On the eve of his book debut, Bill Maher ponders what historians of the future will say about the Americans of 2024. Order your copy of "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You" here: www.simonandschuster.com/book...
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@ravibalu898914 күн бұрын
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
@morbidian202014 күн бұрын
Well said! 🤘😎🤘
@peterlang77714 күн бұрын
a BIG part idiocracy!
@brucetopping24814 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.
@richardlambert323814 күн бұрын
You are vastly under rating the idiocracy part.
@expectador14 күн бұрын
A huge part of the problem is that so many reading this will wonder wtf are you talking about?
@patrickking960014 күн бұрын
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.”
@bryanmachin215214 күн бұрын
I can only count one group here. Which is "the former"? And which is "the latter"?
@patrickking960014 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.
@thisspaceforrent573714 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. "
@bryanmachin215214 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.
@bryanmachin215214 күн бұрын
@@thisspaceforrent5737 Thanks man. The original writers supplied it also. But thanks anyway!
@anneb88914 күн бұрын
It’s in your nature to destroy yourselves….The Terminator.
@diegotowers334 күн бұрын
nope more like skynet lol
@Monika-mh2je14 күн бұрын
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-oq6st5pp4f12 күн бұрын
Oops, I read this with my “smart” phone.
@AnthonyJMurph12 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.
@Tsimy87612 күн бұрын
She types on her smartphone.... oh sweet irony
@Monika-mh2je12 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-mh2je12 күн бұрын
@user-oq6st5pp4f I hope you wasn't driving. 😉
@9-23-1514 күн бұрын
Anyone else wish they could live back in the 80's ?
@Piggy-Oink-Oink14 күн бұрын
no the 70's the 70's was the right answer.
@garyfoster385414 күн бұрын
Noooooooooo!!!!
@9-23-1514 күн бұрын
@@Piggy-Oink-Oink I actually meant to say both decades.
@user-rx2gf4nx9e14 күн бұрын
@@Piggy-Oink-Oink The 60th was much better!
@Marryjanesbud14 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
@twomorestars14 күн бұрын
i dont want to be stupid about shit
@marcpeterson109214 күн бұрын
Then why are you commenting on KZfaq?
@rocketphewl14 күн бұрын
ditto.. and don't read Bill's book either...
@ShawnDillon-pw8lb14 күн бұрын
@@marcpeterson1092: …because youtube allows you to safely vent so you don’t do anything stupid…
@musicmatters435714 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
@bryanmachin215214 күн бұрын
@@marcpeterson1092 Hey, KZfaq doesn't MAKE YOU stupid. Like everything else, it's what you do with it.
@am.perronace12 күн бұрын
FYI...bill Maher describes how historians will see the American people precisely as how us Europeans see the USA today
@Juls6737 күн бұрын
Yea expect Europe is going through esentialy the same exact problems 😂
@drumjod14 күн бұрын
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.
@zapkvr14 күн бұрын
FFS. You really aren't too bright
@doxasticc14 күн бұрын
No it's a place for "enlightened" centrists to act smug and circle jerk.
@rainman451613 күн бұрын
Sometimes, I'm just soooooooooooooo tired of the BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@lauriekeats853813 күн бұрын
Not really. He is just a leftie masquerading as a centrist.
@hallmorrison13 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
@kendonfahr833714 күн бұрын
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."
@digalittledeeper14 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. "
@omarkhaliqi271814 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.
@gamkal723114 күн бұрын
@@digalittledeeper Well it took awhile in Churchill's time, but we haven't much since then.
@Shorty_Lickens14 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.
@digalittledeeper14 күн бұрын
@@gamkal7231 Agree wholeheartedly.
@mikefitzgerald4114 күн бұрын
As a republican -I find the hatred for Ukraine and Zelensky is disgusting
@Happyshiningpeople1214 күн бұрын
Ukraine's government is corrupt, but their people deserve to be protected.
@Zer-o-ne14 күн бұрын
@@Happyshiningpeople12 They've been combatting coruption like there's no tomorrow my friend
@chrismiller519814 күн бұрын
I remember when Republicans were on the side of the peoples being oppressed by the Russians.
@John-bravooo14 күн бұрын
Same for democrats hatred for jews in the middle east
@andersandersen629514 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.
@jobiazgarza957112 күн бұрын
This was pretty balanced and equally critical of both sides - nicely done
@harleebruce467314 күн бұрын
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.
@drumjod14 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.
@artisreality9 күн бұрын
Yes harley, you are absolutely right 😢
@SkiKoala14 күн бұрын
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
@malachi-14 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
@erichancock681514 күн бұрын
Hard to remember a past when our present is documented almost entirely electronically.
@scarpfish14 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.
@tacoheadmakenzie931114 күн бұрын
The bigger problem is remembering a past that never was.
@pendejo646614 күн бұрын
Shut up with that tired trope. Repeating the past IS what we do.
@wadestclair24914 күн бұрын
We are literally living in the movie Idiocracy
@Piggy-Oink-Oink14 күн бұрын
Idiocracy was incredibly hard script to write as M Judge had to lower his brain power to about.. 2024 election level.
@wadestclair24914 күн бұрын
@@Piggy-Oink-Oink omitting "an" and shorting Mike to M proves my point. 🤦
@Piggy-Oink-Oink14 күн бұрын
@@wadestclair249 Nah..did I really have to type MIKE .whatever lol
@jaredfalk770114 күн бұрын
Not quite, but close. My doctor certainly isn’t as dumb as Justin Long was in that movie. Lol
@spaceknight79314 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.
@RastaMan248OC13 күн бұрын
The year is always 1619 for the Huffington Post, damn that’s accurate.
@beau611311 күн бұрын
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.
@ca212914 күн бұрын
You had me at cheeseburger for a dime delivered on roller skates, sounds like a good life.
@user-kb8ec6kg6b14 күн бұрын
It was a real good girls on roller skates best rock and roll music yeah I said it was good times
@anneb88914 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_314 күн бұрын
@@user-kb8ec6kg6b I miss the quad skates.
@juliagoodfellow-so4jc13 күн бұрын
Average wage, 1.50$ an hour. No extra for overtime.
@IdRatherNot8613 күн бұрын
@@juliagoodfellow-so4jchouses cost $21,000. SS Camaro cost $5,000. Gas cost $0.30/gal. Oh no! No overtime?! Pfft
@myowndata14 күн бұрын
America needs a third party, for all normal people who are not extremists. Should win easily
@HercuLync14 күн бұрын
We need people less afraid to vote for a third party.
@giantsr1eva14 күн бұрын
@@HercuLync The establishment will blame you for costing their candidate the election.
@giantsr1eva14 күн бұрын
@myowndata If people wanted a centrist third party then why did no labels end their presidential campaign?
@rkjackson697614 күн бұрын
@@giantsr1eva Please read the comment above. Thanks!
@giantsr1eva14 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.
@Ben-pd2bx13 күн бұрын
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.
@JohnTLyon14 күн бұрын
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!
@lugenhauser14 күн бұрын
"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."
@oltedders14 күн бұрын
The present age was never a golden age.
@pikajew945514 күн бұрын
Jolee Bindo, right?
@fg697114 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.
@michael425014 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.
@jimmym335214 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.
@0Y02USH14 күн бұрын
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 😢 😭
@redsolozach115114 күн бұрын
This was happening before Covid
@marsettenmohn14 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.
@0Y02USH14 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"
@boblozaintherealworld357714 күн бұрын
YES!
@f.t.281714 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.
@t3hNinj0r17 сағат бұрын
This video should be required viewing in schools. Well said Bill.
@jnl8081Күн бұрын
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.”
@Kentuckybearsfan14 күн бұрын
People of the future will view us as highly driven by emotion.
@mattkess315614 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
@mikemondano362414 күн бұрын
The exact opposite.
@CLYMA1.5CHAINZ14 күн бұрын
What do you think about those that went to war century ago?
@benbaselet202614 күн бұрын
That's just a continuation of tens of thousands of years of human existence.
@Kentuckybearsfan14 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.
@user-cn4wf9ud8p14 күн бұрын
Future historians will look back in shock at how politicians were obsessed with every country's people except their own.
@tn_onyoutube843614 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-cn4wf9ud8p14 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.
@firstlast825814 күн бұрын
Unless it's voting time 🤓 🖕
@Kaede-Sasaki13 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.
@jacobjohnson586711 күн бұрын
holy shit this needs to be seen by everyone in America. what a masterclass
@huascar6613 күн бұрын
Very nice commentary, Mr. Maher. One of your best.
@lukassnakeman14 күн бұрын
On npr i Head them talking about cervical cancer and how it affects “people with a cervix”
@steve1981114 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."
@seththomas910512 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.
@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman9 күн бұрын
just proved that I was safe
@stewardo14 күн бұрын
either the audience plants need to tone down the fake laughs or the writers need to write better jokes. the forced laughter is jarring
@BenState14 күн бұрын
laugh tracks... look them up.
@johsmith248114 күн бұрын
Bill most certainly has staff in the stands laughing their ass off.
@ronblack787014 күн бұрын
or what you don't find funny i may find hilarious.
@samthesuspect14 күн бұрын
Yo I laughed out loud at least twice during this, especially the Greek joke.
@jlwilder843614 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. 🤐
@treasuretvclassics10012 күн бұрын
I love this. We need a good laugh along with ways to be connected and united in a good way.
@justadad667714 күн бұрын
Which is why I stand only with Humanity, with Justice.
@Sereneh46814 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.
@drumjod14 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?
@justadad667714 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.
@justadad667714 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.
@MsBhappy13 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.
@godisbollocks14 күн бұрын
Carl Sagan predicted all of this in the mid 1990s
@tszirmay14 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
@mattkess315614 күн бұрын
Quasimodo somethin somethin- Bobby Bacala 😩😩
@frankxu479514 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
@wyattcole545214 күн бұрын
@@tszirmaybecause all of this was happening to a lesser degree back then too
@TedsHoldOver14 күн бұрын
Yep - The Demon Haunted World. Brilliant book.
@runryerun878914 күн бұрын
That greek joke took me off guard
@HomemdaFaina14 күн бұрын
Perhaps.. with your back turned, your pants down?
@dr.ryttmastarecctm659514 күн бұрын
I think he meant Athenians, or that was just Spartan propaganda.
@thegamerv234614 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.
@Bleepbloopblappp14 күн бұрын
@@thegamerv2346sounds like the same sort of misogyny that has led to all these men pretending to be women
@bradfordjhart14 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 😂
@reynoelgarcia772510 күн бұрын
Mr Bill Maher your the best
@NJGuy197314 күн бұрын
His book is for people who don't want to be stupid about sh*t. So where's he gonna sell it?
@spaceknight79314 күн бұрын
not to maga, not to woke. So,, to the rational middle that's watching the extremes burn the US to the ground.
@jlwilder843614 күн бұрын
To us 😊
@crazypantaloons14 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.
@stereoroid14 күн бұрын
In bookstores, probably.
@Baeraad14 күн бұрын
Admittedly his target demographic is one that seems to be constantly shrinking, yes...
@AmiRa-wj9jt14 күн бұрын
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.
@michelmadaire6 сағат бұрын
Congrats on your book Bill.
@MitchYurko12 күн бұрын
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!
@JamesHaney14 күн бұрын
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.b283414 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....
@drumjod14 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.
@Reflectors113 күн бұрын
@@e.m.b2834could you please paste this in the general comment section, it bears repeating.
@edwardgobbo968514 күн бұрын
I just don't want to talk about shit anymore. Why can't we jail a serial criminal?
@LuxeFilmography14 күн бұрын
Agree. It's time to put Biden away.
@ronblack787014 күн бұрын
like those that help themselves to stuff on store shelves and walk out?
@SeruraRenge1114 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
@ScootyPuffSr714 күн бұрын
Well, if a plurality and almost a majority of "we" want him to be "our" leader, then it's rather difficult.
@DS_P814 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.
@lesblackwell502611 күн бұрын
Just bought you book, Bill! Thanks for continuing to be the most rational voice in the public today!
@cammieg438114 күн бұрын
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!.
@willingtooppose791914 күн бұрын
Closer To The Heart - Rush
@theclu14 күн бұрын
Why is that same audience member always the one laughing the loudest on every episode. The guy must have seasons tickets
@rickwilliamson924814 күн бұрын
Maybe its an employee?
@1815545614 күн бұрын
I suspect he must be a producer or a member of the crew. Probably laughing loud to carry favour with the boss
@BenState14 күн бұрын
laugh tracks... google them
@PoochAndBoo14 күн бұрын
He takes those laugh signs they hold up, very seriously.
@helene42014 күн бұрын
Canned laughter, probably.
@jonathanlay874614 күн бұрын
Thank you for highlighting the Cass Report. Please continue to do so.
@meanwhileonhastings...12 күн бұрын
The best part was when Bill Burr roasted your ass on your own show!
@psychedelicfright8511 күн бұрын
He was laughing his ass off.
@NJGuy197314 күн бұрын
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-Oink14 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.
@musicauthority67414 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-Oink14 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-fn4df14 күн бұрын
The question wasn’t “who was the symbol” it was “who will be _seen_ as the symbol”
@musicauthority67414 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.
@Hallows414 күн бұрын
Longtime history geek here, and as usual, Bill is dropping some serious truth bombs!
@richardgarcia718014 күн бұрын
No he is fearing being irrelevant
@pietrojenkins690114 күн бұрын
@@richardgarcia7180 that's Trump actually.
@jbourqueofp14 күн бұрын
😂 is he??
@Hallows414 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.
@vforwombat991514 күн бұрын
he's wrong about the science, gender is a construct. it's different than sex.
@DBVintage10 күн бұрын
During the whole Covid thing I went, saw a woman come out of the grocery store without a mask, then she got into her minivan and put the mask on. And she was alone in the vehicle.
@vmwindustries14 күн бұрын
My favorite Centrist! Keep kicking ass with facts Bill! The world loves you for it! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
@williamjmccartan887914 күн бұрын
Keeping it real
@giantsr1eva14 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.
@jonathanhill606414 күн бұрын
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?
@hurricanekitty673614 күн бұрын
Would not have a child if not for abortions?? What does that mean?
@gamkal723114 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?
@blinkger14 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. ;)
@avengemybreath308414 күн бұрын
Stop writing pointless comments for no one and pay attention to your daughter.
@chrisrowe230814 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.
@PerfectNeon_7 күн бұрын
We need more people like Bill calling out both sides
@user-ro5gq4vs1b10 күн бұрын
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!
@mikeg955414 күн бұрын
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!
@bobgardin234714 күн бұрын
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_onyoutube843614 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.
@shocktrauma8514 күн бұрын
His obsession with it is stupid. If it makes you feel comfortable then by all means wear it.
@digalittledeeper14 күн бұрын
Agreed. But poor Bill... he's just stupid about that shit...
@x00p314 күн бұрын
I've gotten in my car before after leaving a store and forgot to take it off. (During the p a ndemic.)
@Cwgrlup14 күн бұрын
People like you are what he’s talking about. 🤡
@ienekevanhouten455912 күн бұрын
One of the best commentaries ever!
@unsourced75618 күн бұрын
"Historians will say exactly what I want to hear" lmfao
@doctorbeanis14 күн бұрын
A sad people indeed.
@drumjod14 күн бұрын
Who dat?
@Ggnmgjhg14 күн бұрын
And petty!
@stephenbrowne11914 күн бұрын
There are major problems with the far left + right wings of politics.
@frankxu479514 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.
@rev.dr.davidcole891513 күн бұрын
Nailed it!❤
@jeffsadie949614 күн бұрын
I'd like to go back to the 70s when the music was great, crime wasn't horrible, work was everywhere, families with both parents were common, and housing was affordable. And I see nothing at all wrong about wanting such things, and I don't see why anybody would.
@loucat277913 күн бұрын
Graduated in the late 70's, couldn't afford college, gas prices exploded, no jobs in my town. wound up in Alaska on a fishing boat, lucky to land that one,too. Long ways from my Massachusetts. Music? Absofrigginlutely! Everything else? No fucking way, my friend. didn't even get to disco.
@jeffsadie949612 күн бұрын
@@loucat2779 Gas prices exploded , but the 70s in Orange County California were way better than any time in my life. We were safer, happier, and better off.
@GarretGrayCamera14 күн бұрын
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.
@williamerickson52014 күн бұрын
Same. They are generally more interesting characters.
@davidk626414 күн бұрын
like Dr. Evil or Dr No. They put so much effort in. Then it all gets destroyed.
@rigel211214 күн бұрын
Doms have more fun
@WilliamJames4814 күн бұрын
He took the fun out of the room in the best way.
@kkquikB114 күн бұрын
I wanted to talk about emotional perspective in modern cinematic art but now I’m just speechless.
@pho3nix-14 күн бұрын
A voice of reason, and not just in the U.S
@drumjod14 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.
@wednesdayschild362714 күн бұрын
My medical forms ask me if I am non bianary and then asks when i had my last period.
@user-zz8ic9cs4s11 күн бұрын
Classic from _Annie Hall_ intro: “The food was terrible! And the portions were so small!” 😂
@CLIFFLIX14 күн бұрын
Excellent points! I'm liking Bill more and more everyday!
@TT79-14 күн бұрын
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.
@bryanmachin215214 күн бұрын
Actually NO peer-reviewed history books says either of these things. But nice try.
@marsettenmohn14 күн бұрын
@@bryanmachin2152 So you DONT think blacks are being cast as historical figures in these upcoming films? 🤣🤣🤣
@dragonfox2.05814 күн бұрын
No, Augustus will be transgender too, just like Jesus and God
@mr.green234114 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.
@TT79-14 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.
@jasonwardy819214 күн бұрын
Absolutely love Bill- keep it up! Great commentary, as always.
@scottmiller156313 күн бұрын
The fact that both fans of the ex host of the Celebrity Apprentice and Bernie Bros are pissed off by Bill makes me very happy
@NoggleNasher14 күн бұрын
The only thing we learned from bill Maher this week is that he won’t be inviting bill burr on his podcast ever again
@drumjod14 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.
@einundsiebenziger548814 күн бұрын
Bill* Maher, Bill* Burr*
@brandoncaudill686414 күн бұрын
Why? Maher seemed like he was having the time of his life on that episode.
@NoggleNasher13 күн бұрын
@@brandoncaudill6864 my suggestion would be to rewatch the episode and use your critical thinking skills.
@NoggleNasher13 күн бұрын
@@einundsiebenziger5488 Okay, do you have anything substantive to contribute or are you just one of those disgusting grammar nazis
@yahia948113 күн бұрын
I m fan of urs ex Muslim algerian atheist Bravo 👏👏👏 👍
@NRNF17765 күн бұрын
LOVE THIS
@Dayglodaydreams14 күн бұрын
I wore a mask with others in the car, and alone to innoculate myself, and to aclimatize myself to wearing them among other people.
@user-rx2gf4nx9e14 күн бұрын
I love America! ♥️🇺🇲♥️
@dennisevans654414 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.
@PyroDrew14 күн бұрын
@@dennisevans6544 That's funny.
@rigel211214 күн бұрын
@@dennisevans6544 Those people chanting for the death of Jews at the Sydney opera house were scary
@davidmeadows562713 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.
@davidmeadows562713 күн бұрын
@@dennisevans6544 You mean the country where firearms are illegal and you can be arrested for speech? I don't think so.
@bradleyjohnson610714 күн бұрын
Beautifully said so good!
@cookieenthusiast621313 күн бұрын
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.
@bmw128racer14 күн бұрын
"Worshipped a god called Apple." That's spot on. 👍
@jamiejp400714 күн бұрын
Yes Bill we're polarised but please don't act like it doesn't benefit you and that you're not stoking it with hyperbole, strawman arguments and false equivalences. This "I speak for the normies" shtick is fooling noone.
@brandonedge5 күн бұрын
It's complicated. You have a point. Bill and his writers also frequently make good points. People I can't stand may also...
@jamiejp40075 күн бұрын
@brandonedge I'll respectfully differ on "frequently" but yea when someone one finds disagreeable says something agreeable it creates some dissonance for sure. For some time now Bill has been pushing this idea that he hasn't "abandoned the left" because the left has abandoned its principles and shifted, and he presents himself as the last bastion of common sense, centrism and normalcy. The truth is a lot of his rhetoric, in either direction (but mostly in the Conservative line), are recycled talking points that are either strawmen, false equivalences or hyperbole. Sadly he is making it worse.
@ArizonaGrows14 күн бұрын
People think being morally right gives them license to do anything. The problem is, morality is a construct of emotion.
@BioGoji-zm5ph12 күн бұрын
Nah, we don't worship a god named "Apple." We worship a god named "money."
@wabalaladabdab14 күн бұрын
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.
@SomeYouTubeTraveler14 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.
@honuman3914 күн бұрын
@@SomeKZfaqTravelerhe'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.
@anneb88914 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.
@kathrynmcelroy565814 күн бұрын
And now that is all Bill does is both sides everything. It makes me sick.
@EconomistGI14 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%.
@javabean21514 күн бұрын
We have become a sad people.
@terryolsen322510 күн бұрын
Your or anyone else's happiness is 100% on you.
@javabean2159 күн бұрын
@@terryolsen3225 Not sad as in emotion...sad as in pathetic.
@dbrav72714 күн бұрын
Greatest 7 minute ad ever
@joblo267114 күн бұрын
I love how everybody thinks they're going to be 'remembered'😅😅😅
@bushmaster22314 күн бұрын
Bill Burr straight clowned him for two hours 🇺🇸
@vinnym560714 күн бұрын
As he should. This monologue is cringe.
@honuman3914 күн бұрын
It was the only thing with Maher worth watching for years.
@pauliethemushroomman14 күн бұрын
Ol’ Billy Red Tits really popped this self-satisfied little zit. It made the world right again for a few minutes.
@mattkess315614 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
@calculatedrisk114 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…
@XanetySevenКүн бұрын
Born in the 80s I thought 90s were pretty chill too.
@annwillett780014 күн бұрын
The best of times. 60’s 70’s & 80’s!
@BaymanForever14 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!
@brandoncaudill686414 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.
@vernpascal153113 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.
@kristenrosales291912 күн бұрын
As a normal person, I approve this message. Bill Maher has a point.
@thomasgonzalez16102 күн бұрын
Remember that time Meghan called you out on your TDS? That was hilarious.
@susanwade479614 күн бұрын
👍😆 Thanks Bill, I needed that! 👍💙🇺🇲👍
@gearslingger14 күн бұрын
Always great insight though masks in cars may be more of an indicator of someone with severe pollen allergies then a nutter.
@VeritableSmorgasbord14 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...
@VeritableSmorgasbord14 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?
@frankxu479514 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.
@patcurrie988814 күн бұрын
Here's a thought, maybe it a shared car and they have Covid.
@IdRatherNot8613 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!
@CTJENN14 күн бұрын
Mr. Maher, I LOVE YOU!!!
@folknhairy9 күн бұрын
Love the book!! Has me laughing out loud.. !
@ryanhoffman880714 күн бұрын
There is my 90s bill. I’m still with him.
@44excalibur14 күн бұрын
Awesome Jaws 3D shoutout. 🤣Ah, the early 80s 3D craze. Friday the 13th Part III in Super 3D was another one.
@willdpe125614 күн бұрын
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden. With Molly Ringwald.
@44excalibur14 күн бұрын
@@willdpe1256 Don't forget Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn too.
@noelomware14 күн бұрын
Spot on Bill
@thegreatmonster14 күн бұрын
Good show Bill. You nailed it again.
@lindalarson194812 күн бұрын
When I was 20, I got indignant when men complimented my bottom. Now that I'm a bit older, I'm just grateful. It's called "perspective. "
@lindalarson19484 күн бұрын
@@Adatoode That is such a random comment. You've clearly missed the point.
@jdovma114 күн бұрын
I don't disagree with what Maher is pointing out about the far left, but we're talking about a fraction of Democrats versus the majority of the Republican party. It's good to keep your side honest, but there's a point of diminishing returns where all you're doing is reinforcing the other side's attempts to tar everyone that isn't them with it. Bring it back into proportion, Bill.
@bryanmachin215214 күн бұрын
Yes, there is no sense of proportion here! And I think that's all about Maher not wanting to look bad to the side that's more likely to be violent and dangerous going forward. I could be wrong though.
@John-bravooo14 күн бұрын
Which side is waving Arab fascist flags and calling for destruction of Jews in the Middle East?
@timmmahhhh14 күн бұрын
Well said, thank you.
@helene42014 күн бұрын
Yes Bill loves to shit all over the left now that he's over the center line and quickly becoming right wing.
@andersandersen629514 күн бұрын
I think it would proportional not to give that minority of leftists as much power and tv time as they get. just like the lgbtq minority they shout the loudest and are getting the most attention in return. If Bill ignored them they would largely stand unchallenged by the media.