Agreed. Which from everything I have heard and read is what Oliver WANTS it to be. A few years ago I listened to an NPR interview where they asked him the report that he was proudest of to which he responded the chicken one. And the way he talked about it and the anger he showed over how hard they had to fight to make that the top story. You could tell THATS where his passion was.
Hell he said he started the show to talk about how lobbyists are destroying the country from both sides.
That's true, but also foreign policy is the one thing the US can still do in a functioning way. Like the Roman Empire in 400CE, the Frontiers are still mostly intact but the interior is rotten.
Well said. This is honestly where Chapo and Felix specifically helped radicalize me further. His harping on about how the one thing that is off the table no matter what is empire, you talk about unions, you can talk about medicare for all, but you cannot even mention the empire. That shit really has become the focus of my politics, not just mild criticism of how expensive our military is, but actually fighting against our military and everything it stands for.
My comrades are whoever looks at the most radical reforms Bernie offered and said "not fucking good enough" because it leaves the empire intact. We have to question 9/11 ruthlessly, and our actions as more than a mistake, but a willful crime
Last Week Tonight is great, as long as it sticks to domestic US politics and environmental issues.
Agreed. Which from everything I have heard and read is what Oliver WANTS it to be. A few years ago I listened to an NPR interview where they asked him the report that he was proudest of to which he responded the chicken one. And the way he talked about it and the anger he showed over how hard they had to fight to make that the top story. You could tell THATS where his passion was.
Hell he said he started the show to talk about how lobbyists are destroying the country from both sides.
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That's true, but also foreign policy is the one thing the US can still do in a functioning way. Like the Roman Empire in 400CE, the Frontiers are still mostly intact but the interior is rotten.
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Well said. This is honestly where Chapo and Felix specifically helped radicalize me further. His harping on about how the one thing that is off the table no matter what is empire, you talk about unions, you can talk about medicare for all, but you cannot even mention the empire. That shit really has become the focus of my politics, not just mild criticism of how expensive our military is, but actually fighting against our military and everything it stands for.
My comrades are whoever looks at the most radical reforms Bernie offered and said "not fucking good enough" because it leaves the empire intact. We have to question 9/11 ruthlessly, and our actions as more than a mistake, but a willful crime