for us... Fkd the corps.. Fk the Trumps... Fk the Establishment... And fk the interest on every dollar printed , interest we have to pay too..... Hmmmmmm Whom?

It's kinda like how most whites feel about racial minorities: if whites get most jobs it's how the market responds to merit. But when blacks get more and better jobs, it's becomes a problem for whites.

Actually it's misleading. Sure, companies are making profits. But profits are essential to staying in business. Without corporate profits, you won't have a business and the things that business make wouldn't be there for you. No, Jon Stewart was complaining about corporate executives getting big bonuses. And Jon decided not to criticize too much that workers are also being paid a lot more because of the shortage of workers (low unemployment). Despite how it sounds, bonuses paid to corporate execs are in total tiny compared to the total of all the higher prices everyone is paying, especially for essentials of life. I don't agree that Jon Stewart's chosen argument is very relevant to the big problem of inflation. He just chose that crusade because he knows it strikes a chord with his fans and not because it's very important to the overall scope of inflation.

Theoretically in capitalism the way you can fix this is by starting a competing business. The megacorp will lower prices to drive you out of business - mission accomplished.

@@thewhitefalcon8539 you lost me at theoretically.

In that case they're doing you a favor though. That stuff literally kills you.

Would it hurt you to stop buying coke for a few months? If they aren’t selling at the higher price they will lower it.

dang where do you get coke that cheap?? my guy sells it for like $75 per gram!

@@AwesometownUSA im dying XD

The Reese's 4 cups package went from $1.25 to over $3.00....I quit buying them. (And I never ever buy any soda....worst crap to consume)

There is no such thing as corporate greed. Companies want to make the most profit possible. Consumers want to buy at the lowest possible price. Companies can’t make more profit than consumers allow. The free market allows competitors to enter the market to limit corporations from gauging consumers. What caused inflation was the printing of fiat money. The Fed causes these boom and busts.

@@bluedog562 Are you aware that the private bank that the federal government gave power over our money (called "The Fed" although it is a mercenary not a government agency) just keeps printing more money? Consumers don't even KNOW how much profit companies are making, how could they "disallow" them then? When you need bread, you BUY bread, you don't "wait for it to get to 1c and then buy it" lol. When you NEED a distraction, you don't "wait 100 years until its the lowest price possible... but wait, then the price starts going up because it's an antique" lol. The whole USA economy is run and worked by really dumb people being fleeced.

Corporate greed doesnt exist. The eyeless cyclops insists 'nobody has made me blind"

@@nerag7459 sounds like a pithy response but I didn’t get your point.

​@@bluedog562 So, let me get this straight: You say there's no such thing as corporate greed, yet your very next sentence is the summarized description of the driving motive behind corporate greed, the very thing you say it doesn't exist. You're just making our own point for us, you suck at this.

Who was that? Zapp Brannigan or Robot Nixon?

@@22steve5150 Lord Farquaad

@@AngryShooter Ah yes, now I remember. Thx.

This is such a liberal-biased view, an "othering" of conservatives. They do the same things that liberals do when confronted by hypocrisy; they make a "two wrongs make a right fallacy" to imply that they're doing wrong in order to make things fair. Or they argue that the standards aren't really equivalent so it's not truly a double-standard. Or they argue that you are also a hypocrite, an "ad hominem tu quoque" argument to try to discredit your ability to call them hypocrites. It's not that they're "shameless" (at least, that's not always the case) but rather that they've resolved the cognitive dissonance to believe that they're not actually wrong, and people don't feel shame in doing right.

That doesnt mean you should stop exposing them, because the second you stop is over and they have won.

@@ramonserna8089 I mean I think we should stop exposing them because they're already pretty much exposed. Half of them expose themselves. Sunlight doesn't work as a disinfectant anymore. Pretty sure cauterization does tho.

@@jingbot1071 When you let them control the narrative then you are screwed. Modern empires are suntained on soft power. The idea that your current situation is your fault and there is nothing you can do about it.

@@ramonserna8089 But they already do. And I don't know if soft power is going to hold if Rome 2.0 pops off.

Just behind personal greed.

Your right. While normal Americans can't afford to go grocery shopping the CEO and there staff of most big companies are making record salaries.

Define woman

Woman is a gendered term in the same way "man" is a gendered term. It can be both descriptive (there is a woman over there) and offensive (you stupid woman; you're acting like a woman; etc). It can also be diminutive (you're acting like a woman, you need to man up). Therefore, woman does not mean "female." Female is a term relating to sex, NOT gender. Your turn. Define "man."

@@peterclarke7240 So you're saying women didn't exist before John Money invented gender a few decades ago....

JOHN STEWARD MILDLY ANNOYS FINANCIER

@@alabamaman5994 An adult female human being. Any other stupid questions, Aaron?

It isn't about hurting the little people at all, it is all about servicing their corporate owners. Hurting We The People is just a little bonus for them.

According to the Supreme Court, corporations have exactly the same rights as an ordinary citizen does. That definition must also mean that corporations have exactly the same responsibility that an ordinary citizen has. So why not do away with corporation tax and tax corporations the same as ordinary citizens, giving corporations exactly the same write offs as the ordinary citizen gets. As an ordinary citizen can be hit for taxes it hasn't paid over a number of years, these corporations should be liable for unpaid taxes on their incomes since 2010. Of course at the same time subsidy's would have to be stopped from going to corporations who make a profit and instead go towards small start-up businesses to help them through the first difficult 5 years in operation. That way there wouldn't be so many start-up businesses fail in their early years. My guess is that corporations would be going to court to become non-citizens within two weeks. Of course their case would have to go to the Supreme Court, where they would have to argue that the Supreme Court was wrong in its original decision to give them the same rights as an ordinary citizen. I wonder how that would go.

I've tried explaining this to people in my small town. Why don't people get it? I'm not educated and I figured it out.

Because they make high quality products. Disagree if you like, but that’s been my experience.

Yes, and that’s most brands. It’s a question of whether it’s worth it, and if there are alternatives. And sadly in many cases there is not real competition to stop that.

@@bobv5806 That’s not why it’s priced high. There’s a lot of psychology involved in marketing. And part of that is to sell to the customer that the “high quality” product is worth its price. There’s other phone manufacturers who don’t price gauge as much and the quality is on par and in some cases better (e.g. apples cameras in their phones are not the best when compared to other phone manufactures). Then apple also makes the products so that they can’t be fixed by a third party. So you are forced to go to the Apple Store. And their shtick is to get you to buy a new product. And when you do they they’ll refurbish your old phone/laptop/iPad and sell it for a profitable price.

@@Queldonus because the market isn’t truly free. Competition is ruined by the big corporations who own the market. In order to have a free market you need regulation that ensures it stays free.

When Apple was brought to the table it was just a massive diversion tactic.

To be fair: Bush bailed out the banks, Obama bailed out the auto companies. And you're probably thinking of Henry Paulson.

@@chrisv741 was there. I am a news junkie and that is not how I saw it.

time to wake up. Obama lied about being a progressive, hell he even admitted it ffs.

There's more to your story, I'm sure.

Obama bailed out the banks. His Treasury Secretary Geithner is quoted as saying his goal was “Foaming the runway for the banks”. The home owner is merely debris

Summers”Glub”!

Summers revealed three things in employing that tactic: 1. He knew he was in trouble 2. He doesn't understand Stewart at all 3. With Jon's response he was shocked to realize he's in far more trouble than he thought

He obviously never watched his show before, he was never afraid of shitting on Comedy Central or their parent company.

😅😅😅😅😅😅❤

You don’t understand how economics works. Products are not instantly produced. It takes years in the oil industry to bring gas to market. Pipelines were laid decades ago at lower prices. Workers were hired years ago at lower wages. But now inflation skyrockets and like every other company they have to pay workers and steel, and drilling equipment at TODAY’s dollars. Hence the higher profit. That is not real profit. It is higher BECAUSE of inflation which was caused by the government printing money. That is the real villain not greedy corporations. If you want to lower the price of oil sell all federal land and let oil companies compete unregulated. Stop subsidizing renewables and let the freely compete. Most importantly get rid of the Fed and you won’t have inflation and boom busts if you go to the gold standard. We wouldn’t have shut down our economy throwing people out of work, nor would we have inflation which of course the Fed now is crushing normal Americans. You have the wrong enemy!

@@bluedog562 I didn't care about what you had to say so I didn't read it..

@@bluedog562 let oil companies compete unregulated and you don’t see any possible problems with that? You free market capitalists 😂

@@BlankManj5 not at all. The government has jacked the price up needlessly with their restrictions and regulations. Let the free market work and every single American is better off.

@@dominoep typical progressive sheep.

Economic experts are right lots of the time. Especially the good ones. I'm guessing Summers does know the difference between capitalism and corruption. But you know differently. How's that?

Because they're aren't worried about "the people's" problems. They're worried about "their people's (oligarchs) problems.

There is no difference. Capitalism is an economic system by and for owners of capital. Of course they are going to have undue influence on government. That’s the point. There is no good capitalism. There is only capitalism tempered by the victories of Labour and the left.

They know the difference, they just don't care. Neoliberalism screwed Bill Clinton. So what that Bill "balanced the budget," as Rethuglicons today love to promote. It only brought us closer to becoming what we are today: a country where our inequality has never been worse! Bill Clinton screwed the poor and the neediest by severely cutting social programs while passing out taxpayer subsidies to the greedy rich. This is Summers' economic bible. He's one more narcissistic sociopath.

If anything that's too charitable. Psychiatry, in contradistinction to economics, is at least not a _completely_ unmitigated pseudoscience.