i wish the americans could learn from sweden, but your country is a lawless migrant wreck of a nation (from a proud tribe for centuries (100 years) to a women_migrants rule(last 50 years)!),sorry;
The best quote I can give to this is “Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat. Those who do study history are doomed to watch those who didn’t study history repeat it.
My daughter is 13 and had no idea that there was segregation in the 60s and earlier. Apparently they don't really teach that or the holocaust much in school , because i asked a few 16/17 yr olds who also never knew about either thing. very scary - if they are not being taught about how bad it was, how are we gonna avoid it happening again - unfortunately, it's already started happening again with all the anti-white segregation and accepted anti-semitism.
Exactly, that is what's sad on the far right and left people are beyond stupid. When truth no longer matters people can be made to believe crimes didn't occur, elections were stolen without proof, officers died over the January 6th insurrection yet it was justified how? The same people who supposedly keep this county's institutions in high regard desecrate the Capital building and are seen as patriots that Trump wants to pardon. The left doesn't get off either for defunding law enforcement to the point where there is no consequences for any drug use or crime. The police don't even have the power to go after a shoplifter or car thief. Forcing woke diversity and transgender learning in schools that should be teaching core subjects not feminist ideology. The world has gone completely nuts.
How many of us studied wwii and the holocaust? So why is another taking place right now in a sardine can? This is the one quote that I despise immensely. It's complete brain dead. Every month you get your visa statement, what have you learnt?
To make matters worse, some people DO study history, know where it leads and either think *this* time it will be different or simply don't care because they are on a self-aggrandizing and/or self-gratifying pursuit.
Not just WWII, it's any and all history when it comes to our darkest times when we do stupid and/or evil deeds and events that we regret later on, but sometimes too late!🤨😐🙄😑
The problem is that the absolutely insane 10% of our country gets 99% of the media attention when in fact the country is actually vastly peaceful and loving.
That’s news though… media attention is given to the odd. “Man pricks his finger in the street” isn’t news. But hey… “Man fingers his prick in the street”…. Now that’s a headline 😂
@@OnlyScienceRulesYou are certainly free to disagree with Biden's policy positions but what has he done that is even remotely dictatorial? Has he ordered the military to remove peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square so he could have a photo opp in front of a church holding a Bible? Has he called the media the "enemy of the people"? Has he asked a foreign government to announce an investigation of his political opponent in exchange for military arms? Has he denied the outcome of a free and fair election? Just wondering.
@gabrieljordan8015 Many of what is described is simply history. Wars and such. When the Bible says Jesus existed that is not fiction, you can However, debate his nature, from a human to a god. So Not all the Bible is fiction.
@@ThePurpleButterfly21-ie7ve Most fiction takes place in real places and sometimes even references real people. That doesn't make anything else that happened true or nonfiction.
@MatthewTheWanderer the Bible is filled with footnotes, a description of a bloodline, it's history, you can't prove a lot of the bloodlines in other history books because it's too old but that doesn't mean it's fiction.
“The battle for the soul of this country is not left vs right. It’s normal vs crazy” Truer words about the fate of America were never spoken ! YIKES !!!
Years ago, I worked in a clinic where we had a lot of transgender patients for their facial feminization surgeries, one patient told me: do you know who minority these days is, not queer, not color people but intelligent people. It was an eye opening for me to see the issue that way. I agree with that patient.
This is what you get when you preach that everyone’s opinion is valid and that feelings are equivalent to being right. This is the world people wanted, and now you get to live in it.
Unfortunately, so do those of us who do not preach the validity of acting solely on someone (else's) feelings. We have to live in the world of 'their' making.
@@Mtl-zf9om , America is not the world and the insanity isn't a global problem, it's an American one. We've gotten away with it because we have the biggest military in the world, it's biggest than the next six countries combined, and everyone terrified that we're about to reelect the racist moron even though Russia doesn't rig elections for him anymore.
Back W. Really? Thought you were pretty witty, hip and relevant with that comment! Huh? (Notice the full use of letters to create actual words instead of trying to be lazy and cool)
One can't buy sanity. Insanity sure but not sanity. Good genes,a good up bringing, a good diet,good exercise, good emotional connections and A Good FUCKING EDUCATION !!@#$%!!!
There used to be a time where there was a middle ground and people on opposing sides would meet there and hammer out a mutual understanding. That time is over because too many people have abandoned reason for madness.
Too many people see compromise as “weakness.” They care more about ideological “purity” and pandering to their “base” than actually keeping the country functioning.
I'm a registered Republican but am Independent. Who will you vote for?? I'm voting for Kennedy and pray to God we have better Presidents in the future 🇺🇸
I’m not sure what being an independent has to do with anything Bill just said. I’ve several friends who are independent, and they are certainly not centrist or sane. 😉 All political parties, including the “independents” have left, right, and center amongst their ranks. 🤷🏻♀️
Sanity includes maturity-the ability to think and speak and act rationally and make decisions based on accurate information. And to know how to go about determining if information IS. accurate. Too much behavior, especially from elected officials”leaders,” is childish.
It really is. I'd tell Bill that I would LOVE to find common ground with those on the right who take up "half" of the country. But when most of the country - I'd sat 75% - act, think and speak as if they have NEVER taken a middle school civics course AND could not tell you the three branches of government if you spotted them the legislative and judicial!, then how do you counter or reason with THAT???!!! NOT condescend, BUT counter or reason. Thanks to Republican efforts to deconstruct public education in America through a myriad of ways, we now have the electorate that represents the WORST CASE SCENARIO to the Jeffersonian Ideal of what public education was supposed to ensure so as to maintain our "fragile" democracy. Our democracy is NOT fragile. Americans are free to be fucken stupid by choice.
Stupidity is the intersection of lacking knowledge and lacking humility. Has western society ever been steeped in THIS MUCH individual AND collective narcissism, before?
We probably shouldn't ignore the crazies, but at least hear them out, then call someone in authority if those crazies say they'll do something stupid and dangerous.
Standing up to a person with limited intelligence is dangerous. Their only weapon is anger and violence.Not understanding that if anger or violence is felt to be nessary, YOU KNOW you have no intellectual argument that is reasonable.No more reasonable than your violence.Dangerous!But we can always silently out think them and quietly out vote them.After all.In a Democracy,the majority rules.That is how Roe v Wade was originally settled.Donnie only wanted to overturn it because he knew it would tear our country apart and put one faction in conflict with another.As the most resent Supreme Court Appointees all said when asked at there conformation hearings the issue had already been established as PRECEDENT!!!The last three Republican backed Supreme Court Judges all said that.And then what did they do??Should a Supreme Court Judge be allowed to continue as a Supreme Court Judge after being found to be a LIAR???As dishonest as the crooks in the pocky.That is why they did it though.
Problem is all Democrats think Republicans are crazy voting for Trump and all Republicans think Democrats are crazy voting for Biden. So how do you determine who’s the crazy person in the room?
Craze people get attention. remember, in psychology, positive and negative attention is equal; people in this over populated world where no one cares about you or your problems means you have to be bat shit crazy just to get likes, attention and stares.
I drive a school bus and I started wearing a mask again. I got very sick with some kind of "cold" that lasted over 6 weeks. My 86yr old Mom who is not well comes to visit me often.
I’m sorry to read that! I hope you are feeling better. A normal cold is not normal anymore, these sicknesses linger way longer now than they did before. My wife had a cough that lasted 2 months and relatives that never used to get sick, have been sick often in the last 2 years. There is something in the air and I AM NOT a conspiracy theorist
That’s very sad to hear but I think the point being made here is people who are driving alone wearing masks. You clearly are not driving alone and have contact with many different people entering your bus. I’d say that wearing a mask in those circumstances is a smart choice.
It's totally up to you to wear a mask. I just don't want to be told I have to do it. You worry about you and your family and I'll worry about mine. Your lucky you mom is still around at 86.
America funded gain of function for bio weapon experiment. China now created new virus 100% death rate in 8 days . Last day your eyes turn completely White
It lasted a long time. Driving a school bus sick isn't fun either. I finally took antibiotics Dr. said I had a sinus infection. I haven't taken antibiotics in over 10 years. I know antibiotics do not treat viruses. It helped me a lot. I'm guessing it morphed into an infection. @@doyermo7303
"The battle for this country isn't right vs. left, its normal vs. crazy". No truer words have ever been spoken. When I was growing up in the 80s people were [bitterly] politically divided but everyone understood that both parties, while they had ideological differences, legitimately had the best interests of the nation (and all its citizens) at heart.
Slipping into a dystopia? US news media has been pure propaganda for 20 years now. Did you know the US bombed 7 nations in that time? But you can't name the countries, can you?
Those of us who are NOT shouting down everything we don't exactly agree with, and trying to find meaningful middle ground...well our patience is beginning to wear thin. Something is coming, and I'd wager it's not going to turn out well for those who consider themselves in the absolute 'right'. Every day I lose a bit of belief in us as a species. Love ya Bill!
Maher is fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity coming from him and his team? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.
This entire segment was Bill Maher smugly turning his nose up to anyone who doesnt agree with him personally and used numerous strawmans to make his trash politics sound reasonable
Over on the right, they are angry that the media lies and gets people worked up into believing things that seem to always get proven lies. I have counted 22 instances of this easily. It was all proven lies but the left believed it and voted on it. It was proven lies. It many instances the government ADMITTED the right was right all along.
It's also sanity to distinguish between the average Palestinians in Gaza and the extremists who rule them by guns and won't go away if their people want them out. They are caught between a rock and a hard place. But Israelies can find better leadership when they make up their minds.
"It's also sanity to distinguish between the average Palestinians in Gaza and the extremists who rule them" The Palestinian people literally voted Hamas in as their government. Didn't you know that? The Palestinian people adopted the eradication of Israel as their official policy.
@@rael5469 ..And yet, somehow, the very opposite is currently undergoing the formality of occurring. Look up who funded Hamas, in order to fabricate a common fundamentalist enemy - then bother everyone again with your half baked thoughts perhaps. ..Mate 👍
For years now, as I observe what is going on in the country and world I have repeatedly said, "That's it, we are officially living in Crazy World." Nice to see others see it, too.
Dear Americans, we Israelis elected Netanyahu one more time to be our PM while he was being tried in court and see what happened... They're so similar in their strategies and their personal circumstances. As an Israeli American Please don't do the same mistake for my second country.
I am never for trump, never will give my voice for him. Deeply sorry for what happened in Israel, I sympathize you and I understand you as a Ukrainian American.
But has Israel ever been led by a corrupt dementia patient aided by a giggling sociopath? It's not that one option is necessarily good, it's that the other is far worse!
@@jesuswept1334 Yeah, funny that, when Wagner mercenaries were leading some of the assault groups of Oct 7, which just so happened to be Putin's birthday. Intelligent people know this is the same war.
Over 5 years ago , I became an expat living abroad ..... I've never looked back. The US simply got too crazy for me . I love my country but she's sick and on Chemo now trying to survive
I want to be deported and I am an Indigenous American 😂 You know it is bad when the original Natives want to leave. Like an infection showed up and destroyed everything Thanks EuroAmericans
A similar dichotomy was introduced by Javier Milei in argentina and awoke over half of our popularion: the division is not left or right, it's the people vs corrupt politicians. People need to realiza that we have been so brainwashed that we started fighting for things other people decide
Spot on - at their core, most people just want to live a simple life where they have a job, can take care of their old parents/children, and have a little bit extra for a nice vacation or something luxurious about once a year. We all want the same thing, basically
They pit us against each other to distract us from going French Revolution on them. So the left vs right, men vs women, straight vs lgbtq, black vs white, Jews vs Muslims, etc etc……. Even though we all have more in common than they like us to believe. In the end, it’s the haves in power, and the have nots. And we are useful idiots. Divide and conquer.
Being from a 3rd world country I would like to offer you as America: have the chance to talk and debate. Don't cut ties with friends and families because a political standpoint. That thorn us apart and we were the venue where those who play that game, divide and control us.
Unfortunately, some people are too far gone. I've got a close colleague that is becoming the left-wing version of a conspiracy theorist and it's terrifying. There's often no discussion to be had because theyre too far gone.
The problem is that many define freedom and liberty as lawlessness. "I can do whatever I please and no one has the authority to stop me, not even the government."
@@tedbundywastheultimatechad8400 You need to stop thinking in these terms -- the far left and the far right are both crazy and dangerous. The vast majority of the country is reasonable, we must start electing sane representatives again.
All my school years, it was always said, "With freedom comes responsibility." Idiots jump on that and say, then it isn't freedom if you make limits. I say, it isn't freedom if no limits bring chaos. All freedoms have limits because they run into other people's freedoms and rights. The Constitution grants me freedom of assembly, but not in your living room! This should be so simple. To live together, everyone gives up a little of their freedoms so we can enjoy a peaceful, orderly society.
@tedbundywastheultimatechad8400…..Unfortunately, it’s also the right as well! No regulation on monopolies means the end of capitalism in favor of the oligarchs. Something Milton Friedman didn’t see coming ironically. lol
@LittlePhizDorrit They don’t choose ideology, the problem is that there is too much bipartisanship in Congress. They always seem to find the votes when something has to be passed.
The Scandinavian take: Why would you set up your political system so that two parties can dominate? And then wings of those parties can take over the voter base of those parties, because god forbid the other party were in charge. Recipe for disaster.
I wear a mask whenever I leave my home and will until I croak! I'm 73 and have asthma. I don't know how long I have left but I don't want to die from YOUR cold, or pneumonia, or anything else (remember Covid-19 is still here). If I get a virus, I cough so badly that it last for months and frequently pass out. Side benefits are: People leave me alone because they assume that I am contagious, and it helps keep me warm in the winter.
Maybe when you are out in public surrounded by people. But I don't get wearing a mask when alone in a car, going out for a walk. Fresh air is healthy too.
@@joanneesposito3295 Hay Fever in a Rain Forest is a year-round thing. Also my grandson doesn't clean the car he lets me borrow (dust and cigarette butts). If I roll down the window, you guested it, pollen and mold.
That image of a mask-wearing driver... maybe that driver was an Uber or Lyft driver that to reduce their chances of catching whatever their "considerate" passengers trafficked into the car... ...because if you're an Uber, a Doordash, a Grubhub, a Lyft... ...it's probably because you need the money and can't afford sick days.
Maher is fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity coming from him and his team? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.
Interesting...as one just left of center (not a progressive) I also agree with most if not all of what Bill just said. Yet, somehow I bet if you and I were to meet over coffee we'd end up thinking the other guy is nuts. Why is that and how can that get fixed?
I wrote a poem a few years ago. The last stanza goes: People are demanding, You do as they’re inclined. Whichever side you’re standing, I ask you to be kind.
I like to watch Bill. He brings up a lot of great points, but he seems to generalize whole groups of people a lot more these days. He keeps talking about how 'all the young people, and everyone who goes to college, are rooting for terrorists to destroy Israel and promote open shoplifting' when that's not the case at all. Most people of this younger generation want many of the same things. There are some loud voices out there who try to make a name for themselves by spouting controversial garbage so they can get more "clicks" on social media platforms, but the overwhelming majority of people (I think) just want to see some more humanity shown toward one another and less of this "Us versus Them" mentality. It is possible to vehemently denounce evil terrorist groups like hamas, but still recognize that there are innocent children and babies, etc. in Gaza having 2000-pound bombs dropped on them with no end in sight. We should be allowed to be bothered by that without being antisemitic or "pro-terrorist". We should also be able to support Israel's right to defend itself and be allies to the Jewish people and recognize the pain they felt after experiencing a horrible terrorist attack that included the kidnappings of 240 of their citizens, but also critical of Netanyahu and his far-right government, just as we are of the far-right factions in our own government. We can hold two thoughts in our heads at the same time and not be bad people. I think Bill forgets that sometimes and promotes the idea that everyone is on the extreme-side of any issue. . Also, I personally don't wear a mask anymore and sometimes still see people wearing masks around town, but guess what, they're not hurting anyone. If that's your big concern with the world, I don't know what to tell you.
Agreed. He really pisses me off when he fails to see the nuances in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Also, I will never understand how such an outspoken atheist supports strongly a country whose establishment is based on the belief that God promised and gave the people that land.
The thing with the mask....I carry one just in case I have something and dont want to pass it on. Have we forgotten we have a personal responsibility to avoid getting others sick, if possible? You ever see the video of a sneeze or cough? Masks can catch a great deal of that....not 100% of an airborne virus, to be sure...but it helps, and is not difficult
Bill Maher is a great comedian, and I have been watching him for decades. Great comedians make witty observations about society and the world, and points out the ridiculousness of it all from their perspective. They hold up a mirror to us and show us our absurdity. I love it. Behind the punch line, however, there is often a gross mischaracterization of serious issues, and Bill does his share of it. He often mocks his own straw men . We groan and shake our head, but we laugh anyway, knowing there is much more to the story. In any case, making us laugh heartily and reflect is high art, and Bill Maher is a master of it.
One of the best ten minutes of viewing in recent memory. Well stated. We need to look at the media in this country as well as our college campuses for the massive increase in insanity.
Maher is fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity coming from him and his team? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.
WOW, you've come a long way Bill to find a poll about trust where Tucker Carlson is the top third ranking... Although I do enjoy your show, I'm just saying maybe not the best pole to hold in high regards.
This monologue should have included that we need more than two main political parties. We have third parties but these main two, and the states, do everything they can to keep them off debate stages and even the ballots. They lack funding because they can’t get into the debates and be seen as serious. The massive polarization we have is a result of only two parties. We need a party in the middle ground, one that rejects the insanity that those on the far edges have created.
Third party candidates STEAL votes from the main two parties. Look......if a third party candidate was a strong candidate then people would support their message and they would rise to the top. There is a saying......Lead, Follow, or Get out of the way. Third party candidates should run as a Democrat or a republican and may the best man or woman win. If they can't get the nomination then just get the heck out of the way. What's so hard to understand about that?
More to the point, the two party system exists because of first past the post elections. You can try to make all the extra parties you want, but as long as the biggest party takes it all, splitting votes is political suicide and you'll never get a viable alternative. That is why, for example, an independent like Sanders runs for president for the Democratic party and not as an independent. If Sanders runs independent and takes his followers with him he guarantees a Republican wins.
@@katperson1955Australia has instant runoff and STV voting systems that allow 3rd-party candidates to participate without causing vote-splitting. Then there's nearby New Zealand, which uses MMP and in which the minor parties are as strong as they have ever been (although the minor parties ted to be the most fringe, so maybe that's not a compliment).
This was extraordinarily well written. I've disagreed with Bill on so much but he is right: he probably has the most integrity of any news pundit left on TV. His career and, frankly, his devoted hard work and endurance has really built him an remarkable legacy. He has really earned it and deserves the decades of growing loyal fans. He's risen to be an icon in a medium where there are so few left.
Maher is fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity coming from him and his team? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.
@Billwmaher Mr. Maher you are a fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity ? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.
100% true. Bill is one of the last few people worthwhile listening to. Insanity has already entrenched itself in day to day life, it's not limited to politics or show biz anymore.
I don't agree that Bill's monologue was 100% true. I don't think that the protesters were supporting the Palestinian terrorists - I've certainly never heard anyone say that in an interview. They universally condemn the terrorists while demonstrating against the wholesale destruction of the homes, lives and families of innocent people.
@@Induktionsschnitte honestly, i think that's because if they don't laugh like idiots, he gets mad and looks at the audience and says stuff like "really? one guy?"
Wow, a masterpiece segment 😢 I feel like I just experienced a historical moment. I will be telling stories in the future of when Bill Maher did his weekly show.
@beechnut8779 My understanding is that you're saying that Maher shouldn't be seen as a hero because he creates madness, for the public, through highlighting the absurdity of the world? I'm not fighting you. I'm engaging in this convo to learn. My question is, then no one should highlight the absurdities of the world? I agree with you that, in general, if his show was not about scandalous topics that his show wouldn't be as much of a hit as it is right now. What's wrong with highlighting the madness of the world. We need to know these kinds of things. Also, at the end of the day, it's just his opinion, one perspective. No one should blindly follow a media figure. We use our own experience, and rational skills to make the end decision. I would never blame him for the world's madness. I'm an adult, therefore I take responsibility for my own actions. If I produce "madness" in the real world, I can't blame Maher.
To be fair to the people wearing the mask in the car, there are still people who catch covid, have the flu and such and it's honestly a hassle to take the mask on and off again.
I'd guess the masked driver is the 21st century economic slave on wheels. Uber, Lyft, Grubhub, Doordash... someone that can't afford sick days waiting on those who can afford to isolate when sick... but just refuse to. So they traffic the cause of their sniffle or cough into the backseat of the car. The driver shuffling them around at their convenience... ...has to sacrifice their comfort for a tip from the "considerate" customer.
@brianlongmire2217 okay, so they named themselves something that is politically incoherent. What you're describing is being a moderate, having opinions on both sides of the aisle
I used to not like Bill because I thought he was too anti-religion but now I have been starting to come around because he is one of the few people in America who are willing to speak out on these issues. I never thought I would say 'go Bill!'
He's not anti-religion. He's anti-religious people trying to force THEIR religion down his throat. Just keep it to yourself or in your inner-circle and Bill will have no beef with you or the things you believe.
Fair enough. I would never say religion was not worthy of criticizing for its many blunders through history. But thats not to say I have not had a wonderful experience with my faith and personally have seen it give joy to many people. But I would never force someone to believe it:)@@TheBourneBlogger
Bill, most of the folk wearing a mask "alone" in a car could be UBER/LYFT drivers who have to pickup multiple passengers and don't want to take their mask on/off ....that's what's happening to a friend of mine who drives for Uber and Lyft
Bill Maher lives in this Perfect World (high standard) and expects everybody thinks like him. Well, he can afford have his imaginary world. He makes very good money, he has recognition for his work and he doesn't face reality problems like we, normal people, do. I work in two jobs (one as Lyft driver) just to make ends meet (life in LA is very expensive).
😎👍 atheist or not, he certainly qualifies as a messenger to all the inequalities that exist in this world. It just really amazes me how right he is about things. More often than not. AND he's been doing this for such a long time 🎉
Our government isn't just voting to dine and dash, we're taking out loans to pay for the steak and lobster dinner at the fancy restaurant we can't afford...
"Our government isn't just voting to dine and dash, we're taking out loans to pay for" The reason for this is because good men stand by and do nothing. We just have extremists filling the void left when good men stand by and do nothing.
Been listening to Maher for around 30 years. He's never changed. He'll have you agreeing 100% one minute and have you pissed off the next. He's reasonable though. Old School Reasonable back when you could disagree and not hate the other person and wish them dead.
i have the outside looking in perspective as an american living in china since 2012. i was teaching my students a lesson about the hubble today. i told them about people in the states who are adamant about space being fake and the earth being flat. they almost didnt believe me.and being in a country that is mostly atheist, it's just wild to me how sane people are here and nuts back home. like school shootings. people ask my what my gov is doing about it. i tell them they give their thoughts and prayers. and it's crazy to me. if there was a problem like that, something would be done about it here. the drugs, the crime, the homelessness, the illegal migrants, the looting. from the outside looking in, it looks like america is collapsing.
All great civilizations since time immortal have always their beginning, their peak and their final fall. The Aztecs and the Egyptian/Roman empires both suffered the same fate. The great experiment that US was supposed be is now coming to an end. China and India will end up filling the void that America left and the American people will only have themselves to blame. No civilization can go on forever. There's always something that happens that ends it. 😞
lol go look at China. Criticize the gov't, you can be disappeared, have your VISA held hostage, put in jail, etc. Are you allowed to effect political change, create a opposition party to the CPP....you lack basic freedom of speech and freedom of assembly in China. China has entire cities that are being torn down, has a ruler fixated with trying to conquor Taiwan that would destroy his own economy.
When your competition for 'Most Trusted Media Personality in America' is Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson I think you've proved your case for a need to a return to sanity. I said SANITY, not Hannity!!!
The one thing I don't like about Maher is that people marching for Palestine are marching...for Palestinians. Not marching for Hamas. They are marching for the civilians being slaughtered indiscriminately in retaliation by the Israeli government. A government that gave money and support to Hamas.
@dshock85 Exactly, Bill wants us to believe that any criticism of the government of Israel means supporting Hamas which is ridiculous. There’s people in Israel who oppose what their government is doing to the Palestinians.
There's a reason Farmers are seen as pragmatic and 'down to earth'. They deal in life as it is. People who get away from that reality lose the common sense farmers are known for. They 'live' in their minds and the human mind has no reset to a grounded state. We can build fantasies further and further from reality. This is what's happening.
Yes, they have a close connection to mother earth. Farmers know about natural laws and are more grounded. City folks are dealing with unnatural fast-paced environments where different skill sets are needed for survival.
And what has being pragmatic and down to earth done for them? American farmers have a suicide rate twice that of veterans. They are also in record debt, and all of the small farmers are being foreclosed on and forced out of farming.
We've somehow let the far left and the far right take over the conversation and they each want to force their own idea of utopia on everyone. The center has to hold.
@John_Fugazzi It’s the centrists who have always dominated the conversation, we’re just supposed to believe that lie. We have a centrist media that promotes democrats and republicans.
It's the damned primaries, the vocal and insane minorities has been way too successful in nominating the crazies for our plurality vote elections. We need ranked ballots, the kind that helped Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins keep the seats inspite of not winning the primary.
@@Inaf1987 Joe Biden is the centrist in the primary. He’s not a crazy politician. The democrats seem to elect a centrist each election. That is true on the republican side. The democrats are far left if you only watch far right content.
Bill keeps coming with the W takes, he's a free man. You don't have to agree with everything he says. Just like I don't agree on everything we have ever watched on Rogan. Loving the free speech!
people afraid to say "no" to dodge getting canceled or reprimanded are hypersensitive and act like they're constantly walking on eggshells; ironically, not saying no has gotten some of these folks canceled
As a swedish person, I too hope it's the year of sanity in the states. Pleeaaase make it so. Well... actually... make it so all over the world.
I hate to be a pessimist. I do agree with your sentiment but not going to happen. The human condition is as bad as it is good. The pendulum swings.
What about your own country? Hasn't been getting ruined because of your lack of boundaries and loose border policies?
Yes it has unfortunately, but I'd like to think that Sweden was smarter. Apparently, I'm very wrong about that.
Why is it relevant for you to remark your nationality in this case?
i wish the americans could learn from sweden, but your country is a lawless migrant wreck of a nation (from a proud tribe for centuries (100 years) to a women_migrants rule(last 50 years)!),sorry;
The best quote I can give to this is “Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat. Those who do study history are doomed to watch those who didn’t study history repeat it.
My daughter is 13 and had no idea that there was segregation in the 60s and earlier. Apparently they don't really teach that or the holocaust much in school , because i asked a few 16/17 yr olds who also never knew about either thing. very scary - if they are not being taught about how bad it was, how are we gonna avoid it happening again - unfortunately, it's already started happening again with all the anti-white segregation and accepted anti-semitism.
Yeah, real shame that people cant recognize the threat of Marxism that became prevalent nowadays, not without the help of talking heads like Bill
Exactly, that is what's sad on the far right and left people are beyond stupid. When truth no longer matters people can be made to believe crimes didn't occur, elections were stolen without proof, officers died over the January 6th insurrection yet it was justified how? The same people who supposedly keep this county's institutions in high regard desecrate the Capital building and are seen as patriots that Trump wants to pardon. The left doesn't get off either for defunding law enforcement to the point where there is no consequences for any drug use or crime. The police don't even have the power to go after a shoplifter or car thief. Forcing woke diversity and transgender learning in schools that should be teaching core subjects not feminist ideology. The world has gone completely nuts.
How many of us studied wwii and the holocaust? So why is another taking place right now in a sardine can? This is the one quote that I despise immensely. It's complete brain dead. Every month you get your visa statement, what have you learnt?
To make matters worse, some people DO study history, know where it leads and either think *this* time it will be different or simply don't care because they are on a self-aggrandizing and/or self-gratifying pursuit.
We are doing the most dangerous thing of all: Forgetting ! One of the prime lessons of WW2 is NEVER FORGET.
Yes!
Not just WWII, it's any and all history when it comes to our darkest times when we do stupid and/or evil deeds and events that we regret later on, but sometimes too late!🤨😐🙄😑
Isn't that where the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor and started the Vietnam War?
Sadly, the kids either forgot or we forgot to teach them
Forget what?
“The battle in this country is not right vs left it’s normal vs crazy”
Thanks for that Bill
TRUMP 🇱🇷 2024 🏳️🌈 gays for TRUMP!
The problem is that the absolutely insane 10% of our country gets 99% of the media attention when in fact the country is actually vastly peaceful and loving.
That’s news though… media attention is given to the odd. “Man pricks his finger in the street” isn’t news. But hey… “Man fingers his prick in the street”…. Now that’s a headline 😂
Let us hope the 90 percent of the country gets out and votes, or the US could have an actual dictator in power.
The 90 percent sane people I mean.
I don't know about that. Haha
@@OnlyScienceRulesYou are certainly free to disagree with Biden's policy positions but what has he done that is even remotely dictatorial? Has he ordered the military to remove peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square so he could have a photo opp in front of a church holding a Bible? Has he called the media the "enemy of the people"? Has he asked a foreign government to announce an investigation of his political opponent in exchange for military arms? Has he denied the outcome of a free and fair election? Just wondering.
'Never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups'
- George Carlin
@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist. I can't tell if you're just trolling or whatever but I've read your Bible and it's all fiction and fairy tales.
@gabrieljordan8015 Many of what is described is simply history. Wars and such. When the Bible says Jesus existed that is not fiction, you can However, debate his nature, from a human to a god. So Not all the Bible is fiction.
@@ThePurpleButterfly21-ie7ve Most fiction takes place in real places and sometimes even references real people. That doesn't make anything else that happened true or nonfiction.
@MatthewTheWanderer the Bible is filled with footnotes, a description of a bloodline, it's history, you can't prove a lot of the bloodlines in other history books because it's too old but that doesn't mean it's fiction.
"Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity."
- Bullet Tooth Tony
That last line is brilliant. “The battle for the soul of this country is not left vs right. It’s normal vs crazy”
Crazy is the new normal, at least in the US...
“The battle for the soul of this country is not left vs right. It’s normal vs crazy”
Truer words about the fate of America were never spoken !
YIKES !!!
Agreed, but please MR. Maher, no more 'FALSE EQUICALENCIES' (all too common no a days); there are way, way, way more "crazies" on 'the right' !
Years ago, I worked in a clinic where we had a lot of transgender patients for their facial feminization surgeries, one patient told me: do you know who minority these days is, not queer, not color people but intelligent people. It was an eye opening for me to see the issue that way. I agree with that patient.
Amen!
We are living in a South Park episode.
Everyone is crazy.
You are absolutely right.
"Simpsons did it"
...but it's not f🤬'ing funny.
Weekly dose of Bill Maher is keeping me sane.
Yep.
Sane? or more like stupid and INSANE.
The battle for the soul of this country is not right or left it’s normal or crazy….hit the nail on the head again Bill.
@stephendverner
The far left is normal while the centrists and far right are crazy.
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Amen
vs
And both sides claim that they are the normal and the others are the crazy when we all know that any side with Trump on it is the crazy side.
This is what you get when you preach that everyone’s opinion is valid and that feelings are equivalent to being right. This is the world people wanted, and now you get to live in it.
Unfortunately, so do those of us who do not preach the validity of acting solely on someone (else's) feelings. We have to live in the world of 'their' making.
is that what they do? i knew about the everyone is a winner and saferooms .bull shit im sure there was more .
To expect a year of sanity on a planet that is one giant insane asylum, is insane. 😅
Planet earth should be renamed a mental hospital. The more you go south the more coocoo it gets.
@@Mtl-zf9omthat's racist.
@@Mtl-zf9om , America is not the world and the insanity isn't a global problem, it's an American one. We've gotten away with it because we have the biggest military in the world, it's biggest than the next six countries combined, and everyone terrified that we're about to reelect the racist moron even though Russia doesn't rig elections for him anymore.
"How do you suck all the oxygen out of the room and not get any to your brain?" Priceless!
Back w
Why does american tv just look so fake.and its forced laughter
Back W. Really? Thought you were pretty witty, hip and relevant with that comment! Huh? (Notice the full use of letters to create actual words instead of trying to be lazy and cool)
How? You let an annoying f*** like Andrew Sullivan on your show (again). 🤦♂️
Funny how Bill and Donald are both Netanyahu lap dogs.
Speaking of no oxygen to the brain, smoke another joint Bill.
Don't expect a return to sanity for one simple reason: Sanity doesn't sell.
Peace sells, but who’s buying…..
The sane need to buy sanity.
True
😂 Excatly why Bill is so popular, he just takes the inverse position of each group for that ad money.
One can't buy sanity. Insanity sure but not sanity. Good genes,a good up bringing, a good diet,good exercise, good emotional connections and A Good FUCKING EDUCATION !!@#$%!!!
"Can't anybody just say fuck no anymore?!" - Bill, you're my hero ❤
"Can't anybody just say "FUCK NO !" anymore ?"
Apparently, FUCK NO, Bill !!!
There used to be a time where there was a middle ground and people on opposing sides would meet there and hammer out a mutual understanding. That time is over because too many people have abandoned reason for madness.
Too many people see compromise as “weakness.” They care more about ideological “purity” and pandering to their “base” than actually keeping the country functioning.
And opinions for facts
I’m an independent and there’s a lot of insanity, strange and crazy things happening in this world right now, great job pointing that out Bill!
I'm a registered Republican but am Independent. Who will you vote for?? I'm voting for Kennedy and pray to God we have better Presidents in the future 🇺🇸
I’m not sure what being an independent has to do with anything Bill just said. I’ve several friends who are independent, and they are certainly not centrist or sane. 😉 All political parties, including the “independents” have left, right, and center amongst their ranks. 🤷🏻♀️
Sanity includes maturity-the ability to think and speak and act rationally and make decisions based on accurate information. And to know how to go about determining if information IS. accurate. Too much behavior, especially from elected officials”leaders,” is childish.
Yes it is!
Problem is both sane and crazy people would think it’s them that you’re describing.
Critical thinking skills are in short supply
I wouldn't say childish but selfish
Insanity is not the problem Bill, it's stupidity.
It really is. I'd tell Bill that I would LOVE to find common ground with those on the right who take up "half" of the country. But when most of the country - I'd sat 75% - act, think and speak as if they have NEVER taken a middle school civics course AND could not tell you the three branches of government if you spotted them the legislative and judicial!, then how do you counter or reason with THAT???!!! NOT condescend, BUT counter or reason. Thanks to Republican efforts to deconstruct public education in America through a myriad of ways, we now have the electorate that represents the WORST CASE SCENARIO to the Jeffersonian Ideal of what public education was supposed to ensure so as to maintain our "fragile" democracy.
Our democracy is NOT fragile. Americans are free to be fucken stupid by choice.
Stupidity is the intersection of lacking knowledge and lacking humility.
Has western society ever been steeped in THIS MUCH individual AND collective narcissism, before?
@e4t662, I wish you were wrong... but your not.
Well said. Deliberate stupidity is a choice.@@JorgeDiaz-ly5qp
Tribalism, lemmingism, echo chamber.
Normal people need to learn how to ignore crazy people and stop taking them seriously! And stand up to them in public!
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We probably shouldn't ignore the crazies, but at least hear them out, then call someone in authority if those crazies say they'll do something stupid and dangerous.
Standing up to a person with limited intelligence is dangerous. Their only weapon is anger and violence.Not understanding that if anger or violence is felt to be nessary, YOU KNOW you have no intellectual argument that is reasonable.No more reasonable than your violence.Dangerous!But we can always silently out think them and quietly out vote them.After all.In a Democracy,the majority rules.That is how Roe v Wade was originally settled.Donnie only wanted to overturn it because he knew it would tear our country apart and put one faction in conflict with another.As the most resent Supreme Court Appointees all said when asked at there conformation hearings the issue had already been established as PRECEDENT!!!The last three Republican backed Supreme Court Judges all said that.And then what did they do??Should a Supreme Court Judge be allowed to continue as a Supreme Court Judge after being found to be a LIAR???As dishonest as the crooks in the pocky.That is why they did it though.
Problem is all Democrats think Republicans are crazy voting for Trump and all Republicans think Democrats are crazy voting for Biden. So how do you determine who’s the crazy person in the room?
Craze people get attention.
remember, in psychology, positive and negative attention is equal; people in this over populated world where no one cares about you or your problems means you have to be bat shit crazy just to get likes, attention and stares.
I drive a school bus and I started wearing a mask again. I got very sick with some kind of "cold" that lasted over 6 weeks. My 86yr old Mom who is not well comes to visit me often.
I’m sorry to read that! I hope you are feeling better. A normal cold is not normal anymore, these sicknesses linger way longer now than they did before. My wife had a cough that lasted 2 months and relatives that never used to get sick, have been sick often in the last 2 years. There is something in the air and I AM NOT a conspiracy theorist
That’s very sad to hear but I think the point being made here is people who are driving alone wearing masks. You clearly are not driving alone and have contact with many different people entering your bus. I’d say that wearing a mask in those circumstances is a smart choice.
It's totally up to you to wear a mask. I just don't want to be told I have to do it. You worry about you and your family and I'll worry about mine. Your lucky you mom is still around at 86.
America funded gain of function for bio weapon experiment. China now created new virus 100% death rate in 8 days . Last day your eyes turn completely White
It lasted a long time. Driving a school bus sick isn't fun either. I finally took antibiotics Dr. said I had a sinus infection. I haven't taken antibiotics in over 10 years. I know antibiotics do not treat viruses. It helped me a lot. I'm guessing it morphed into an infection. @@doyermo7303
"The battle for this country isn't right vs. left, its normal vs. crazy". No truer words have ever been spoken. When I was growing up in the 80s people were [bitterly] politically divided but everyone understood that both parties, while they had ideological differences, legitimately had the best interests of the nation (and all its citizens) at heart.
“The battle for the soul of this country isn’t right or left. It’s normal versus crazy.”
Well-said, brogee.
Watching Real Time makes me feel less crazy, thank you Bill. I feel like these days this country is slipping into a dystopia sometimes..
Slipping into a dystopia? US news media has been pure propaganda for 20 years now. Did you know the US bombed 7 nations in that time? But you can't name the countries, can you?
The awkward pause when he mentioned that supporting literal terrorists is a bad idea left a bad taste in my mouth though. :/
Idiocracy is the future
@@daganbanks The future? It's the present. Look at what composes the current US administration.
Agreed but we arent trying to grow plants with Gatorade yet
It's 2024 and I feel like I'm trapped in a fucking Monty Python skit.😮
This is the best thing I’ve seen all week, thank you 🙌🏻😆
Those of us who are NOT shouting down everything we don't exactly agree with, and trying to find meaningful middle ground...well our patience is beginning to wear thin. Something is coming, and I'd wager it's not going to turn out well for those who consider themselves in the absolute 'right'. Every day I lose a bit of belief in us as a species. Love ya Bill!
Maher is fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity coming from him and his team? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.
This entire segment was Bill Maher smugly turning his nose up to anyone who doesnt agree with him personally and used numerous strawmans to make his trash politics sound reasonable
me too short sweet and true
RIGHT! WE ARE NOT SHOUTING DOWN!! 😂
What's crazier than a con artist facing 91 criminal charges being the nominee of a major party?
His party not disqualifying him from running because of these charges?
Politically motivated character assasination being celebrated in the progressive media?
Over on the right, they are angry that the media lies and gets people worked up into believing things that seem to always get proven lies. I have counted 22 instances of this easily. It was all proven lies but the left believed it and voted on it. It was proven lies. It many instances the government ADMITTED the right was right all along.
MAGA 2024
Letting the Trojan horse of social justice usher in a totalitarian cultural revolution.
It's also sanity to distinguish between the average Palestinians in Gaza and the extremists who rule them by guns and won't go away if their people want them out. They are caught between a rock and a hard place. But Israelies can find better leadership when they make up their minds.
Like the German civilians in Nazi Germany
"It's also sanity to distinguish between the average Palestinians in Gaza and the extremists who rule them"
The Palestinian people literally voted Hamas in as their government. Didn't you know that? The Palestinian people adopted the eradication of Israel as their official policy.
@@rael5469 ..And yet, somehow, the very opposite is currently undergoing the formality of occurring.
Look up who funded Hamas, in order to fabricate a common fundamentalist enemy - then bother everyone again with your half baked thoughts perhaps.
..Mate 👍
The "extremists" there are the clear majority.
Lol. Average Palestinians were celebrating the murder of innocent people. Lol. Delusional.
You are a social political and cultural jewel Bill!!!! Thank you!
For years now, as I observe what is going on in the country and world I have repeatedly said, "That's it, we are officially living in Crazy World." Nice to see others see it, too.
Dear Americans, we Israelis elected Netanyahu one more time to be our PM while he was being tried in court and see what happened... They're so similar in their strategies and their personal circumstances. As an Israeli American Please don't do the same mistake for my second country.
I am never for trump, never will give my voice for him. Deeply sorry for what happened in Israel, I sympathize you and I understand you as a Ukrainian American.
But has Israel ever been led by a corrupt dementia patient aided by a giggling sociopath? It's not that one option is necessarily good, it's that the other is far worse!
@@lalibellahorne7760funny Ukrainian who sympathizes with the occupiers
Netanyahu did not cause Oct 7th. Biden did.
@@jesuswept1334 Yeah, funny that, when Wagner mercenaries were leading some of the assault groups of Oct 7, which just so happened to be Putin's birthday. Intelligent people know this is the same war.
Man! How can a whole country get sucked into craziness? As a German I will never understand this!
It isn't the whole country. It is just the people that are highlighted on the major news stations, so that we look like a crazy country.
Good one.
The post WWII German viewpoint is needed here now.
😂😂😂😂😂
Just imagine it is the 1930s.
I wear the mask while driving on cold days. To me, it is soothing and warm.
@@AetherNightmare I hear you. Thank you for sharing and take care!
It's okay to be crazy tho, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.
@@raphaellavictoria01 I prefer "silly." but I guess "crazy" is less offensive than "stupid." 😀
Thank you Bill. Finally some much-needed sanity. Everything I've been saying for the past few months.
Over 5 years ago , I became an expat living abroad ..... I've never looked back. The US simply got too crazy for me . I love my country but she's sick and on Chemo now trying to survive
I will not pray for you. But i really hope you get cured by doctors.
Which country did you flee to?
I want to be deported and I am an Indigenous American 😂 You know it is bad when the original Natives want to leave. Like an infection showed up and destroyed everything Thanks EuroAmericans
@@relicofgold likely some place without a US extradition treaty in place. They are usually not so crazy apparently;
I dont get loving the USA. I do get loving where u r from. Like loving an imperfect parent, its all you got
Once I heard him say the hamas invaded Israel knew he was an apologist for Israel.
A similar dichotomy was introduced by Javier Milei in argentina and awoke over half of our popularion: the division is not left or right, it's the people vs corrupt politicians.
People need to realiza that we have been so brainwashed that we started fighting for things other people decide
Spot on - at their core, most people just want to live a simple life where they have a job, can take care of their old parents/children, and have a little bit extra for a nice vacation or something luxurious about once a year.
We all want the same thing, basically
They pit us against each other to distract us from going French Revolution on them. So the left vs right, men vs women, straight vs lgbtq, black vs white, Jews vs Muslims, etc etc……. Even though we all have more in common than they like us to believe. In the end, it’s the haves in power, and the have nots. And we are useful idiots. Divide and conquer.
Being from a 3rd world country I would like to offer you as America: have the chance to talk and debate. Don't cut ties with friends and families because a political standpoint. That thorn us apart and we were the venue where those who play that game, divide and control us.
What you call a political standpoint is actually a reflection of an individuals moral values and the two cannot be separated.
Unfortunately, some people are too far gone. I've got a close colleague that is becoming the left-wing version of a conspiracy theorist and it's terrifying. There's often no discussion to be had because theyre too far gone.
@@peteyoung3124 just out of curiosity, tell me what conspiracies your friend believes
The problem is that many define freedom and liberty as lawlessness. "I can do whatever I please and no one has the authority to stop me, not even the government."
"Freedom for me, not for thee."
That would be the left.
@@tedbundywastheultimatechad8400 You need to stop thinking in these terms -- the far left and the far right are both crazy and dangerous. The vast majority of the country is reasonable, we must start electing sane representatives again.
All my school years, it was always said, "With freedom comes responsibility." Idiots jump on that and say, then it isn't freedom if you make limits. I say, it isn't freedom if no limits bring chaos. All freedoms have limits because they run into other people's freedoms and rights. The Constitution grants me freedom of assembly, but not in your living room! This should be so simple. To live together, everyone gives up a little of their freedoms so we can enjoy a peaceful, orderly society.
@tedbundywastheultimatechad8400…..Unfortunately, it’s also the right as well!
No regulation on monopolies means the end of capitalism in favor of the oligarchs. Something Milton Friedman didn’t see coming ironically. lol
The ballot for the soul of this country is not right or left, its normal vs crazy ! 👏 👏 brilliant
As long as both parties choose ideology over reality, we cannot have sanity.
@LittlePhizDorrit
They don’t choose ideology, the problem is that there is too much bipartisanship in Congress. They always seem to find the votes when something has to be passed.
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only the left is doing that. use your brain.
The Scandinavian take: Why would you set up your political system so that two parties can dominate? And then wings of those parties can take over the voter base of those parties, because god forbid the other party were in charge. Recipe for disaster.
@@giantsr1eva Don't you mean partisanship?
I wear a mask whenever I leave my home and will until I croak! I'm 73 and have asthma. I don't know how long I have left but I don't want to die from YOUR cold, or pneumonia, or anything else (remember Covid-19 is still here). If I get a virus, I cough so badly that it last for months and frequently pass out. Side benefits are: People leave me alone because they assume that I am contagious, and it helps keep me warm in the winter.
Just stay in your house forever, please.
Maybe when you are out in public surrounded by people. But I don't get wearing a mask when alone in a car, going out for a walk. Fresh air is healthy too.
@@joanneesposito3295 Euh, masks don't block air.
@@joanneesposito3295 Hay Fever in a Rain Forest is a year-round thing. Also my grandson doesn't clean the car he lets me borrow (dust and cigarette butts). If I roll down the window, you guested it, pollen and mold.
That image of a mask-wearing driver... maybe that driver was an Uber or Lyft driver that to reduce their chances of catching whatever their "considerate" passengers trafficked into the car...
...because if you're an Uber, a Doordash, a Grubhub, a Lyft...
...it's probably because you need the money and can't afford sick days.
As a conservative (not Republican) I fully agree 💯 with everything Bill just said
Maher is fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity coming from him and his team? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.
Interesting...as one just left of center (not a progressive) I also agree with most if not all of what Bill just said. Yet, somehow I bet if you and I were to meet over coffee we'd end up thinking the other guy is nuts. Why is that and how can that get fixed?
@@rodwilliamson7233if you met in person you wouldn't. If you met over Skype you would.
@@rodwilliamson7233 Realizing that voting in America is not a vote for someone you like, but a vote against the lesser of two evils.
As a..
Bill is the MAN ❤❤❤
Seriously, "Queers for Palestine"? I dare those folks to travel to Palestine, be "queer" over there and see what happens.
"I don't care if you shoot me but you better remember my pronouns!"
@@RenataKleinRK Nice sentiment, sadly unsustainable
I wrote a poem a few years ago. The last stanza goes:
People are demanding,
You do as they’re inclined.
Whichever side you’re standing,
I ask you to be kind.
Nice
That is a wonderful poem, dancepiglover. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Please rewind
Thats pretty good.
beautiful.
I like to watch Bill. He brings up a lot of great points, but he seems to generalize whole groups of people a lot more these days. He keeps talking about how 'all the young people, and everyone who goes to college, are rooting for terrorists to destroy Israel and promote open shoplifting' when that's not the case at all. Most people of this younger generation want many of the same things. There are some loud voices out there who try to make a name for themselves by spouting controversial garbage so they can get more "clicks" on social media platforms, but the overwhelming majority of people (I think) just want to see some more humanity shown toward one another and less of this "Us versus Them" mentality. It is possible to vehemently denounce evil terrorist groups like hamas, but still recognize that there are innocent children and babies, etc. in Gaza having 2000-pound bombs dropped on them with no end in sight. We should be allowed to be bothered by that without being antisemitic or "pro-terrorist". We should also be able to support Israel's right to defend itself and be allies to the Jewish people and recognize the pain they felt after experiencing a horrible terrorist attack that included the kidnappings of 240 of their citizens, but also critical of Netanyahu and his far-right government, just as we are of the far-right factions in our own government. We can hold two thoughts in our heads at the same time and not be bad people. I think Bill forgets that sometimes and promotes the idea that everyone is on the extreme-side of any issue.
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Also, I personally don't wear a mask anymore and sometimes still see people wearing masks around town, but guess what, they're not hurting anyone. If that's your big concern with the world, I don't know what to tell you.
I wear a mask .... because I have throat cancer ... and cannot even risk getting a cold
Bill is a zionist.
thank you
Agreed. He really pisses me off when he fails to see the nuances in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Also, I will never understand how such an outspoken atheist supports strongly a country whose establishment is based on the belief that God promised and gave the people that land.
The thing with the mask....I carry one just in case I have something and dont want to pass it on. Have we forgotten we have a personal responsibility to avoid getting others sick, if possible?
You ever see the video of a sneeze or cough? Masks can catch a great deal of that....not 100% of an airborne virus, to be sure...but it helps, and is not difficult
Bill Maher is a great comedian, and I have been watching him for decades. Great comedians make witty observations about society and the world, and points out the ridiculousness of it all from their perspective. They hold up a mirror to us and show us our absurdity. I love it. Behind the punch line, however, there is often a gross mischaracterization of serious issues, and Bill does his share of it. He often mocks his own straw men . We groan and shake our head, but we laugh anyway, knowing there is much more to the story. In any case, making us laugh heartily and reflect is high art, and Bill Maher is a master of it.
He is an idiot. And a grifter.
Bill Maher is an entertainer, not a professor. He oversimplfies at times because comedy is not meant to come with footnotes and asterisks.
@@Azzenstudent8:09
One of the best ten minutes of viewing in recent memory. Well stated. We need to look at the media in this country as well as our college campuses for the massive increase in insanity.
Maher is fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity coming from him and his team? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.
Bill Maher has done a 180. I really like him lately.❤
Welcome back Bill. You nailed it. Crazy😂
WOW, you've come a long way Bill to find a poll about trust where Tucker Carlson is the top third ranking... Although I do enjoy your show, I'm just saying maybe not the best pole to hold in high regards.
This is a comedy sketch, did you notice that?
If you win the Presidency there is no prize for anyone else.
And Joe Rogan is a close 2nd?
I'm not trusting a comment from a person who thinks poll is spelled pole
@@FindingTom not a miss spell. 🤣
This monologue should have included that we need more than two main political parties. We have third parties but these main two, and the states, do everything they can to keep them off debate stages and even the ballots. They lack funding because they can’t get into the debates and be seen as serious.
The massive polarization we have is a result of only two parties. We need a party in the middle ground, one that rejects the insanity that those on the far edges have created.
Third party candidates STEAL votes from the main two parties. Look......if a third party candidate was a strong candidate then people would support their message and they would rise to the top. There is a saying......Lead, Follow, or Get out of the way. Third party candidates should run as a Democrat or a republican and may the best man or woman win. If they can't get the nomination then just get the heck out of the way. What's so hard to understand about that?
More to the point, the two party system exists because of first past the post elections. You can try to make all the extra parties you want, but as long as the biggest party takes it all, splitting votes is political suicide and you'll never get a viable alternative.
That is why, for example, an independent like Sanders runs for president for the Democratic party and not as an independent. If Sanders runs independent and takes his followers with him he guarantees a Republican wins.
Better still, adopt Australia’s political campaign system.
How about the Centrist party? I'm sure they'd get people from both R and D camps, not to mention the I's.
@@katperson1955Australia has instant runoff and STV voting systems that allow 3rd-party candidates to participate without causing vote-splitting. Then there's nearby New Zealand, which uses MMP and in which the minor parties are as strong as they have ever been (although the minor parties ted to be the most fringe, so maybe that's not a compliment).
This was extraordinarily well written. I've disagreed with Bill on so much but he is right: he probably has the most integrity of any news pundit left on TV. His career and, frankly, his devoted hard work and endurance has really built him an remarkable legacy. He has really earned it and deserves the decades of growing loyal fans. He's risen to be an icon in a medium where there are so few left.
Bill is the smartest guy on tv currently
Rogan is up there. Rogan just had different views.
Maher is fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity coming from him and his team? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.
Then why is he so wrong about Israel?
@Billwmaher
Mr. Maher you are a fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity ? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.
Year of Truth and justice. . . . please God.
I’ve waited for Bill Maher for too long great to hear from him again
Yes! I've missed him.
right? that month off is really painful...he's the voice of reason.
Listen to his podcast during the off season
UA-cam has Bill Maher's
Club Random podcast
(new, one-on-one conversations) uploaded, weekly.
Were you doing time?
100% true. Bill is one of the last few people worthwhile listening to. Insanity has already entrenched itself in day to day life, it's not limited to politics or show biz anymore.
The Late Show with Steven Colbert
I don't agree that Bill's monologue was 100% true. I don't think that the protesters were supporting the Palestinian terrorists - I've certainly never heard anyone say that in an interview. They universally condemn the terrorists while demonstrating against the wholesale destruction of the homes, lives and families of innocent people.
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Bill Maher is my favourite political commentator.
I wear a mask while I drive so other people don't know exactly who I am yelling at. I'm not crazy.
Bill Maher continues to deliver the best monologues to the worst live audience.
It's hard to always laugh when you want to cry.
@@irri4662 they laugh too much is my point.
They clap like it’s the State of the Union…
13 clapping interriptions. Watch if you dare.
@@Induktionsschnitte honestly, i think that's because if they don't laugh like idiots, he gets mad and looks at the audience and says stuff like "really? one guy?"
Excellent topics Bill!
Wow, a masterpiece segment 😢 I feel like I just experienced a historical moment. I will be telling stories in the future of when Bill Maher did his weekly show.
@beechnut8779 My understanding is that you're saying that Maher shouldn't be seen as a hero because he creates madness, for the public, through highlighting the absurdity of the world? I'm not fighting you. I'm engaging in this convo to learn. My question is, then no one should highlight the absurdities of the world? I agree with you that, in general, if his show was not about scandalous topics that his show wouldn't be as much of a hit as it is right now. What's wrong with highlighting the madness of the world. We need to know these kinds of things. Also, at the end of the day, it's just his opinion, one perspective. No one should blindly follow a media figure. We use our own experience, and rational skills to make the end decision. I would never blame him for the world's madness. I'm an adult, therefore I take responsibility for my own actions. If I produce "madness" in the real world, I can't blame Maher.
Houthi and The Blowfish. Miss those guys.
Is a Blowfish a jihadi that can swim?
Hootie not Huthies! There's a Big Difference. 😂
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Bill nailed this New Rule
Life in America has never been better. He's such a drama queen. Life is fantastic.
amen, Bill. You have a way of cutting through the nonsense and revealing the truth.
To be fair to the people wearing the mask in the car, there are still people who catch covid, have the flu and such and it's honestly a hassle to take the mask on and off again.
I'd guess the masked driver is the 21st century economic slave on wheels.
Uber, Lyft, Grubhub, Doordash... someone that can't afford sick days waiting on those who can afford to isolate when sick... but just refuse to.
So they traffic the cause of their sniffle or cough into the backseat of the car.
The driver shuffling them around at their convenience...
...has to sacrifice their comfort for a tip from the "considerate" customer.
How joe rogan or tucker ever got on that most trusted list ill never understand
One could easily say the same thing about everyone on that list. You sound like just another partisan.
Bill Maher is so right on the nose. Why aren't we hearing from people like him?
Another brilliant editorial to start the year. Good job, Bill!
I respect Bill because he calls out the crazies on both sides. We need more of that.
Bill, you're starting to scare me ! I've always enjoyed your wit, but now I'm starting to agree with you !
I wouldn't take much stock in a poll that ranks Tucker Carlson as the third most trusted media personality.
Just behind Joe Rogan. Kind of goes to the whole premise of the piece.
I'm a moderate progressive, and I approve this!
Saying you're a moderate progressive is like saying you're a married bachelor...this makes no sense
@brianlongmire2217 okay, so they named themselves something that is politically incoherent. What you're describing is being a moderate, having opinions on both sides of the aisle
I used to not like Bill because I thought he was too anti-religion but now I have been starting to come around because he is one of the few people in America who are willing to speak out on these issues. I never thought I would say 'go Bill!'
He's not anti-religion. He's anti-religious people trying to force THEIR religion down his throat. Just keep it to yourself or in your inner-circle and Bill will have no beef with you or the things you believe.
It’s not really possible to be too anti religion.
Fair enough. I would never say religion was not worthy of criticizing for its many blunders through history. But thats not to say I have not had a wonderful experience with my faith and personally have seen it give joy to many people. But I would never force someone to believe it:)@@TheBourneBlogger
@@katrina7549
Curious.
Do they take joy from believing that people who don’t share their beliefs will be tortured for eternity after they die?
MAGA & Trump would turn anyone against religion! They’re evangelicals for Satan, the father of lies.
I'm a conservative Republican but he makes so much sense.
Bill, most of the folk wearing a mask "alone" in a car could be UBER/LYFT drivers who have to pickup multiple passengers and don't want to take their mask on/off ....that's what's happening to a friend of mine who drives for Uber and Lyft
Bill Maher lives in this Perfect World (high standard) and expects everybody thinks like him. Well, he can afford have his imaginary world. He makes very good money, he has recognition for his work and he doesn't face reality problems like we, normal people, do. I work in two jobs (one as Lyft driver) just to make ends meet (life in LA is very expensive).
"The battle for the soul of this country isn't right or left, it's normal vs crazy"
There's the Bill Maher we need right now
😎👍 atheist or not, he certainly qualifies as a messenger to all the inequalities that exist in this world.
It just really amazes me how right he is about things. More often than
not. AND he's been doing this for such a long time 🎉
THAT’S the reason he’s so great and truthful. He doesn’t let religion warp his mind
Real time has some talented writers. I takes a collaborative effort to produce a well oiled show each week.
Our government isn't just voting to dine and dash, we're taking out loans to pay for the steak and lobster dinner at the fancy restaurant we can't afford...
Canada is in the same boat.
We need a dual purge of Trudeau and Trump.
"Our government isn't just voting to dine and dash, we're taking out loans to pay for"
The reason for this is because good men stand by and do nothing. We just have extremists filling the void left when good men stand by and do nothing.
Even worse than that, we could easily afford it if the money wasn't rancidly mismanaged...
In the 70's I would have worn a mask while driving in LA. The air was/is that dirty.
Been listening to Maher for around 30 years. He's never changed. He'll have you agreeing 100% one minute and have you pissed off the next. He's reasonable though. Old School Reasonable back when you could disagree and not hate the other person and wish them dead.
i have the outside looking in perspective as an american living in china since 2012. i was teaching my students a lesson about the hubble today. i told them about people in the states who are adamant about space being fake and the earth being flat. they almost didnt believe me.and being in a country that is mostly atheist, it's just wild to me how sane people are here and nuts back home. like school shootings. people ask my what my gov is doing about it. i tell them they give their thoughts and prayers. and it's crazy to me. if there was a problem like that, something would be done about it here. the drugs, the crime, the homelessness, the illegal migrants, the looting. from the outside looking in, it looks like america is collapsing.
All great civilizations since time immortal have always their beginning, their peak and their final fall. The Aztecs and the Egyptian/Roman empires both suffered the same fate. The great experiment that US was supposed be is now coming to an end. China and India will end up filling the void that America left and the American people will only have themselves to blame. No civilization can go on forever. There's always something that happens that ends it. 😞
lol go look at China. Criticize the gov't, you can be disappeared, have your VISA held hostage, put in jail, etc. Are you allowed to effect political change, create a opposition party to the CPP....you lack basic freedom of speech and freedom of assembly in China. China has entire cities that are being torn down, has a ruler fixated with trying to conquor Taiwan that would destroy his own economy.
FYI there are some people who wear masks due to the air quality or allergies. I had masks on hand before the pandemic for those reasons.
So did I ! I also live in a very cold climate…….wearing a mask helps with my asthma!
Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson being the top 5 most trusted media personality is concerning
Does it really surprise you? How many morons actually believe that all of the charges brought against Trump are false? WAY too many.
"The fully realized person transcends his local group and identifies with the species." - Abraham Maslow
"We can't come to some sort of middle ground on this?" LOL!!!
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As an Independent, it’s like watching mom and dad argue in a terrible marriage.
Stop being emotional and stop lying all day. Just be sane.
When your competition for 'Most Trusted Media Personality in America' is Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson I think you've proved your case for a need to a return to sanity. I said SANITY, not Hannity!!!
The one thing I don't like about Maher is that people marching for Palestine are marching...for Palestinians. Not marching for Hamas. They are marching for the civilians being slaughtered indiscriminately in retaliation by the Israeli government. A government that gave money and support to Hamas.
@dshock85
Exactly, Bill wants us to believe that any criticism of the government of Israel means supporting Hamas which is ridiculous. There’s people in Israel who oppose what their government is doing to the Palestinians.
You had me at "death to America"... you might be right about that, Bill! 😅
I know a guy who supports maga because he wants "to see it all burn down" and figures trump is the man to make that happen...
NO-NONSENSE LOGIC, how refreshing😊
Bill, you are at the peak of your game. Keep it up.
There's a reason Farmers are seen as pragmatic and 'down to earth'. They deal in life as it is. People who get away from that reality lose the common sense farmers are known for. They 'live' in their minds and the human mind has no reset to a grounded state. We can build fantasies further and further from reality. This is what's happening.
Yes, they have a close connection to mother earth. Farmers know about natural laws and are more grounded. City folks are dealing with unnatural fast-paced environments where different skill sets are needed for survival.
And what has being pragmatic and down to earth done for them? American farmers have a suicide rate twice that of veterans. They are also in record debt, and all of the small farmers are being foreclosed on and forced out of farming.
We've somehow let the far left and the far right take over the conversation and they each want to force their own idea of utopia on everyone. The center has to hold.
@John_Fugazzi
It’s the centrists who have always dominated the conversation, we’re just supposed to believe that lie. We have a centrist media that promotes democrats and republicans.
It's the damned primaries, the vocal and insane minorities has been way too successful in nominating the crazies for our plurality vote elections.
We need ranked ballots, the kind that helped Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins keep the seats inspite of not winning the primary.
@@Inaf1987
Joe Biden is the centrist in the primary. He’s not a crazy politician. The democrats seem to elect a centrist each election. That is true on the republican side. The democrats are far left if you only watch far right content.
Bill keeps coming with the W takes, he's a free man. You don't have to agree with everything he says. Just like I don't agree on everything we have ever watched on Rogan. Loving the free speech!
people afraid to say "no" to dodge getting canceled or reprimanded are hypersensitive and act like they're constantly walking on eggshells; ironically, not saying no has gotten some of these folks canceled
Bill's the man!