John Oliver discusses Taiwan’s history of being governed by other countries, its fraught present-day relationship with China, and what its citizens would lik...
I don't like John Oliver. Some of his shit has enraged me. He's definitely a lib and has in the past obviously helped manufacture consent. It's been said often before that he is good at laying bare some of the specific details of the natural consequences of late capitalism, but never actually identifies the root of the problem, and I mostly agree with that take.
But in this case, what you just said: "Westerners should stay away from Taiwan. It’s their fault the situation is “complicated” in the first place, no need for them to make it worse." is pretty much exactly what he closes with here.
I'm... not going to watch it right now because I'm not really in the mood to be annoyed, so it's possible I'm selling him short in this particular case.
However, knowing him, I'm guessing that was his end bit after saying a bunch of things that are coincidentally convenient to US interests. His stuff, from what I recall, tends towards pushing ideas about international politics that are useful for empire, even if he throws in a few lines about USA bad sometimes, which is kind of my whole problem with it.
lol, like handing it to the confederates. No understanding of what a civil war is. Nice going, John, you British fuckwit.
Edit: westerners should stay away from Taiwan. It's their fault the situation is "complicated" in the first place, no need for them to make it worse.
I don't like John Oliver. Some of his shit has enraged me. He's definitely a lib and has in the past obviously helped manufacture consent. It's been said often before that he is good at laying bare some of the specific details of the natural consequences of late capitalism, but never actually identifies the root of the problem, and I mostly agree with that take.
But in this case, what you just said: "Westerners should stay away from Taiwan. It’s their fault the situation is “complicated” in the first place, no need for them to make it worse." is pretty much exactly what he closes with here.
I'm... not going to watch it right now because I'm not really in the mood to be annoyed, so it's possible I'm selling him short in this particular case.
However, knowing him, I'm guessing that was his end bit after saying a bunch of things that are coincidentally convenient to US interests. His stuff, from what I recall, tends towards pushing ideas about international politics that are useful for empire, even if he throws in a few lines about USA bad sometimes, which is kind of my whole problem with it.
That is what he said, but by making this propaganda piece he tacitly implies the opposite.
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