What Future Historians Say Will Shock You | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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  • On the eve of his book debut, Bill Maher ponders what historians of the future will say about the Americans of 2024.
    Order your copy of "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You" here: www.simonandschuster.com/book...

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  • @ravibalu8989
    @ravibalu8989 Před měsícem +515

    We are currently living in a world that is one part 1984, one part Brave New World, one part Lord of the Flies, one part Fahrenheit 451 and one part Idiocracy

    • @morbidian2020
      @morbidian2020 Před měsícem +15

      Well said! 🤘😎🤘

    • @peterlang777
      @peterlang777 Před měsícem +46

      a BIG part idiocracy!

    • @brucetopping248
      @brucetopping248 Před měsícem

      I think it can FEEL that way when you watch the the news or media where "if it bleeds it leads" and the main lure of engagement is to make you scared, or angry, or both. Out in the real world shit is definitely not a cross between those dystopian nightmares you pointed out. People are living longer than ever, with less murder and rape, less famine, less war, less infant mortality, the highest literacy rates in history, etc etc etc. Sure Trump sucks, Biden's old, whatever. The sky isn't falling.

    • @richardlambert3238
      @richardlambert3238 Před měsícem +34

      You are vastly under rating the idiocracy part.

    • @expectador
      @expectador Před měsícem +8

      A huge part of the problem is that so many reading this will wonder wtf are you talking about?

  • @patrickking9600
    @patrickking9600 Před měsícem +668

    Future historians will observe us exactly like Alexis de Tocqueville did almost 200 years ago: “In America I saw the freest and most enlightened men, placed in the happiest circumstances which the world affords: it seemed to me as if a cloud habitually hung upon their brow, and I thought them serious and almost sad even in their pleasures. The chief reason of this contrast is that the former do not think of the ills they endure - the latter are forever brooding over advantages they do not possess. It is strange to see with what feverish ardor the Americans pursue their own welfare; and to watch the vague dread that constantly torments them lest they should not have chosen the shortest path which may lead to it.”

    • @bryanmachin2152
      @bryanmachin2152 Před měsícem +35

      I can only count one group here. Which is "the former"? And which is "the latter"?

    • @patrickking9600
      @patrickking9600 Před měsícem +56

      @@bryanmachin2152 here is the first part of the quote:
      In certain remote corners of the Old World you may still sometimes stumble upon a small district which seems to have been forgotten amidst the general tumult, and to have remained stationary whilst everything around it was in motion. The inhabitants are for the most part extremely ignorant and poor; they take no part in the business of the country, and they are frequently oppressed by the government; yet their countenances are generally placid, and their spirits light.

    • @thisspaceforrent5737
      @thisspaceforrent5737 Před měsícem +35

      @@bryanmachin2152 Courtesy of Project Gutenberg, here is the part of the paragraph preceding the quote above. Americans are "the latter" and "the fomer" whom de Tocqueville is comparing them to are as follows:
      "In certain remote corners of the Old World you may still sometimes stumble upon a small district which seems to have been forgotten amidst the general tumult, and to have remained stationary whilst everything around it was in motion. The inhabitants are for the most part extremely ignorant and poor; they take no part in the business of the country, and they are frequently oppressed by the government; yet their countenances are generally placid, and their spirits light. "

    • @bryanmachin2152
      @bryanmachin2152 Před měsícem

      @@patrickking9600 So the group of ignorant and poor are "the former" in the first quote, which means the enlightened ones are the ones who are unhappy and unsatisfied. I get it. Yeah, I think we ARE still like that, yes! Too bad it's so long you can hardly put it in a comment. 19th century authors were famously long-winded. Still DeToc was probably the most unbiased of America in his time.

    • @bryanmachin2152
      @bryanmachin2152 Před měsícem +9

      @@thisspaceforrent5737 Thanks man. The original writers supplied it also. But thanks anyway!

  • @Monika-mh2je
    @Monika-mh2je Před měsícem +72

    Yesterday when I was driving I thought the smart phone ruined modern life, it's ridiculous everyone looking at phone nonstop ,like you're missing something if you take of your eyes of the screen. Start living your life not what people suggests.

    • @user-oq6st5pp4f
      @user-oq6st5pp4f Před měsícem +3

      Oops, I read this with my “smart” phone.

    • @AnthonyJMurph
      @AnthonyJMurph Před měsícem +5

      I think the smart phone and technology is a double edged sword. It allows pretty much all the knowledge known to man in your pocket and can connect people for good. Unfortunately, it can connect people for evil as well. Now everybody has an equal place at the knowledge table. Problem is, not everybody should be equal, especially for an extreme minority opinion.

    • @Monika-mh2je
      @Monika-mh2je Před měsícem +2

      I'm not against smart phones, it's just the fact people can even just wait at a red light without looking their phone- totally addicted to it ,and it's sad.

    • @Monika-mh2je
      @Monika-mh2je Před měsícem

      @user-oq6st5pp4f I hope you wasn't driving. 😉

    • @Durzo1259
      @Durzo1259 Před měsícem +4

      I never understood how people can be addicted to a tiny computer screen where you have to squint and get a hand cramp to poke tiny letters on a screen with 2 fingers. It's so uncomfortable. I'll stick to my PC addiction, thank you.

  • @anneb889
    @anneb889 Před měsícem +71

    It’s in your nature to destroy yourselves….The Terminator.

  • @twomorestars
    @twomorestars Před měsícem +375

    i dont want to be stupid about shit

    • @marcpeterson1092
      @marcpeterson1092 Před měsícem +11

      Then why are you commenting on CZcams?

    • @rocketphewl
      @rocketphewl Před měsícem +13

      ditto.. and don't read Bill's book either...

    • @ShawnDillon-pw8lb
      @ShawnDillon-pw8lb Před měsícem +18

      @@marcpeterson1092: …because youtube allows you to safely vent so you don’t do anything stupid…

    • @musicmatters4357
      @musicmatters4357 Před měsícem +3

      @@ShawnDillon-pw8lb Not much venting allowed here anymore. This comment might even be too much. Basic truths can be discarded by YT and/or the channel

    • @bryanmachin2152
      @bryanmachin2152 Před měsícem +12

      @@marcpeterson1092 Hey, CZcams doesn't MAKE YOU stupid. Like everything else, it's what you do with it.

  • @kendonfahr8337
    @kendonfahr8337 Před měsícem +270

    My favourite description of the US comes from Oscar Wilde: "America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilisation in between."

    • @digalittledeeper
      @digalittledeeper Před měsícem +39

      I like that. Mine comes from Churchill- "You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing- after they've tried everything else first. "

    • @omarkhaliqi2718
      @omarkhaliqi2718 Před měsícem

      What a load of crap. How do you think America got built? How did the skyscrapers first go up. How did Slavery get abolished, how didthe west get settled. Americans worked tirelessly, fought over moral imperatives and endured extreme hardships. Americans disciplined their impulses to build the decadence. That was civilization. Sounds like Wilde was too focused on perceiving America through the eyes of the wealthy, slavers and outlaws.

    • @gamkal7231
      @gamkal7231 Před měsícem

      @@digalittledeeper Well it took awhile in Churchill's time, but we haven't much since then.

    • @Shorty_Lickens
      @Shorty_Lickens Před měsícem +2

      Thats cute but also 100 percent horse shit. Its OK. Oscar Wilde is a more lovable liar than Donald so I forgive him.

    • @digalittledeeper
      @digalittledeeper Před měsícem +1

      @@gamkal7231 Agree wholeheartedly.

  • @am.perronace
    @am.perronace Před měsícem +28

    FYI...bill Maher describes how historians will see the American people precisely as how us Europeans see the USA today

    • @Juls673
      @Juls673 Před měsícem +9

      Yea expect Europe is going through esentialy the same exact problems 😂

    • @anaibarangan4908
      @anaibarangan4908 Před 23 dny

      Bingo

    • @NoDonkeys
      @NoDonkeys Před 22 dny

      Yeah, And Europeans want to give up sovereignty to the UN.. Yet Americans are still supposed to pay for your defense.🤨FU!

    • @timothypeterson4781
      @timothypeterson4781 Před 21 dnem

      That would be funny if you people weren't busy destroying yourselves too.

    • @Usernamesdontmatter1
      @Usernamesdontmatter1 Před 19 dny

      Except Europeans are the same just more miserable.

  • @drumjod
    @drumjod Před měsícem +81

    Bill Maher might be the best place for the left and right to come together, hear each others perspective, then talk shit and troll each other to no end haha.
    Actually a really good thing.
    Love and respect.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr Před měsícem +4

      FFS. You really aren't too bright

    • @doxasticc
      @doxasticc Před měsícem +8

      No it's a place for "enlightened" centrists to act smug and circle jerk.

    • @rainman4516
      @rainman4516 Před měsícem +1

      Sometimes, I'm just soooooooooooooo tired of the BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @lauriekeats8538
      @lauriekeats8538 Před měsícem +1

      Not really. He is just a leftie masquerading as a centrist.

    • @hallmorrison
      @hallmorrison Před měsícem

      ​@@zapkvrThey ain't smart at all. Shallow being the operating word. He's a gas lighting lad just a few inches to extreme left who would not be relevant if people were smart

  • @Michael9-23-15
    @Michael9-23-15 Před měsícem +808

    Anyone else wish they could live back in the 80's ?

    • @Piggy-Oink-Oink
      @Piggy-Oink-Oink Před měsícem +60

      no the 70's the 70's was the right answer.

    • @garyfoster3854
      @garyfoster3854 Před měsícem +28

      Noooooooooo!!!!

    • @Michael9-23-15
      @Michael9-23-15 Před měsícem +17

      @@Piggy-Oink-Oink I actually meant to say both decades.

    • @user-rx2gf4nx9e
      @user-rx2gf4nx9e Před měsícem +13

      ​@@Piggy-Oink-Oink The 60th was much better!

    • @Marryjanesbud
      @Marryjanesbud Před měsícem +41

      60’s, 70’s, 80’s. Hell I’d settle for 50 years from now. Literally anywhere & anywhen would be better than right here, right now

  • @SkiKoala
    @SkiKoala Před měsícem +61

    "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

    • @malachi-
      @malachi- Před měsícem +5

      While my attention was taken up in guarding against one fault I was often surprised by another, habit took advantage of inattention, inclination was sometimes too strong for reason.
      -Ben Franklin
      There is perhaps not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive. Even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.
      - Ben Franklin

    • @erichancock6815
      @erichancock6815 Před měsícem +1

      Hard to remember a past when our present is documented almost entirely electronically.

    • @scarpfish
      @scarpfish Před měsícem +2

      We're not forgetting the past so much as we're corrupting our present with things that never were. I'll bet whomever stated that quote never saw that coming.

    • @tacoheadmakenzie9311
      @tacoheadmakenzie9311 Před měsícem

      The bigger problem is remembering a past that never was.

    • @pendejo6466
      @pendejo6466 Před měsícem

      Shut up with that tired trope.
      Repeating the past IS what we do.

  • @jobiazgarza9571
    @jobiazgarza9571 Před měsícem +10

    This was pretty balanced and equally critical of both sides - nicely done

  • @harleebruce4673
    @harleebruce4673 Před měsícem +21

    Humanity needs an off-frame restoration. It's not, one person, or a city, or a state, or country.
    Everything needs work and people aren't doing the work.

    • @drumjod
      @drumjod Před měsícem +1

      Respect to you.
      This was one of the few comments I found here that sound like a genuine effort towards a solution.
      You're right, it does take work, and if we don't all chip in our buck o' five, who will?
      On top of that, I'd say it's important for us to be understanding and compassionate of others. Especially if they're different than what we're used to.
      Tired of hearing about how divided we are? Understand that that doesn't represent reality.
      We have a lot more in common than we have in division.

    • @artisreality
      @artisreality Před měsícem

      Yes harley, you are absolutely right 😢

  • @wadestclair249
    @wadestclair249 Před měsícem +305

    We are literally living in the movie Idiocracy

    • @Piggy-Oink-Oink
      @Piggy-Oink-Oink Před měsícem +11

      Idiocracy was incredibly hard script to write as M Judge had to lower his brain power to about.. 2024 election level.

    • @wadestclair249
      @wadestclair249 Před měsícem +2

      @@Piggy-Oink-Oink omitting "an" and shorting Mike to M proves my point. 🤦

    • @Piggy-Oink-Oink
      @Piggy-Oink-Oink Před měsícem +3

      @@wadestclair249 Nah..did I really have to type MIKE .whatever lol

    • @jaredfalk7701
      @jaredfalk7701 Před měsícem

      Not quite, but close. My doctor certainly isn’t as dumb as Justin Long was in that movie. Lol

    • @spaceknight793
      @spaceknight793 Před měsícem +10

      I agree that we are living under the rule of idiots who appeal to the common idiot. In that regard, we live in an idiocracy.

  • @lugenhauser
    @lugenhauser Před měsícem +217

    "Everyone wants to believe that the time they're living in is the most epic, the most important age to end all ages; but heroes and tyrants rise and fall, and historians sort out the pieces."

    • @oltedders
      @oltedders Před měsícem +3

      The present age was never a golden age.

    • @pikajew9455
      @pikajew9455 Před měsícem +3

      Jolee Bindo, right?

    • @fg6971
      @fg6971 Před měsícem +11

      Compare 1900 to 1800, 1700, 1600, and 100bc. Now compare 1900 to 2000. Our present time started with trains, steam engines, and industrialization, about 1850. The rapid changes the past 150 years has made our present time period very unique and special in the known history of humans on Earth.

    • @michael4250
      @michael4250 Před měsícem +9

      Look around you. There are no equivalents in all of human history with what is happening right in front of us. Some just don't have eyes for it.

    • @jimmym3352
      @jimmym3352 Před měsícem +2

      True enough, but as mentioned above, things are changing very rapidly now. The oceans are warming so fast that things could fall apart soon. This will truly be the time we have reached our peak. It's all downhill from here.

  • @jacobjohnson5867
    @jacobjohnson5867 Před měsícem +5

    holy shit this needs to be seen by everyone in America. what a masterclass

  • @JohnTLyon
    @JohnTLyon Před měsícem +11

    I'm more of a library guy, but, I think I may buy this book. One thing about Unca Bill. he calls 'em like he sees 'em!

  • @ca2129
    @ca2129 Před měsícem +85

    You had me at cheeseburger for a dime delivered on roller skates, sounds like a good life.

    • @user-kb8ec6kg6b
      @user-kb8ec6kg6b Před měsícem +15

      It was a real good girls on roller skates best rock and roll music yeah I said it was good times

    • @anneb889
      @anneb889 Před měsícem +22

      Yea, making a livable wage with a high school diploma, being able to afford dating, a family, and a burger out. Granted that came with hiding under your desk bomb drills….but is that really so different to all the fear mongering the news does now? The burger, which wasn’t injected with tons of hormones, delivered on roller skates does sound better.

    • @Zebra_3
      @Zebra_3 Před měsícem +1

      @@user-kb8ec6kg6b I miss the quad skates.

    • @juliagoodfellow-so4jc
      @juliagoodfellow-so4jc Před měsícem +2

      Average wage, 1.50$ an hour. No extra for overtime.

    • @IdRatherNot86
      @IdRatherNot86 Před měsícem +5

      @@juliagoodfellow-so4jchouses cost $21,000. SS Camaro cost $5,000. Gas cost $0.30/gal. Oh no! No overtime?! Pfft

  • @myowndata
    @myowndata Před měsícem +91

    America needs a third party, for all normal people who are not extremists.
    Should win easily

    • @HercuLync
      @HercuLync Před měsícem +24

      We need people less afraid to vote for a third party.

    • @giantsr1eva
      @giantsr1eva Před měsícem

      @@HercuLync
      The establishment will blame you for costing their candidate the election.

    • @giantsr1eva
      @giantsr1eva Před měsícem +1

      @myowndata
      If people wanted a centrist third party then why did no labels end their presidential campaign?

    • @rkjackson6976
      @rkjackson6976 Před měsícem +1

      @@giantsr1eva Please read the comment above. Thanks!

    • @giantsr1eva
      @giantsr1eva Před měsícem

      @@rkjackson6976
      I did read the comment, it said “America needs a third party, for all normal people who are not extremists, Should win easily”
      That’s what the third party called no labels was doing. They ended their campaign so if people really wanted centrism, then that party should have won easily is a false statement.

  • @beau6113
    @beau6113 Před měsícem +2

    never thought id say this, but bill maher is making the most sense of anyone on tv right now. granted all he is doing is pointing out basic, truthful observations about the world, but at least hes making the attempt to first be rational instead of rationalizing a preconceived idea.

  • @RastaMan248OC
    @RastaMan248OC Před měsícem +12

    The year is always 1619 for the Huffington Post, damn that’s accurate.

  • @0Y02USH
    @0Y02USH Před měsícem +154

    Dear Bill, if you think this only affects the United States, nope. It's a worldwide phenomenon
    The entire world post-covid has been a huge sea of massive polarization and even in my country, unity doesn't even exist on independence day. We, as the human race, truly have become miserable, always-angry and sometimes outright moronic 😢 😭

    • @redsolozach1151
      @redsolozach1151 Před měsícem +15

      This was happening before Covid

    • @marsettenmohn
      @marsettenmohn Před měsícem

      Not everyone is miserable - migrants are not miserable. It's mostly white people who are miserable. They are seeing their country invaded and turned into something it never was, their culture destroyed in their native homelands, their tolerance is actually unique among peoples, but also their downfall.

    • @0Y02USH
      @0Y02USH Před měsícem +16

      ​@@redsolozach1151 Yeah, polarization did exist since antiquity, but it wasn't as toxic as it is today..
      It's like the saying: "And then it got worse"

    • @boblozaintherealworld3577
      @boblozaintherealworld3577 Před měsícem

      YES!

    • @f.t.2817
      @f.t.2817 Před měsícem +16

      I am an Italian who lives in the UK. Western Europe is not (yet) as polarized as the US. But even in the US, political polarisation is higher among political, cultural and economic elites (politicians and journalists on both sides, scholars and bureaucrats on the left). The problem is that this minority is extremely vocal, and they get to frame the political discourse and its content.

  • @mikefitzgerald41
    @mikefitzgerald41 Před měsícem +276

    As a republican -I find the hatred for Ukraine and Zelensky is disgusting

    • @Happyshiningpeople12
      @Happyshiningpeople12 Před měsícem +38

      Ukraine's government is corrupt, but their people deserve to be protected.

    • @Zer-o-ne
      @Zer-o-ne Před měsícem +36

      @@Happyshiningpeople12 They've been combatting coruption like there's no tomorrow my friend

    • @chrismiller5198
      @chrismiller5198 Před měsícem

      I remember when Republicans were on the side of the peoples being oppressed by the Russians.

    • @John-bravooo
      @John-bravooo Před měsícem

      Same for democrats hatred for jews in the middle east

    • @andersandersen6295
      @andersandersen6295 Před měsícem

      @@Zer-o-ne It is a corruption culture, they have that from the russians, just dont send them money, you can only send goods and hope you catch what are being sold.

  • @treasuretvclassics100
    @treasuretvclassics100 Před měsícem +5

    I love this. We need a good laugh along with ways to be connected and united in a good way.

  • @huascar66
    @huascar66 Před měsícem +4

    Very nice commentary, Mr. Maher. One of your best.

  • @Kentuckybearsfan
    @Kentuckybearsfan Před měsícem +97

    People of the future will view us as highly driven by emotion.

    • @mattkess3156
      @mattkess3156 Před měsícem +7

      As opposed to the days of religious empires? Humans are the most emotionally complex species In Earth’s history, it’s why we got this far. Modern times are easily the most well behaved we’ve been by a long shot lol. It’s not even close

    • @mikemondano3624
      @mikemondano3624 Před měsícem +1

      The exact opposite.

    • @CLYMA1.5CHAINZ
      @CLYMA1.5CHAINZ Před měsícem +2

      What do you think about those that went to war century ago?

    • @benbaselet2026
      @benbaselet2026 Před měsícem +2

      That's just a continuation of tens of thousands of years of human existence.

    • @Kentuckybearsfan
      @Kentuckybearsfan Před měsícem +4

      @@mattkess3156 for thousands of years religion was all we knew as far as explaining the unexplainable. And yes this did result in tribalism. However I believe social media has made the modern human emotionally weaker than humans in the past. Look at how all logic flew out the window for years during covid due to people being emotional. As a country I don’t think we are emotionally equipped handle an emergency like 9/11 or Pearl Harbor as well as previous generations did.

  • @NJGuy1973
    @NJGuy1973 Před měsícem +177

    His book is for people who don't want to be stupid about sh*t.
    So where's he gonna sell it?

    • @spaceknight793
      @spaceknight793 Před měsícem +32

      not to maga, not to woke. So,, to the rational middle that's watching the extremes burn the US to the ground.

    • @jlwilder8436
      @jlwilder8436 Před měsícem +6

      To us 😊

    • @crazypantaloons
      @crazypantaloons Před měsícem

      @@spaceknight793 MAGA never did burn anything. With the help of the FBI, they broke some glass right before a guided tour of Congress.

    • @stereoroid
      @stereoroid Před měsícem +10

      In bookstores, probably.

    • @Baeraad
      @Baeraad Před měsícem +6

      Admittedly his target demographic is one that seems to be constantly shrinking, yes...

  • @Ben-pd2bx
    @Ben-pd2bx Před měsícem +8

    It's perfectly obvious to me that the joke should have been "the planet X, formerly Mars", but that's why they pay your writers the big bucks.

  • @jasonwardy8192
    @jasonwardy8192 Před měsícem +3

    Absolutely love Bill- keep it up! Great commentary, as always.

  • @lukassnakeman
    @lukassnakeman Před měsícem +26

    On npr i Head them talking about cervical cancer and how it affects “people with a cervix”

    • @steve19811
      @steve19811 Před měsícem

      Some idiot celebrity the other day was talking about periods and accidentally said " female" but corrected herself cause her huge ego and then said " or menstruating people."

    • @seththomas9105
      @seththomas9105 Před měsícem +4

      I've listened to NPR for years as it has always (on the state level) had some great music programing and carries BBC World Service News in the afternoon. But lately I've noticed the "Woke" creep. Yes we all know the slant to the Left that NPR has always seemed to have, but the Woke BS I just shake my head and do a WTF moment.

    • @SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman
      @SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman Před měsícem

      just proved that I was safe

  • @Hallows4
    @Hallows4 Před měsícem +111

    Longtime history geek here, and as usual, Bill is dropping some serious truth bombs!

    • @richardgarcia7180
      @richardgarcia7180 Před měsícem +9

      No he is fearing being irrelevant

    • @pietrojenkins6901
      @pietrojenkins6901 Před měsícem +12

      @@richardgarcia7180 that's Trump actually.

    • @jbourqueofp
      @jbourqueofp Před měsícem +4

      😂 is he??

    • @Hallows4
      @Hallows4 Před měsícem +5

      @@richardgarcia7180 Almost everyone becomes irrelevant sooner or later, and that’s something I know as a history geek. Even if they haven’t been outright forgotten, nearly all of the historical figures we study are only remembered in the first place because they were the exception, not the rule. That “exceptionality“ may be due to any number of factors - social rank, vast accomplishments, or just plain luck - but in the grand scheme of things, far more people have been forgotten than remembered.

    • @vforwombat9915
      @vforwombat9915 Před měsícem +4

      he's wrong about the science, gender is a construct.
      it's different than sex.

  • @justadad6677
    @justadad6677 Před měsícem +12

    Which is why I stand only with Humanity, with Justice.

    • @Sereneh468
      @Sereneh468 Před měsícem +4

      Everyone thinks they’re doing that. The conflict comes because we all define humanity and justice differently…and how inflexible one is in their definitions.

    • @drumjod
      @drumjod Před měsícem +2

      Humanity and Justice sound cool and all, but how about intentionally misleading people for personal gain?
      That would be pretty fun too, right?

    • @justadad6677
      @justadad6677 Před měsícem

      @@drumjod That is not Justice, so clearly not cool. But part of viewing Humanity is to accept, we are all humans and we all make mistakes. The wrong comes when people lie on purpose, like Tucker Carlson did about a stolen election.

    • @justadad6677
      @justadad6677 Před měsícem

      @@Sereneh468 With facts and truth you will get Justice, but only if the system is Just. Name one system that is just. It is an ideal, and yes we differ on what punishment comes when you break the laws we make. But laws are only guidelines, and each case has to be viewed on its own facts. I stand with not is perfetc, we can't achieve utopia, but we can do better. We can learn from others and demand better from our politicians. Like how the prison system is better in Germany, or the educational system is better in Japan. All we cna do, is demand better in baby steps, otherwise it ends in a revolution, and I prefer not going down that path.

    • @MsBhappy
      @MsBhappy Před měsícem

      There's no such thing as true justice. We can only ever look to the future with shared humanity and right wrongs collectively to benefit us all. Looking to the past has been shown to be divisionist.

  • @revtheory
    @revtheory Před měsícem

    Fantastic take Bill

  • @JamesHaney
    @JamesHaney Před měsícem +60

    From the Silent Middle, thank you, Bill, for continually reminding us of the rampant, self-destructive, insanity that is rending the fabric of Youmanity into bloody ribbons and for reminding us that the fight for Rationality and Sanity is most important.🖖♾

    • @e.m.b2834
      @e.m.b2834 Před měsícem +5

      His attempting to compare the left and right as equal is laughable... his defense of Israel islaughable.. hes a comedian all right .... according to his logic Israel could blow up his entire audience if they thought one hamas member was hiding amongst them....

    • @drumjod
      @drumjod Před měsícem

      Not sure what it means to be, "the middle" to you, but I consider myself to be reasonable, as I'm sure you do too.
      Thanking someone for reminding us of how bad something else is in it's absolute worst case? Showing clickbait headlines and presenting them as though that represents anyone?
      Hard to think of that as constructive or productive.
      How about the good things our opponents do that we often overlook?
      Cutting myself off here, but really want to make this point. It's not valuable to focus on how destructive a perceived, 'them' is. It's more valuable to talk about solutions.
      Jokes are great, but come on, Bill Maher hasn't hit a punchline since the last time Mike Tyson fought with his fists.

    • @Reflectors1
      @Reflectors1 Před měsícem

      @@e.m.b2834could you please paste this in the general comment section, it bears repeating.

  • @cammieg4381
    @cammieg4381 Před měsícem +16

    What we collectively need to do is get over ourselves as something superior - and get back down to individual work of trying to be the best we were intended to be... like Kindness to one another from the Heart, with no expectations in return!.

  • @wednesdayschild3627
    @wednesdayschild3627 Před měsícem +3

    My medical forms ask me if I am non bianary and then asks when i had my last period.

  • @jonathanlay8746
    @jonathanlay8746 Před měsícem +3

    Thank you for highlighting the Cass Report. Please continue to do so.

  • @godisbollocks
    @godisbollocks Před měsícem +119

    Carl Sagan predicted all of this in the mid 1990s

    • @tszirmay
      @tszirmay Před měsícem +70

      “I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...

The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”
      Carl Sagan --1994

    • @mattkess3156
      @mattkess3156 Před měsícem +2

      Quasimodo somethin somethin- Bobby Bacala 😩😩

    • @frankxu4795
      @frankxu4795 Před měsícem +9

      How sad. When Carl Sagan made the prediction, he really meant to warn people at the time to turn around and stop driving down the cliff. But here we are at the bottom of the valley, wondering why we wind up here.
      “Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is.” - Three Body Problem series

    • @wyattcole5452
      @wyattcole5452 Před měsícem +2

      @@tszirmaybecause all of this was happening to a lesser degree back then too

    • @TedsHoldOver
      @TedsHoldOver Před měsícem +10

      Yep - The Demon Haunted World. Brilliant book.

  • @user-cn4wf9ud8p
    @user-cn4wf9ud8p Před měsícem +41

    Future historians will look back in shock at how politicians were obsessed with every country's people except their own.

    • @tn_onyoutube8436
      @tn_onyoutube8436 Před měsícem +5

      Nah. Future historians will look back in shock at the stupidity of the view that the stability of other countries is not important to their own. Especially to the country who sees itself as the greatest ever country.

    • @user-cn4wf9ud8p
      @user-cn4wf9ud8p Před měsícem

      @tn_onyoutube8436 The country bringing stability to the world has possibly the most idiotic and ignorant politicians and population that has ever lived. Not a great combination for big decision making.

    • @firstlast8258
      @firstlast8258 Před měsícem +1

      Unless it's voting time 🤓 🖕

    • @Kaede-Sasaki
      @Kaede-Sasaki Před měsícem

      Future historians:
      The 10 private equity firms owned the vast majority of the global corporations that owned all the politicians (republican AND democrat, conservative AND [new] labour). They made sure the people fought amongst themselves instead of looking at them.
      Status quo is what they got, with a sympathy card from one side and thoughts & prayers from the other.

  • @simonhadley8829
    @simonhadley8829 Před měsícem +1

    I've been saying this for a long time. The insanity of the far right and left stems from the same pathology.

  • @AmiRa-wj9jt
    @AmiRa-wj9jt Před měsícem +6

    Aż mi się łezka w oku zakręciła, chyba jest Pan jedyną osobą w Amerykańskich mediach która potrafi tak świetnie podsumować obie strony tak różne od siebie a zarazem tak podobne. Nie powinniśmy być skrajni, powinniśmy być w środku jeśli chcemy iść razem naprzód - niezależnie od kraju w którym się znajdujemy. Radykalizm jest jak beton, taki ciężar zabiera ci tylko wolność i życie.

  • @runryerun8789
    @runryerun8789 Před měsícem +151

    That greek joke took me off guard

    • @HomemdaFaina
      @HomemdaFaina Před měsícem

      Perhaps.. with your back turned, your pants down?

    • @dr.ryttmastarecctm6595
      @dr.ryttmastarecctm6595 Před měsícem +6

      I think he meant Athenians, or that was just Spartan propaganda.

    • @thegamerv2346
      @thegamerv2346 Před měsícem +11

      @@dr.ryttmastarecctm6595Actually all Ancient Greek city states practiced some form of homosexuality (male only) they didn’t like the female kind and in some cases prosecuted women for it.

    • @Bleepbloopblappp
      @Bleepbloopblappp Před měsícem

      @@thegamerv2346sounds like the same sort of misogyny that has led to all these men pretending to be women

    • @bradfordjhart
      @bradfordjhart Před měsícem +7

      ​@@thegamerv2346you can find the Yale University courses on ancient Greece. It's pretty shocking what they were into. Their wives heads were shaved and dressed as a boy on their wedding day 😂

  • @thomaswright5492
    @thomaswright5492 Před měsícem +1

    There are millions of "normies" but their candidates for office never seem to get past the primaries.

  • @pho3nix-
    @pho3nix- Před měsícem +3

    A voice of reason, and not just in the U.S

    • @drumjod
      @drumjod Před měsícem

      But also in the U.S.S.R.
      "Long live ,
      Built by the people's mighty hand.
      Long live our people, united and free.
      Strong in our friendship tried by fire.
      Long may our crimson flag inspire,
      Shining in glory for all men to see."
      I'm not Russian, but I hope to be friends with others from Russia some day. Those last 5 sentences I just found from their anthem speak true to everyone, no matter where you come from.
      The things their government commits to do not represent what the people of Russia think.
      Just like how the things my government has done to other countries in the past does not represent how I think.
      Thank you for this platform where I can express this.

  • @edwardgobbo9685
    @edwardgobbo9685 Před měsícem +150

    I just don't want to talk about shit anymore. Why can't we jail a serial criminal?

    • @LuxeFilmography
      @LuxeFilmography Před měsícem +71

      Agree. It's time to put Biden away.

    • @ronblack7870
      @ronblack7870 Před měsícem +33

      like those that help themselves to stuff on store shelves and walk out?

    • @SeruraRenge11
      @SeruraRenge11 Před měsícem +8

      @@LuxeFilmographyLook I know they say we can't arrest the Thieves Guild because we'll be at it all day...but you gotta start sometime

    • @ScootyPuffSr7
      @ScootyPuffSr7 Před měsícem +4

      Well, if a plurality and almost a majority of "we" want him to be "our" leader, then it's rather difficult.

    • @DS_P8
      @DS_P8 Před měsícem

      @@ScootyPuffSr7 He lost the 2020 election and has never provided proof of any of his claims. Then he decided to use his followers, like you, as pawns whom he left to hang because they didn't achieve what he wanted... that's your guy. That's your legacy.

  • @NJGuy1973
    @NJGuy1973 Před měsícem +54

    Anyone ever read "But What If We're Wrong" by Chuck Klosterman? He asks questions like "what rock star will be remembered as the symbol of the genre?" and "Will the Constitution be seen as something that contained the seeds of its own undoing?"

    • @Piggy-Oink-Oink
      @Piggy-Oink-Oink Před měsícem +3

      So what rock star does he pick..I pick.. Bob Dylan and Gene Simmons (who curiously almost released an album together). That pretty much sums up the Yin and and yang of rock de-evolution.

    • @musicauthority674
      @musicauthority674 Před měsícem +2

      ​​@@Piggy-Oink-Oink
      All wrong it should be Chuck Berry. he best imbodies the genre that was his legacy.
      and as for the constitution I can't say at this point in time. because right now it's taking a real beating.

    • @Piggy-Oink-Oink
      @Piggy-Oink-Oink Před měsícem

      @@musicauthority674 I agree..Chuck actually INVENTED both Rock AND Rap (Too Much Monkey Business) CHuck is completely overlooked by GenZ because of you know..the Dark Side of Chuck..but Come on-he INVENTED IT ALL!!

    • @Chris-fn4df
      @Chris-fn4df Před měsícem +3

      The question wasn’t “who was the symbol” it was “who will be _seen_ as the symbol”

    • @musicauthority674
      @musicauthority674 Před měsícem +5

      @@Chris-fn4df
      That is incorrect, if you read the comment it states the question? and I quote "what rock star will be remembered as the symbol of the genre"? end quote. if you go back and read the comment? that is exactly how it is worded.

  • @lesblackwell5026
    @lesblackwell5026 Před měsícem

    Just bought you book, Bill! Thanks for continuing to be the most rational voice in the public today!

  • @ienekevanhouten4559
    @ienekevanhouten4559 Před měsícem +1

    One of the best commentaries ever!

  • @stewardo
    @stewardo Před měsícem +116

    either the audience plants need to tone down the fake laughs or the writers need to write better jokes. the forced laughter is jarring

    • @BenState
      @BenState Před měsícem +5

      laugh tracks... look them up.

    • @johsmith2481
      @johsmith2481 Před měsícem +9

      Bill most certainly has staff in the stands laughing their ass off.

    • @ronblack7870
      @ronblack7870 Před měsícem +3

      or what you don't find funny i may find hilarious.

    • @samthesuspect
      @samthesuspect Před měsícem +3

      Yo I laughed out loud at least twice during this, especially the Greek joke.

    • @jlwilder8436
      @jlwilder8436 Před měsícem +10

      Every show/week, year after year; yes, his audience, unfortunately, is mostly his writers and staff, and yes, their volunteering to be an echo chamber of scripted laughs and applause is so frustrating and annoying. 🤐

  • @theclu
    @theclu Před měsícem +57

    Why is that same audience member always the one laughing the loudest on every episode. The guy must have seasons tickets

    • @rickwilliamson9248
      @rickwilliamson9248 Před měsícem +14

      Maybe its an employee?

    • @18155456
      @18155456 Před měsícem +14

      I suspect he must be a producer or a member of the crew. Probably laughing loud to carry favour with the boss

    • @BenState
      @BenState Před měsícem

      laugh tracks... google them

    • @PoochAndBoo
      @PoochAndBoo Před měsícem +5

      He takes those laugh signs they hold up, very seriously.

    • @helene420
      @helene420 Před měsícem +5

      Canned laughter, probably.

  • @MitchYurko
    @MitchYurko Před měsícem +1

    DAMN, Bill nails it on the head... There's GOTTA be far more of us in the middle who are sick of the crap from both extremes... We don't hate the people who align with either side, we're just tired of the bickering. We don't have to MAGA, we just have to put down the picketing signs, acknowledge and make real strides to improve where we need improvement, and be happy with the incredible lives we can live if we just stop hating each other!

  • @williamjmccartan8879
    @williamjmccartan8879 Před měsícem +20

    Keeping it real

    • @giantsr1eva
      @giantsr1eva Před měsícem

      @williamjmccartan8879
      The establishment has failed the people, that’s why they don’t believe their lies. Bill is clearly upset that he might lose some of his money.

  • @mikeg9554
    @mikeg9554 Před měsícem +6

    i don't want to be stupid about shit either. Especially the shit trying to make me think that both side are equally at fault for making things shitty!

  • @cookieenthusiast6213
    @cookieenthusiast6213 Před měsícem +1

    Bill has always been funny. He occasionally makes good points. I respect that he will stand on something even when the pressure is to move with the crowd. But he still conflates facts with propaganda and he still uses humor to avoid any opposing argument he is uncomfortable with.

  • @turkmusik
    @turkmusik Před měsícem +1

    He makes an interesting observation. Americans will be seen fundamentally in the future as the most creative and innovative people on earth.

  • @jonathanhill6064
    @jonathanhill6064 Před měsícem +34

    as a centrist who would not have a child if not for abortions and loves guns and thinks fiscal responsibility is cool but also wants a well regulated safety net for people.....
    sorry my daughter interrupted me with an interactive pop-up book she's trying to make so i forgot my point...
    but yeah why can't we all just chill and get along?

    • @hurricanekitty6736
      @hurricanekitty6736 Před měsícem +8

      Would not have a child if not for abortions?? What does that mean?

    • @gamkal7231
      @gamkal7231 Před měsícem +2

      @@hurricanekitty6736Just a guess, but perhaps the fact that women with ectopic or other forms of dangerous pregnancies denied abortions today often end up sterile or unable to conceive afterwards?

    • @blinkger
      @blinkger Před měsícem +1

      @@hurricanekitty6736 I'd guess that his wife had a troubled pregnancy and had to abort one before getting pregnant with his current child. But I'm sure he will enlighten us. ;)

    • @avengemybreath3084
      @avengemybreath3084 Před měsícem +3

      Stop writing pointless comments for no one and pay attention to your daughter.

    • @chrisrowe2308
      @chrisrowe2308 Před měsícem +2

      There's too much profit in selling fear and dread. Combined with a serious derth of critical thinking skills from decades of demonizing intellectual achievement and knowledge and you're left with a situation where both sides of the aisle live in two completely distinct realities complete with their own sets of facts and existential crises.

  • @stephenbrowne119
    @stephenbrowne119 Před měsícem +5

    There are major problems with the far left + right wings of politics.

    • @frankxu4795
      @frankxu4795 Před měsícem

      I think that’s not correct. Stupid and crazy people have always been there. But they have been confined to the corner of society until social media comes across and every opinion, no matter how dumb it is, gets its air time.

  • @joshanderson3716
    @joshanderson3716 Před měsícem +2

    Barely into my 40s. The older I get, the more I agree with Bill Maher. Wonder what that means.

  • @user-ro5gq4vs1b
    @user-ro5gq4vs1b Před měsícem

    Bill Maher, I often disagree with your perspectives on different issues, but am also very grateful for a reasonable (mostly) voice of openness and clarity. Thank you for being that voice! I also would love to debate you someday, while being grateful for how you use your voice and platform. Kudos!

  • @doctorbeanis
    @doctorbeanis Před měsícem +17

    A sad people indeed.

  • @bradleyjohnson6107
    @bradleyjohnson6107 Před měsícem +3

    Beautifully said so good!

  • @coreysilence2141
    @coreysilence2141 Před měsícem

    Way to go, Bill. I even asked Yuval Harari about historians in the future. I can't wait to read your book!

  • @geraldhoffpauir5048
    @geraldhoffpauir5048 Před měsícem +1

    Thank you sir

  • @GarretGrayCamera
    @GarretGrayCamera Před měsícem +30

    I rooted for Drago as a kid. Rocky and Apollo were kind of asses in that one. I usually root for the villains. Khan, Vader, etc. It's more fun.

    • @williamerickson520
      @williamerickson520 Před měsícem +3

      Same. They are generally more interesting characters.

    • @davidk6264
      @davidk6264 Před měsícem +1

      like Dr. Evil or Dr No. They put so much effort in. Then it all gets destroyed.

    • @rigel2112
      @rigel2112 Před měsícem +1

      Doms have more fun

    • @WilliamJames48
      @WilliamJames48 Před měsícem +3

      He took the fun out of the room in the best way.

    • @kkquikB1
      @kkquikB1 Před měsícem +1

      I wanted to talk about emotional perspective in modern cinematic art but now I’m just speechless.

  • @bobgardin2347
    @bobgardin2347 Před měsícem +59

    I'll leave my mask on sometimes since I've found that they do wonders for hay fever. Especially while cutting grass, bike riding, or driving with the windows down.

    • @tn_onyoutube8436
      @tn_onyoutube8436 Před měsícem +12

      Exactly right! I even slept in a mask for two weeks during the peak tree pollen season just gone. Strangely I didn’t die from the inconvenience.

    • @shocktrauma85
      @shocktrauma85 Před měsícem +21

      His obsession with it is stupid. If it makes you feel comfortable then by all means wear it.

    • @digalittledeeper
      @digalittledeeper Před měsícem +10

      Agreed. But poor Bill... he's just stupid about that shit...

    • @x00p3
      @x00p3 Před měsícem +10

      I've gotten in my car before after leaving a store and forgot to take it off. (During the p a ndemic.)

    • @Cwgrlup
      @Cwgrlup Před měsícem +7

      People like you are what he’s talking about. 🤡

  • @reynoelgarcia7725
    @reynoelgarcia7725 Před měsícem +2

    Mr Bill Maher your the best

  • @meanwhileonhastings...
    @meanwhileonhastings... Před měsícem +3

    The best part was when Bill Burr roasted your ass on your own show!

  • @susanwade4796
    @susanwade4796 Před měsícem +3

    👍😆 Thanks Bill, I needed that! 👍💙🇺🇲👍

  • @KC-603
    @KC-603 Před měsícem +4

    Always a pleasure Bill!

  • @jnl8081
    @jnl8081 Před 27 dny +1

    Jonathan Haidt has been a guest on the show before, and he posits through research and debate that social media is the deciding factor that has driven a wedge between Americans. Read his article in the Atlantic “why the last 10 years of American life have been uniquely stupid.”

  • @amieres
    @amieres Před měsícem +1

    "An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction"

  • @CLIFFLIX
    @CLIFFLIX Před měsícem +9

    Excellent points! I'm liking Bill more and more everyday!

  • @44excalibur
    @44excalibur Před měsícem +3

    Awesome Jaws 3D shoutout. 🤣Ah, the early 80s 3D craze. Friday the 13th Part III in Super 3D was another one.

    • @willdpe1256
      @willdpe1256 Před měsícem

      Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden. With Molly Ringwald.

    • @44excalibur
      @44excalibur Před měsícem

      @@willdpe1256 Don't forget Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn too.

  • @t3hNinj0r
    @t3hNinj0r Před 25 dny

    This video should be required viewing in schools. Well said Bill.

  • @NRNF1776
    @NRNF1776 Před měsícem

    LOVE THIS

  • @TT79-
    @TT79- Před měsícem +14

    Today there is a black samurai in ancient japan and in 20 years Caesar Augustus will be known as being the first black Emperor of ancient Rome. Yes, identity politics will make its way into the history books. It's already happening.

    • @bryanmachin2152
      @bryanmachin2152 Před měsícem

      Actually NO peer-reviewed history books says either of these things. But nice try.

    • @marsettenmohn
      @marsettenmohn Před měsícem +4

      @@bryanmachin2152 So you DONT think blacks are being cast as historical figures in these upcoming films? 🤣🤣🤣

    • @dragonfox2.058
      @dragonfox2.058 Před měsícem +1

      No, Augustus will be transgender too, just like Jesus and God

    • @mr.green2341
      @mr.green2341 Před měsícem +3

      The black samurai thing is in reference to a new video game if I remember correctly. Cuz the narcissistic DEI crowd has to “see themselves” in everything to extents beyond absurdity.
      So that is what the commenter is calling out.

    • @TT79-
      @TT79- Před měsícem +1

      @@bryanmachin2152 Give it time. Over the past 3 years, the story of Yasuke has gone from fairytale to entities like the Smithsonian stating it as factual. Seems like something they really want people to believe.

  • @javabean215
    @javabean215 Před měsícem +4

    We have become a sad people.

    • @terryolsen3225
      @terryolsen3225 Před měsícem

      Your or anyone else's happiness is 100% on you.

    • @javabean215
      @javabean215 Před měsícem

      @@terryolsen3225 Not sad as in emotion...sad as in pathetic.

  • @DBVintage
    @DBVintage Před měsícem

    During the whole Covid thing I went, saw a woman come out of the grocery store without a mask, then she got into her minivan and put the mask on. And she was alone in the vehicle.

  • @YoYo-gt5iq
    @YoYo-gt5iq Před měsícem +2

    Real-time keeps playing around with the idea that if they post less videos on CZcams they will get more HBO subscribers. That is not going to happen

  • @ArizonaGrows
    @ArizonaGrows Před měsícem +6

    People think being morally right gives them license to do anything. The problem is, morality is a construct of emotion.

  • @gearslingger
    @gearslingger Před měsícem +13

    Always great insight though masks in cars may be more of an indicator of someone with severe pollen allergies then a nutter.

    • @VeritableSmorgasbord
      @VeritableSmorgasbord Před měsícem

      Also the most unpleasant part of wearing a mask is sometimes putting it on, so if you’re going multiple places maybe just leave it on. Also it was advised early on in the pandemic that you shouldn’t be touching it too much, taking it off and on without washing your hands, but of course conservatives wouldn’t have gotten that message...
      Hmm, I wonder if the rest of his examples of left nuttiness are less dumb and falsely equivalent...

    • @VeritableSmorgasbord
      @VeritableSmorgasbord Před měsícem +2

      Actually you weren’t supposed to reuse them at all, so it’s either keep it on while driving from place to place or take it off and use a brand new one for every new place...because you want to look tough while you’re driving I guess?

    • @frankxu4795
      @frankxu4795 Před měsícem +2

      I agree with you. I think Bill might rush to judgement and ridicule the wrong people. I used to live in a place where I am allergic to a particular type of dust mites, in door and out door. I did wear masks and use air purifier all the time for a few months before the effect of allergy shots kicked in, but it has absolutely nothing to do with covid.

    • @patcurrie9888
      @patcurrie9888 Před měsícem +1

      Here's a thought, maybe it a shared car and they have Covid.

    • @IdRatherNot86
      @IdRatherNot86 Před měsícem

      @@patcurrie9888we knew by like June 2020 that the virus doesn’t live on surfaces but you’re still claiming this crap. The “trust the science” folks strike again!

  • @peterscuffle
    @peterscuffle Před měsícem

    Dr. Freud visited the US. When leaving a reporter asked him what he thought "It's a mistake" was his reply.

    • @markae0
      @markae0 Před měsícem

      The cocaine fiend?

  • @user-zz8ic9cs4s
    @user-zz8ic9cs4s Před měsícem

    Classic from _Annie Hall_ intro: “The food was terrible! And the portions were so small!” 😂

  • @ryanhoffman8807
    @ryanhoffman8807 Před měsícem +9

    There is my 90s bill. I’m still with him.

  • @vmwindustries
    @vmwindustries Před měsícem +11

    My favorite Centrist! Keep kicking ass with facts Bill! The world loves you for it! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

  • @mertzroofer
    @mertzroofer Před měsícem

    Well done!

  • @9ja9ite
    @9ja9ite Před měsícem

    AMEN!

  • @yahia9481
    @yahia9481 Před měsícem +7

    I m fan of urs ex Muslim algerian atheist
    Bravo 👏👏👏 👍

  • @wabalaladabdab
    @wabalaladabdab Před měsícem +12

    7 years ago Bill had an editorial speaking out against people drawing false equivalencies between the right and left. You know, the stupid shit of "both sides are equally bad". So, that's that.

    • @SomeYouTubeTraveler
      @SomeYouTubeTraveler Před měsícem +6

      He's learned he was wrong since then. He called himself out on it a couple years ago and has reveled in the scorn he gets from the Left for "betraying" them or whatever.
      He's always been an insufferable narcissist, but most all talk show hosts are. Doesn't mean they can't learn and change their minds and mature on certain issues. Growing old grants the clarity of hindsight, and Maher seems to be one of the few self-obsessed talking heads who's actually willing to change his position on things. Even if he has to hire the same guy every week to laugh obnoxiously loud to make it look like his fanbase hasn't shrunk in the process.

    • @honuman39
      @honuman39 Před měsícem

      ​@@SomeCZcamsTravelerhe's learned that he's wrong about the"both sides do it" media? Except he wasn't wrong and the Republicans are the party that's actively destroying democratic norms and pushing a rapist indicted candidate that's said openly he'll act unconstitutionally. That's not both sides do it.

    • @anneb889
      @anneb889 Před měsícem

      Maybe the left has just gone too far. I think saying there’s no difference between men or women, kids can pick their gender and giving them meds or surgeries, boys playing women’s sports, men going to female prisons….I think that was just too much for many. Then you get the media saying a former Bernie supporter like Joe Rogan is far right for disagreeing with the left talking points with this insanity.

    • @kathrynmcelroy5658
      @kathrynmcelroy5658 Před měsícem +4

      And now that is all Bill does is both sides everything. It makes me sick.

    • @EconomistGI
      @EconomistGI Před měsícem

      Good observation. What Bill misses here is the massive asymmetry in the numbers: The share of the US population that I would call the "crazy right" is many times the size of the share of the "crazy left". On my estimation, for every "hyper woke" person there are at least ten "die-hard" Trumpians who are incapable of even listening to anything someone else has to say who doesn't toe their line 100%.

  • @dlat1825
    @dlat1825 Před měsícem

    The "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" was 2011!

  • @EPeleg-cb8ww
    @EPeleg-cb8ww Před 21 dnem

    Why can’t EVERYBODY be like Bill Maher?!!

  • @annwillett7800
    @annwillett7800 Před měsícem +8

    The best of times. 60’s 70’s & 80’s!

    • @BaymanForever
      @BaymanForever Před měsícem

      Born in the early 50s. A great life. Glad I'm on the way out, as the Libtards have screwed up the world. Good luck to you all - you're definitely gonna need it!! Fight lie hell to defeat the growing evil that is the Left!

    • @brandoncaudill6864
      @brandoncaudill6864 Před měsícem +2

      60s: Rampant racism and a never-ending war.
      70s: racism slightly better, but still pretty bad; huge inflation (worse than today); terrible crime rates.
      80s: racism against slightly better, but still pretty bad; crime slight better, but still pretty bad; homelessness started getting out of control.
      Every decade has its warts.

    • @vernpascal1531
      @vernpascal1531 Před měsícem

      It certainly was miles ahead musically and in film. A lot cheaper and a hell of a lot less cynicism. I could see the country changing for the worse in the late 80's and the culture. You have to have the belie,f and the belief is gone with a few of the Presidents on both sides on down who never paid for their crimes.

  • @chrisBaxter-ly8or
    @chrisBaxter-ly8or Před měsícem +7

    He tries to make this monologue balanced but it isn't really

  • @ginamori4970
    @ginamori4970 Před měsícem

    Brilliant! I will read your book!!!!

  • @Lizzypatt
    @Lizzypatt Před měsícem

    Just fantastic piece of communication

  • @bushmaster223
    @bushmaster223 Před měsícem +30

    Bill Burr straight clowned him for two hours 🇺🇸

    • @vinnym5607
      @vinnym5607 Před měsícem +7

      As he should. This monologue is cringe.

    • @honuman39
      @honuman39 Před měsícem +3

      It was the only thing with Maher worth watching for years.

    • @pauliethemushroomman
      @pauliethemushroomman Před měsícem

      Ol’ Billy Red Tits really popped this self-satisfied little zit. It made the world right again for a few minutes.

    • @mattkess3156
      @mattkess3156 Před měsícem +5

      Bill Maher forgot that being funny was more important than being right. Burr, came up with the Opie & Anthony crowd, dude can take bullets after the insults he got. Maher was worth something at some point, now he’s just an opinion piece where his best jokes are not his lol. He always gets mad when they sleep on his one liners lol

    • @calculatedrisk1
      @calculatedrisk1 Před měsícem +2

      Seemed like Mahr didn’t catch on to what Burr was doing until it was too late. Maybe I’m biased towards Burr because I’m sort of a Masshole, he’s definitely in my top five comics all time…

  • @user-rx2gf4nx9e
    @user-rx2gf4nx9e Před měsícem +24

    I love America!
    ♥️🇺🇲♥️

    • @dennisevans6544
      @dennisevans6544 Před měsícem +1

      You wouldn’t love America if you knew what a wonderful country Australia is ; without all the barbarism and inequality that sadly America represents.

    • @PyroDrew
      @PyroDrew Před měsícem +1

      @@dennisevans6544 That's funny.

    • @rigel2112
      @rigel2112 Před měsícem +5

      @@dennisevans6544 Those people chanting for the death of Jews at the Sydney opera house were scary

    • @davidmeadows5627
      @davidmeadows5627 Před měsícem

      @@dennisevans6544 You mean the country where you can be arrested for free speech the government doesn't like? The country where guns are illegal? No thank you.

    • @davidmeadows5627
      @davidmeadows5627 Před měsícem

      @@dennisevans6544 You mean the country where firearms are illegal and you can be arrested for speech? I don't think so.

  • @m.madisoncammue5619
    @m.madisoncammue5619 Před měsícem +1

    I got to get a copy of your 📕! I am independent by the way 😂

  • @eds73100
    @eds73100 Před měsícem

    right on Bill!!! 👍👍👍

  • @lindalarson1948
    @lindalarson1948 Před měsícem +6

    When I was 20, I got indignant when men complimented my bottom. Now that I'm a bit older, I'm just grateful. It's called "perspective. "

    • @lindalarson1948
      @lindalarson1948 Před 29 dny

      @@Adatoode That is such a random comment. You've clearly missed the point.

  • @mindyourself7063
    @mindyourself7063 Před měsícem +9

    Future history, if any!

    • @richardjarrell3585
      @richardjarrell3585 Před měsícem

      If the nukes don’t get us first, climate change will deny us habitat.