https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problem_with_Jon_Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7PgaHnup3o
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/pxxdwp/the_problem_with_jon_stewart_series_premiere/

  • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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    3 years ago

    I mean, as much fun as it is to see troops get their comeuppance, it is kinda a problem that the VA is so shit. Call me a lib but I'd rather the trained killers we're dropping back into society not be denied their meds. I've also seen the shittiness of the VA used as an argument against broader government healthcare.

    That said, it's definitely not like, the biggest issue, and it's not really that obscure or controversial. I guess he just wanted an easy target to dunk on. Really just feels like society has progressed beyond the need for Jon Stewart. He made the right call getting out when he did, don't really get why he's back.

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Imagine how those troops must feel seeing the CIA get extra healthcare money for their made up disease though lol.

      It always traces back to class. Most troops come from the working class, most spooks don't.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      There's certainly an argument to be made that many military are working-class "Economic Conscripts" who are deeply scarred from the experience, and prime candidates for communist radicalisation and absorption into (outer) cadre. After a lot of deprogramming and doing the work of political education on their part.

      I feel that Jon Stewart is going to be more "Toorp protect freedooomz! We need to treat them right!"

      • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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        3 years ago

        I'm not really saying that. While I see utility in getting troops on our side when possible, I wouldn't call them prime candidates for radicalization. But even though many of them are reactionary scum, it doesn't make it a good thing for them to not have access to decent healthcare, because untreated problems can make them desperate and unstable, and they're already prone to violence. Its not a question of whether they're redeemable or whether they deserve it, but rather how to address the public health concerns they present.