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Love how these guys call out the left and the right for their bullshit. Pretty rare nowadays...

unimpressive 10y ago
I remember this being my exact thought while watching it. It always seems to manage a sucker punch in for either 'side' of things. Anything which does that is sufficiently rare at this point that it's notable.
- Retra 10y ago
  At what point? Right now? Because this election season in the US has been nothing but that, and it was trite from day 1.
Quanttek 10y ago
Which results basically in "Horseshoe-Theory - The Show". Where the middle way is always the golden way and, by-accident, is aligned with their neo-conservative/libertarian ideals
- dcposch 10y ago
  Libertarian yes. They are not neocons at all. Where do you see that in the show? Edit: I just remembered that Matt and Trey made Team America World Police back in 2004--back when even Democrats like Clinton were gung ho about Iraq. In it, they did a thorough job mocking the neocons, their enablers across the aisle, and their shared appetite for "preemptive" war.
- rl3 10y ago
  These are the guys who created Team America: World Police in 2004, and you're trying to say that they're neo-conservatives?
  - fullshark 10y ago
    I think you can make the case Team America ultimately supports American intervention in foreign affairs. See the dicks/pussies/assholes speech with America being the dicks, and ultimately in the right despite some issues.
    - rl3 10y ago
      That's a bit of the stretch considering the majority of the film was basically irreverent to the neoconservative foreign policy of the era. One recurring theme was gratuitous collateral damage whenever Team America found themselves in a foreign locale, followed up with complete indifference or ignorance on Team America's behalf. To suggest the film was pushing an agenda is ludicrous when it's pretty clear the goal was to make fun of pretty much everyone and everything.
    - ionised 10y ago
      That's now how I interpreted that scene.
- davymac 10y ago
  neo-conservatives and libertarians are nearly polar opposites. Neocons are authoritarian, and have some partial overlaps (in principle at least) with democrats, libertarians are laissez-faire. Libertarians overlap with the "leave my body and my speech alone" democrats and the "leave my wallet and my business alone" republicans
- djschnei 10y ago
  lol what's a neo-con/libertarian ideal?
saint_fiasco 10y ago
Not really. Many people are afraid of being seen as ideologues so they just criticize everything. "Everyone is stupid and wrong and probably I am too" is not a revolutionary statement anymore.
- zzalpha 10y ago
  Yup, or conversely, "everything is fine, everyone's opinion is valid", and you get modern news coverage. Not taking a side is no more honorable, admirable, or enlightening than taking one.

I remember this being my exact thought while watching it. It always seems to manage a sucker punch in for either 'side' of things. Anything which does that is sufficiently rare at this point that it's notable.

Retra 10y ago
At what point? Right now? Because this election season in the US has been nothing but that, and it was trite from day 1.

Quanttek 10y ago

Which results basically in "Horseshoe-Theory - The Show". Where the middle way is always the golden way and, by-accident, is aligned with their neo-conservative/libertarian ideals

dcposch 10y ago
Libertarian yes. They are not neocons at all. Where do you see that in the show? Edit: I just remembered that Matt and Trey made Team America World Police back in 2004--back when even Democrats like Clinton were gung ho about Iraq. In it, they did a thorough job mocking the neocons, their enablers across the aisle, and their shared appetite for "preemptive" war.
rl3 10y ago
These are the guys who created Team America: World Police in 2004, and you're trying to say that they're neo-conservatives?
- fullshark 10y ago
  I think you can make the case Team America ultimately supports American intervention in foreign affairs. See the dicks/pussies/assholes speech with America being the dicks, and ultimately in the right despite some issues.
  - rl3 10y ago
    That's a bit of the stretch considering the majority of the film was basically irreverent to the neoconservative foreign policy of the era. One recurring theme was gratuitous collateral damage whenever Team America found themselves in a foreign locale, followed up with complete indifference or ignorance on Team America's behalf. To suggest the film was pushing an agenda is ludicrous when it's pretty clear the goal was to make fun of pretty much everyone and everything.
  - ionised 10y ago
    That's now how I interpreted that scene.
davymac 10y ago
neo-conservatives and libertarians are nearly polar opposites. Neocons are authoritarian, and have some partial overlaps (in principle at least) with democrats, libertarians are laissez-faire. Libertarians overlap with the "leave my body and my speech alone" democrats and the "leave my wallet and my business alone" republicans
djschnei 10y ago
lol what's a neo-con/libertarian ideal?

saint_fiasco 10y ago

Not really. Many people are afraid of being seen as ideologues so they just criticize everything. "Everyone is stupid and wrong and probably I am too" is not a revolutionary statement anymore.

zzalpha 10y ago
Yup, or conversely, "everything is fine, everyone's opinion is valid", and you get modern news coverage. Not taking a side is no more honorable, admirable, or enlightening than taking one.