Twitter leftist: I want landback, I want decolonization, I want to end capitalism, by any means necessary! Except the media must remain untouched, and no one from the bourgeoisie must he harmed in any way. People like Lenin and Castro did that and they're all evil authoritarian dictators.
Nathan Fielder: Okay.
(spoilers for latest episode the rehearsal ahead)
i think he somewhat implied that he’s pro palestine at the end of episode 5
I can't say what his actual views are on the matter, but I think there was two jokes there. One was about the generational split in the Jewish community on the matter, it's not universal but the younger generation is much more pro palestine (at least from jews I know in canada) and have to do a "well it's complicated" thing with their family. What he might also be going for is that the show for him is a professional environment, so sort of the relatable thing of your coworker going off on something you disagree with them about, and you having to do a very non-committed take out of fear of it harming your livelihood.
Not only that, but earlier in the episode he talked about being a pushover.
oh i just assumed that HBO wouldn't let him be explicitly pro palestine
I think the humour there is the irony. But I mean also, it's the Canadian green party. Who cares if they get shat on. They're realistically another Liberal party, except wanted carbon taxes a bit earlier. Hell, Stephane Dion might be more radical environmental policy than they are.
Ideological coherence takes a lot of effort that he has probably not put in. I would guess he is further left than average and beyond that any guesses are pretty pointless given the amount of info we have
I want Nathan Fielder to do more political things tbh but I’m afraid he’d turn out to be a chud.
He's either an autistic Che Guevera or the worst libertarian you've ever met. I'd prefer never to find out.
I want to believe he's at least a shit lib. I mean, would a chud attempt guerilla Santa photoshoots in a mall after they'd told him no? That doesn't sound very... respectful of their property rights ya know what I'm sayin'
I mean, would a chud attempt guerilla Santa photoshoots in a mall after they’d told him no?
Yes. Because you don't tell me what to do!
Can it be a dress rehearsal?
Nathan: No, I found this Reddit post that says that’s [reads slowly, staring at phone] co-opting tankie aesthetics. So I don’t think we’re allowed to do that
he got a business degree from one of Canada's top schools with really good grades, and now he dedicates his life to helping people solve their problems
edit: the man with :the-plan:
edit 2: one of my favorite bits was the James Bailey mall Santa episode here
Sucks that they didn't want to let him Mall Santa because "criminal record," after googling it, can you guess what that record was?
He grew REALLY GOOD WEED and gave away a bunch of it and was charged with growing 100+ plants.
My favorite part is the security guard getting up in their cameraman, James goes "want me to stop him?" and the guard is like, "what?" and James goes "I asked him if he wants me to stop you"
guard goes "you can try" and James just fucking laughs as he towers over him
James Bailey is, without question, my favorite recurring character on Nathan For You.
I just cannot stop laughing at this 5ft security guard going "you can try" to his 7 foot fuck, 400Ib frame
Damn I thought it said in the show that it was a DUI, I must have misremembered. Also though, I'm pretty sure the mall didn't do the background check but rather Nathan did and informed the mall, thus them saying no and providing the necessary drama for the episode.
He does say it's a misdemeanor from a DUI, but when I googled it, the marijuana thing came up. Apparently he was also on the run in Mexico for a while (still making money as Papa Noel) but then the federales helped catch him. I guess they asked if they wanted him extradited and they were like "No, he's a U.S. citizen, just deport him" which kinda doesn't make sense to me, but it's what I read.
edit: oh shit I guess that was after the episode aired... https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Santa-Claus-pleads-guilty-to-12199201.php
yeah, really sucks for him though, I liked him in that episode and tell myself he's a libertarian socialist grandpa (hopefully at least... not a :libertarian-approaching: )
I guess he got 18 months back in 2018 for it hopefully he got out of prison before covid hit...
