His SocDem-ish analysis of some of America's domestic issues are a decent starting point. It's just that he doesn't ever really propose solutions to any of the problems beyond "vote democrat and maybe they'll help". I was kind of in the same boat, I used to watch his show pretty regularly whenever they uploaded something, but stopped when I realized that he has some horrendous ideas about the rest of the world.

Which leads me to the following thought: John Oliver is only ever as good as his writers and his researchers, and if they have an implicit trust in other american media-orgs, and rely partly on state department directions, then his episode is going to be filled with :brainworms: Keep in mind that this is an extremely charitable take/explanation for why his episodes have so many brainworms, and there is a pretty good case to be made that even if there is 0 intent to be state propaganda, he still should be treated like a state department spokesperson based on the material outcome of his actions.

Yeah, he helped radicalize me too. He's very good at pointing out problems and Lenin is good at offering solutions. A perfect pair