Honestly, that entire segment goes right to the precipice of getting it and then stops short. It’s right fucking there, John, just take that last step and explain that capitalism will always do this shit. It’s not hard, you’re 99% of the way there every fucking week! So frustrating, it’s like libs just enjoy edging about that shit day in and day out.
Watch the segment he did on Venezuela a few years ago, he’s pretty fucking bad at seeing capitalism for what it is
I dunno if it’s the same one but he talks about how Venezuela is undemocratic because opposition leaders had been banned from running for president but if you look up who those individuals are they literally did coup and assassination attemps against Chavez
I’m 90% sure there’s a Eugene V Dabs video with it
He runs the ball to the one yard line, then takes a knee and says, “… and that’s why it’s so important to vote!”
Look up who his wife is. Then you’ll understand why he won’t say anything
It is hard, the point of his show is to never ever get it
“talking about the symptoms of capitalism while never addressing the root cause with John Oliver”
John Oliver got some decent jokes. He just really likes to stop short of what really needs to be done.
You do not, under any circumstances, “gotta hand it them”.
John Oliver is doing communist edging. The point is to get as near as possible to understanding the underlying systemic issues that are the actual cause of everything he looks at, without ever actually getting there.
He would be filtered out if he said something that anti-capital. It’s similar to the Manufacturing Consent model, except John Oliver and that type is the furthest left the system can tolerate. Jon Stewart getting kicked off Apple comes to mind.
That’s honestly pretty bold, given how so many Democrats will say he’s “the last good Republican president” and how he’s generally been canonized as a someone you are supposed to respect regardless of your political leaning.
