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Seth Rogen Speaks Truth to Billionaires, Gets Censored for It
- ilrwbwrkhv 1y ago[flagged]
- lippihom 1y agoWhy is this flagged? Parts of his speech were actively scrubbed and YouTube comments are turned off. Seems worthy of discussion...
- notnmeyer 1y agoi’d vote for seth rogen
- mig39 1y agoYou can't have him. He's ours (Canada).
- duxup 1y agoLook man we’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel here… help us out.
- assimpleaspossi 1y agoTo do what? Write funny jokes and star in his own election? Far too many get their knowledge from comedians, actors and rock stars.
- mindslight 1y agoSure, practically any joker off the streets would have better policies for the United States than Trump's Great Leap Backwards. At least Mao was trying to move his country forwards - at this rate it won't be long until we're backyard smelting pig iron out of necessity.
- assimpleaspossi 1y agoSo you think the US $35 trillion debt is not a problem and Trump's cost cutting is?
- mindslight 1y agoAs a student of Austrian economics and a proponent of actual fiscal conservatism, correct. The United States is monetarily sovereign and controls the world reserve currency. The biggest threat to our country is a loss of faith in the United States as a world leader, which Trump is doing his damnedest to facilitate.
- mcphage 1y agoWell, the first thing is, he actually needs to cut costs. Which he has not.
- shepherdjerred 1y agoWho is going to make America pay when it is dominant? Alternatively, what is America going to do when nobody respects it anymore? The US is in a much better position with debt and power than it will be net zero and ostracized
- whamlastxmas 1y agoIf American defaults on its debt it would absolutely destroy the economy. This is a really weird take
- mindslight 1y agoYes, a national default on debt would be a terrible thing. Most American debt is denominated in USD. The US is monetarily sovereign, meaning it can always create more USD at will. This means that the US can only default on its debt voluntarily, which is exactly the type of economic catastrophe that Trump is doing his best to cause.
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- notnmeyer 1y agoyeah, that sounds good! but really, i meant it in a light-hearted show of support for speaking the truth.
- BlackjackCF 1y agoDon’t forget that President Zelenskyy was a comedian…
- msy 1y agoCounterpoint: Zelensky.
- black6 1y agoCase in point.
- duxup 1y agoIf he just goes President Camacho and listens to some smart people that would be an improvement.
- inverted_flag 1y agoI too would like intelligent and qualified people to be president, but alas.
- commieneko 1y agoGetting knowledge from comedians is worse than having leaders who are reality tv hosts and failed casino owners? The leader in question is trashing the world economy, deporting people, without trial or due process, to concentration camps in El Salvador, and ignoring judicial orders.
- assimpleaspossi 1y agoYou conveniently forgot billionaire businessman. So you have no problem with the US $35 trillion dollar debt but Trump's cost cutting is an issue?
- nickthegreek 1y agoThe cost cutting is vaporware. The rising costs on all of us are not.
- Gud 1y agoThe “billionaire businessman” who inherited a fortune and who would have done better putting his money in an investment fund?
- commieneko 1y agoI’ve seen very little cost cutting that matters in that $35 trillion dollar debt. But I’ve seen plenty of cutting social programs that will result in much misery. And trashing of long standing allies and economic partners. For fun go and look at the history of the ups and downs of that $35 trillion dollar debt, and which administrations it shrank and grew under. As for “billionaire businessman”, I’ll go with real estate swindler and gangster. And insurrectionist too.
- monkeycantype 1y agoBecause wit is good proxy for intelligence and an ability to take alternate perspectives. (Not all commedians are actually using wit, some lean on other kinds of humor, practised learned jokes and rebuttals, rousing a crowd against scapegoats)
- Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y agoZelensky actually was a comedian and actor just right before getting elected iirc
- watwut 1y agoHe run a successful company. He was not just actor.
- jredwards 1y agoTwo actors have been Governor of California. One has been president. The current president is a reality TV star. We've already had a professional comedian as a US Senator. I'm sure I'm missing a bunch, but I think we've established that there's a show-biz-to-politics pipeline. Is that a good thing? Maybe, maybe not, but I don't think you can call it disqualifying. Electing a comic may sound like a joke, but I'm willing to consider anyone who can demonstrate intellect and empathy. Frankly, I don't think our current crop of politicians tend to come from backgrounds that are somehow more noble.
- plugger 1y ago> Electing a comic may sound like a joke, but I'm willing to consider anyone who can demonstrate intellect and empathy. yea, Zelenskyy immediately comes to mind.
- jredwards 1y agoThat's a pretty solid point.
- assimpleaspossi 1y agoReagan was an actor but you don't mention he was heavily involved in politics and the labor movement before being elected governor.
- jredwards 1y agoLots of actors are involved in politics or activism. Including Seth Rogen.
- red-iron-pine 1y ago> Frankly, I don't think our current crop of politicians tend to come from backgrounds that are somehow more noble. Cue the reddit meme about how the sword in the stone method of choosing a king might actually be a better way of going about choosing leadership, as current politicians are the results of decades of compromise and ruthless chasing of power. Certainly there are some who are more in touch with the people than others, but it's not hard to see people like Fetterman take a hard turn and become another political creature.
- bdangubic 1y agoyou talking about current President here? that can get you deported :)
- xtiansimon 1y ago> “Far too many get their knowledge from comedians, actors and rock stars.” It’s not knowledge. It’s the zingers. The poets craft ideas into expressions of how we feel. I think it’s a mistake to put them in government, but as my dad would say, if you think it’s so easy you try.
- coloneltcb 1y agohis new show The Studio on Apple TV is phenomenal
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- theideaofcoffee 1y agoI feel like this is only going to get worse in the near future. These parasites have essentially been given carte blanche to be their most terrible selves. Apparently all of the dollars in the world doesn't shield their fragile little egos against some criticism and jabs from a comedian. Maybe they should talk to a therapist, rather than to their legions of drooling toadies, might be a better return on their money, since that means so much to them.
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- HPMOR 1y agoI think they're more concerned about political retaliation from the Trump regime than having their feelings hurt.
- gilbetron 1y agoAre you thinking the "parasites" the previous poster mentioned were the comedians? They meant the billionaires.
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- gruez 1y agoTitle: "Seth Rogen Speaks Truth to Billionaires, Gets Censored for It " Actual quote: "And it’s amazing that others [who have been] in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast." "single-handedly destroyed all of American science" is hyperbolic and hardly "truth". At best it's a subjective statement. I agree that he's directionally correct in the sense that Trump is doing massive harm to American science, but the article is trying to prove too much. Even something restrained like "Trump is doing massive harm to American science" is arguably subjective, because Musk and co would argue they're just defunding useless programs like DEI or whatever. If you've read this far: no, don't take this as implying I support Trump or his actions.
- techpineapple 1y agoHe's a comedian, his only task is to be directionally correct.
- ClosedPistachio 1y agoI'm not defending it, but I'm pretty sure it's using the expression "truth to power", tweaked - "truth to billionaires". It's not meant to be literal 'truth' in the dictionary sense. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_truth_to_power https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_truth_to_power
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- alganet 1y agoScientists should talk in defense of science, not artists. Movies, comedians and the entertainment industry always mocked and despised scientists and reason.
- choko 1y agoA rich and powerful person talking crap about other rich and powerful people. Excuse me if I don't pay attention.
- oliwarner 1y agoEven if we pretended Seth Rogen's wealth and influence are in the same league as Bezos and Zuckerberg, why would you ignore the discourse between the people who pull the strings?