The Unfettered CRINGE of American Politics

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Komentáře • 129

  • @soldier9109
    @soldier9109 Před rokem +51

    Midterms need to canceled. It is constant campaigning instead of politicians focusing on doing anything...

    • @CountCocofang
      @CountCocofang Před rokem +6

      The two-party system appears to do just as much harm these days with people being more and more driven apart and polarized. Anything that fosters such a strong "us VS them" mentality can't be good for political discourse.

    • @raichu5844
      @raichu5844 Před rokem

      This is one of the dumbest comments I have ever seen on CZcams.

    • @reilysmith5187
      @reilysmith5187 Před rokem

      I'd you think the point of elections is about anything but power than you are mistaken.

    • @soldier9109
      @soldier9109 Před rokem

      @@reilysmith5187 I think elections have become all about power but I do not think it is fair to say elections were designed to project power solely. As bad as they are it is leagues above any other tried system or choosing leaders/executive power.

  • @mikevismyelement
    @mikevismyelement Před rokem +15

    Even when I vehemently disagree with a particular one of your opinions, I can still understand the rationale behind them. I enjoy watching your videos and imagining how I would feel if I had radically different life experiences from my rural southern US upbringing

  • @AsEnIxX-wtf
    @AsEnIxX-wtf Před rokem +22

    As a non-American, I love your coverage of US politics (as well as that of other geo-politics). Would love if one day you could give a breakdown of the 9/11 Commission and the consequent pretext made by Bush Jr govt for going to Iraq. Love your content.

  • @Nykryian
    @Nykryian Před rokem +7

    That Jerome Davidson ad was absolutely shocking, what in the hell was that

  • @AARon11414
    @AARon11414 Před rokem +3

    As a disgruntled American and student of philosophy and American History, I can safely say that it is very difficult to have any hope in today’s elite, and increasingly difficult to be gracious to the cackling children who splash each other in the culture war blow-up pool.
    I have so many issues with our governing officials, and today’s Americans identify along tribal or traditional lines. This complicates any attempts I make to critique, say, Donald Trump from any reasonable perspective, because then I cannot maneuver the other party in my discussion out of their inherent assumption that I must be “another liberal.”
    Most people in my country think about these things in such a linear fashion, and the crux of the issue is that now our politicians *embrace* that epistemological weakness, where many generations ago, it was ill-becoming of a politician to do such a thing - to play to the crowd when the crowd is swine. It has moved beyond the point where ignorance can be assumed. Make no mistake - the intellectual dishonesty and craven bad faith arguments of today’s American elites (just take a gander at CPAC) are absolutely a Machiavellian attempt to strike while the iron is hot.

    • @Psx806
      @Psx806 Před rokem

      It reminds me of what the founding fathers said “a republic is only as good as it’s people if the people are stupid it will fail” paraphrasing but i mean it’s true we don’t encourage freedom of thought amongst ourselves

  • @szabel.
    @szabel. Před rokem +11

    So glad you covered the Pennsylvania election. It's so absurd

    • @szabel.
      @szabel. Před rokem +1

      and also very sad to see the state of Fetterman, honestly

  • @doom7872
    @doom7872 Před rokem +32

    "Baby formula crisis"
    Baby formula in the US is like 40% corn syrup anyway, might as well just give your baby a coke.

    • @deusvuult
      @deusvuult Před rokem

      who told you this? this is stupid

    • @doom7872
      @doom7872 Před rokem +2

      @@deusvuult The ingredient list did. i dot imgur dot com slash tpZ22PF dot jpg. Now, granted, corn syrup solids are not exactly the same as high fructose corn syrup but the coke thing was a joke.

    • @karsten9387
      @karsten9387 Před rokem +2

      Blame it on Cornpop

  • @ggregg2667
    @ggregg2667 Před rokem +7

    I know America isn't one solution away from unfucking itself. I do think adopting Ranked Choice Voting would go a LONG way to helping fix many issues. Gets rid of the "Lesser of two evils" idea and the worry of a 3rd party taking votes away from one side or another outright.
    The irony is of course that it hurts those currently in power and can only be implemented by those currently in power.

    • @atropos1403
      @atropos1403 Před rokem +2

      I know we have the the Signle Transferable Vote in Scotland similar to what you're saying would be good in the US but did England ever commit to it? Would make sense if they didn't as there isn't an SNP or the like taking seats away from the tories and labour

  • @sjoerddz
    @sjoerddz Před rokem +10

    this manages to be hilarious and depressing at the same time

  • @Freeri0
    @Freeri0 Před rokem +4

    I don’t remember which podcast you did with Thorin, but I remember you speaking about how America is designed to do your head in. This feels like an extension of that and I needed it. Thanks rich

  • @quaCkeh
    @quaCkeh Před rokem +6

    Credit to TRIGGERnometry guys for keeping straight faces while listening to Sam Harris.

  • @azalea_k
    @azalea_k Před rokem +54

    Politics commentary (especially on Twatter) for us little people is like the 80s War Games movie. The only winning move is not to play.

    • @0sm1um76
      @0sm1um76 Před rokem +3

      Deleting Twitter/facebook/any social media with a newsfeed is one of the best lifestyle changes I've made in the past 2ish years.

    • @ferminandresparra3266
      @ferminandresparra3266 Před rokem +1

      Not playing is them winning we need to take the power back

    • @azalea_k
      @azalea_k Před rokem +2

      @@ferminandresparra3266 Yes, but social media is not the place to do it. It *is* however the place to have Monty Python style arguments.

    • @ferminandresparra3266
      @ferminandresparra3266 Před rokem

      @@azalea_k Rigth so we dont talk about it in social media we dont talk about it in dinner we dont talk about of doing a syndicate great we never talk about it tell me about old people dont trying to change

    • @bradleyfirby648
      @bradleyfirby648 Před rokem +2

      Like Game of Thrones except as soon as you play, you die, and nobody ever wins

  • @NaZtRdAmUs
    @NaZtRdAmUs Před rokem +11

    I always enjoy the political content and laughing at the absurdity of it all.

  • @Vodgepie1
    @Vodgepie1 Před rokem +1

    Is there anywhere left in the world where politicians still hold gravitas?

  • @givemeajackson
    @givemeajackson Před rokem +1

    that jerome davison ad is some of the craziest shit i've ever seen. what the hell america...

  • @ShadowWasntHere8433
    @ShadowWasntHere8433 Před rokem +11

    Which flavor of authoritarianism do I vote for this year?

  • @Cracklingsoul
    @Cracklingsoul Před rokem

    Great video, also made me decide on what to have for dinner that one was unexpected.

  • @alac431
    @alac431 Před rokem +1

    Can’t believe people aren’t thrilled for a 3rd party. That’s the only way to have a big shift in politics unless a really different politician in Red or Blue party takes over

  • @FFMolasses
    @FFMolasses Před rokem

    Youre a fuckin legend for these, makes the work day fly by to hear you talk about our clown show of a political landscape over here. 2 hours is spoiling us

  • @manwecz
    @manwecz Před rokem +2

    What a world to live in. Czech guy listening to British guy ranting about American politics. Even tho I have many differenting opinions as you Richard, I really appreciate you and respect your work.

  • @ArielGTAcS
    @ArielGTAcS Před rokem

    Here in Brazil, for example, we have multiple political parties but still only the big two get votes anyway, it's A vs B anyway. The guy that has already been in power says he will do more (he's done nothing but bankrupt the country and be part of the biggest corruption scandal ever in South America), while the other guy is defending generals who executed people for being communists. The two-party scheme doesn't work and the multiple party scheme won't work either because people are always focused on This versus That instead of "what have they actually done in office so that I might vote for them to hold bigger office". Politics is supposed to work but it doesn't, and I'm not making an anarchical argument, I'm saying we need better people. That's the struggle I think we'll always go through, especially in South America, from what I can see, because I can't comment on European, North American, Asian, etc politics since I don't know enough, and it might never be resolved anyway, anywhere, regardless. That's why I don't vote for anybody here, even though voting is mandatory.

  • @grunerkaktus
    @grunerkaktus Před rokem +1

    Everytime I see things like that I think "Damn, thank god I am not American"... then I start to realize that this shit is coming to my country too. At least I got more than 2 parties. Depressing, really

    • @grunerkaktus
      @grunerkaktus Před rokem

      @@TheJackOfAllTrades777 Na, bis auf die AFD eben aber die will ich auch nicht wählen. Aber das stimmt schon. Darum haben ja auch immer weniger Bock auf Politik

  • @drewmalekith4614
    @drewmalekith4614 Před rokem

    As an American, it’s a fucking shit show and “I hate it here.” Really appreciate credible external journalists like yourself calling this shit out!

  • @Drakshl
    @Drakshl Před rokem

    Nice to hear about the one who cannot be barraged in this video!

  • @LeandroCapstick
    @LeandroCapstick Před rokem

    Interesting video, thanks for uploading

  • @VaanaCZ
    @VaanaCZ Před rokem +1

    1:00:04 That looks like a satirical ad straight out of Grand Theft Auto.

  • @ChippNDipp
    @ChippNDipp Před rokem +2

    Seeing Papa John on the list absolutely buckled me. It's all just so dumb.

  • @Vodgepie1
    @Vodgepie1 Před rokem +2

    Maybe we could all just get along

  • @PeterGembrowski
    @PeterGembrowski Před rokem +3

    I can never smoke when I listen to these political podcasts cause your side comments make me out it through my nose

  • @evanfury130
    @evanfury130 Před rokem

    As a, American (and specifically a Pennsylvanian), I really just wish there was a "none of the above" option on ballots. This shit sucks, man.

  • @beatsbygadfly
    @beatsbygadfly Před rokem

    Back to that sweet American politics drama. Straight hood classics from ya boi Rich!!

  • @effenberg2532
    @effenberg2532 Před rokem +5

    When I had only heard Richards politics being talked about years ago I would've thought he was some horrible monster. Having spent the past 12 months watching his content I see that he is just incredibly based!

  • @clemensschmid7641
    @clemensschmid7641 Před rokem

    Have already seen it on twitch, definitely worth a watch.

  • @Hunterr2403
    @Hunterr2403 Před rokem +1

    I live in pa and your right the race is pretty rough but fetterman is clearly better despite that incident.
    The problem with the forward party is 1. Andrew yang refused to say his party would not take super pac money or dark money which is a base for any 3rd party to be seen as different.
    2. The forward party is the “common sense center” in the Overton window of Washington which means in practice they will simply be a party of joe manchin, or sinema etc.
    If they were the “common sense middle” of the American people, they would support social democratic policies like Medicare for all which polls in the mid 60s consistently or the green new deal which polls in the mid 50’s. I for some reason doubt they will support those policies when they are opening their arms to elected republicans but I hope im wrong.

  • @Jonabob87
    @Jonabob87 Před rokem

    To be fair to MTG we did have Sturgeon saying "Brexit means breakfast" over and over again and we've all forgotten about that lmao

  • @iliekturtles2709
    @iliekturtles2709 Před rokem

    Fucking two hours of video and there's plenty more of it out there. Thanks for this.

  • @Raxyz_0
    @Raxyz_0 Před rokem

    You know... This was depressing to watch in full. Brazil's politics try to emulate US politics in an almost 1:1 fashion. Hearing this was a mix of "Thanks God I don't live there" and "Shit, that's not too far from my own reality here"...

  • @Blixterina
    @Blixterina Před rokem +1

    2 HOUR???!? God bless you Rich

  • @_cygnus5383
    @_cygnus5383 Před rokem +3

    Amen Rich.

  • @IMAXXHEW
    @IMAXXHEW Před rokem +3

    We go all.

  • @Raxyz_0
    @Raxyz_0 Před rokem

    42:00 "You can see a video of it on youtube" No thanks Rich. I can't imagine the irreparable damage that'll do to my search results no matter how many VPNs and anonym browsers I use.

  • @themartinantunez
    @themartinantunez Před rokem

    Very nice discussion

  • @Jonabob87
    @Jonabob87 Před rokem

    I'm on my 3rd watch of this video and "gazpacho police" still makes me laugh out loud.

  • @donmongoose
    @donmongoose Před rokem +1

    Slightly off topic but I'd love to see you on Triggernometry Rich, I think you 3 would have an interesting and worthwhile conversation.

  • @lewisbaker8116
    @lewisbaker8116 Před rokem

    The voting boundaries are decided by the state's party.. Very democratic.

  • @beeer2468101214
    @beeer2468101214 Před rokem

    When the Orban bit started I knew that speech gonna come up. I don't know how that flows, but I thought that in a lots of countries, that speech alone could easily shut that absolute melvin down. Hungary would be bettet if he stayed there the US. Or anywhere really.

  • @Xavyer13
    @Xavyer13 Před rokem +1

    Omg The Papa John :o

  • @Krideezy
    @Krideezy Před rokem

    Gispatcho (idk how to spell it) that’s hysterical Richard

  • @FitzChivalry
    @FitzChivalry Před rokem +1

    Love your political commentary, Rich. Reminder of what journalism used to be.

  • @DarkKnightCuron
    @DarkKnightCuron Před rokem

    You certainly articulate why I find it so hard to vote for anyone here. Thank you.

  • @likemy
    @likemy Před rokem

    please do more videos on UK politics for your burgerclap audience, we'd love to hear your take

  • @radkobachvaroff
    @radkobachvaroff Před 8 měsíci

    Honestly filling up a jeep with premium while your own voice is explaining the ways in which you are actually fighting racism is pretty good messaging and doesn't remind me of the gas station from Zoolander

  • @jordantoft3164
    @jordantoft3164 Před rokem +1

    Can I suggest 'dimfluencer'

  • @uhis1686
    @uhis1686 Před rokem

    i live in belgium, we speak 3 different official languages here and have 7 governements. we like to complain about the politicians all the fucking time.
    but even we aren't as ridiculous as what goes on over there in the US.

  • @bwilkin23
    @bwilkin23 Před rokem

    the lauren b bit was hilarious

  • @joshuaweiss1249
    @joshuaweiss1249 Před rokem +1

    Here we go more rl politics streams

  • @IMAXXHEW
    @IMAXXHEW Před rokem +3

    It's gonna be Biblical.

  • @angelmangamertime
    @angelmangamertime Před rokem +2

    How dare you imply papa john isn't a high level political thinker

  • @f1f1f182
    @f1f1f182 Před rokem

    40:00 Voting machines are literally illegal to use in Australia we have paper and people count them. The only electronic part is the preferences caluclation. and the two major parties are basically the same anyway on foreign policy which is really what matters to the "global elite" so I don't see why the elections would need to be rigged anyway.

  • @Bridgeface
    @Bridgeface Před rokem

    cringe kino is back on the menu, thank you america for providing these situations for content

  • @ashray870
    @ashray870 Před rokem

    Oh boy American politics is funnier than most shows on netflix

  • @ViGeeMan
    @ViGeeMan Před rokem

    richard is simply on top

  • @micaharies
    @micaharies Před rokem

    ive gotta vote between fetterman and oz and i'm really not very thrilled about it

  • @bilboswaggens2975
    @bilboswaggens2975 Před rokem

    Voting for the lesser evil is still voting for evil.

  • @nyjos30
    @nyjos30 Před rokem

    Pennsylvania is literally Trump v Biden lite lmao

  • @regbar0
    @regbar0 Před rokem +5

    Democracy works until the population realizes they can vote generous gifts for themselves from the public treasury.
    There's always some emergency.

  • @jakobpcoder
    @jakobpcoder Před rokem

    Incredible content man! This expresses like 90% of what i think about the US and im from Germany haha! keep it on!

  • @anthonyloia2589
    @anthonyloia2589 Před rokem

    FUCKING VOTE!

  • @lolilyminecraft
    @lolilyminecraft Před rokem +6

    After communicating with Richard haters. it's great to see how many of Richard's fans are (mostly) sensible and coherent people feels good to be on the right side of history with you all :)

  • @qthestruggler2715
    @qthestruggler2715 Před rokem

    I would definitely vote for a third party. Red and Blue are both gross

  • @Jose-oq6kj
    @Jose-oq6kj Před rokem +1

    Off to see doug stanhope at the o2 in brum tonight. This comment is for the algorithm.

    • @kenobents4098
      @kenobents4098 Před rokem +1

      Have fun :) would Love to See him live.

    • @Jose-oq6kj
      @Jose-oq6kj Před rokem

      @@kenobents4098 it was fucking awesome. Go when you can! :D

  • @CatnamedMittens
    @CatnamedMittens Před rokem

    Hot damn that's some giga cringe shit.

  • @livescript4462
    @livescript4462 Před rokem

    Cronge!

  • @robert_walks
    @robert_walks Před rokem

    Glenn Beck is directionally good on WEF/Great Reset issues - mainly the manufactured energy scarcity. He's not my cup of tea but at least he's enlightening some Boomers.

  • @kingl4d602
    @kingl4d602 Před rokem

    sound

  • @j03T3XAz
    @j03T3XAz Před rokem

    oh like british politics arent even more cringe lol

  • @metaphase-
    @metaphase- Před rokem +1

    I don't even think that quip about Fetterman's heart attack was that bad. It's actually kind of a witty dunk on your political rival. In a rap battle that would've been met with "DAMNs" all around. All's fair in love and war, as they say. Make no mistake, there's political war being waged in America right now.

  • @peefish
    @peefish Před rokem

    Unfettered Cringe: The Tragic Fall of the eSports Industry

  • @Wodingo
    @Wodingo Před rokem

    Algo

  • @DJ-ov2it
    @DJ-ov2it Před rokem

    so u start the video off with a strawman? Show me any dems saying "vote for us or the world will end" (you of course cant). And I know you can say "oh it was obvious hyperbole", but unfortunately the reality is that saying this gets used as an actual argument rather than making clear that you were just joking. So this is a sh*t start frankly.

  • @VN1X
    @VN1X Před rokem

    I'm a big fan of you Richard but calling out "offensive jokes" by a politician (rightfully so) while in the same breath also admitting to "being a bit of a doomer" and in favour "of culling the herd" is a bit... silly, to say the least.
    Misanthropy and Nihilism bearing their fruits I guess.