Jon Stewart is Gaslighting You
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
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The argument that because it’s legal it’s not fascist was shocking, like… literally all the fascists manipulated legal processes to take over and then when they had the power made the worst shit legal.
that and part of the reason someof his stuff that may be legal because courts said he has immunity
Libs will never actually fight fascism. A lot will actually join them as well. History has shown us this.
Also: I don't actually care if people voted for facism (well, I do, but not for the purposes of this argument)...it's still facism!
Killing Jews during WW2 was legal in Germany France and Italy. I can't believe Jon Stewart was going to be on the wrong side of history. Seemed like a nice guy.
So what?
As a person whose gender is no longer federally recognized, I’m pretty goddamn sure that this is fascism.
Right? It's like OBVIOUS
It's the official policy of the state dept to deny you a passport if they know you are t
Well, don't worry, the Trump Administration accidentally classified us ALL as women... so neither as men as a cis man.
I'm transgender. I'm terrified of whats happening right now, it is fascism. We have to call it what it is.
First they came for the trans community..
It absolutely is. They’re making laws about what you can and can’t do. Saw the b.s. propaganda pic of Trump signing a law surrounded by children who all looked female. I think there was something about using women’s bathrooms and I think they’re going against trans teachers too. They really don’t want to believe it’s their relatives and fellow church members (they trust blindly) who are molesting and grooming their kids. Oh I was watching Josh Jordan a comedian (he’s also a daily show correspondent) but he tells it like it is in his comedy. He was taking about the House Speaker saying Trump signed or
said something about “sex defined at the moment of conception” and the people around the speaker all clapped and looked so happy. But then Josh said “Yeah so i guess there won’t be any men!” and that’s exactly right. But none of those conservatives have had sex education or reproduction and I really hope nobody tells them! Josh writes an entire new set for every city which is crazy, and uploads 40 minutes free on Tuesday 9pm and has them all on his YT channel which is just his name. He doesn’t talk about Pop Tarts and woke = bad like Seinfeld. I’m Canadian and wished I could have voted so bad. I’m so sorry.
I live in the UK and have been watching the dorito dictator since he first came down that dumbass escalator. I have a trans son who has friends living in the states, talking to him last night I suggested maybe applying for asylum in Canada/Mexico, anywhere they can get to as persecution by the state is a valid reason for an application for asylum. If you're planning on staying I suggest arm yourself and find a nearby socialist gun club. Good luck.
EVERYTHING they have done thus far is reversible, FOR NOW, but it won't be if everyone doesn't get out there and do what they can. Keep in mind everything he is doing is literally illegal and executive orders are very weak. Trump did the same thing last time, a bunch of crazy, hair-on-fire executive orders because he wants to be a dictator, only for basically all of them to be undone by Biden. This pretty much always happens every time we flip flop between a Dem president and Rep president. The problem is if America doesn't wake tf up, we will not have another chance at a Dem president...
Thats the point. Its the beginning fascism when the first people get rounded up, put into camps, not getting their passports. Just because Jon and his folks are not among the ones being persecuted, he thinks its hyperbolic. What a Loser
I feel like I’m living in a horror film. the entire mainstream media is normalizing this complete insanity.
Because they want to be "fair and balanced" - at this point if a democrat said it was raining because we are all sitting, soaked in the rain - the new would say "democrats claim it was raining"
Your family disappearing in the night is not as hyperbolic as it should be when the people patrolling have ICE on their uniform
Yeah but they are so indoctrinated into the idea that it's just illegals basically instead of human beings they've even got a lot of liberals believing that shit
Exactly! I was going to say the same. People don't treat it the same because they aren't " the right type of people", the cycle of dehumanization is already so far along.
Exactly
As a brit, it's so strange to see the US turn against immigration so much. I mean, you literally exist because of immigration. The statue of liberty has a plaque or something welcoming immigrants in.
Then again, it's because they believe there's a "right" and "wrong" kind of immigrant. Wealthy white Europeans = yes. Black/brown people = no. It's always racism in the end.
How far do we have to go?
The Palestinians are being ethnically cleansed. Immigrants in the US are being shipped off to a shady prison far from home.
"You're not a centrist... you're a fucking collaborator!" I love that!
German here, thanks for mentioning how collaborators are called here. We currently had the conservative party try to push anti immigration laws with the far-right afd party. We call those people "Steigbügelhalter", because they enable the extremists.
There is this little proverb that goes like: "4 people sitting at a table with 2 acting like nazis and no one opposing them is a table with 4 nazis."
Quiet Nazis are still Nazis
actually, the "and no one is opposing them" part is not needed - if you are sitting at the table with nazis, you are one - people who are not nazis don't sit with them - at worst, they throw them in prison, at worst - the better option.
@xBINARYGODx it's a proverb. So it's supposed to mean that there might be nazis among us and that we shall never grant them ground. It is a call to action - not to remain silent.
So, since Germany basically decided to go full Nazi with the Israel/Palestine conflict, are you aware that the choices we had were:
“The Lying Strongman Populist”, and a “Do-Nothing Soccer Mom - that did many things that the Lying, Strongman Populist also said he wanted to do?”
In his black heart of hearts, Muskollini wants to be dictator of Earth. He dreamt of being one on Mars but decided why wait. He believes he is above humanity, that he knows better, and that he should forcefully direct our future.
I soured on Jon Stewart way back in 2010 when he and Stephen Colbert held the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.” His both-siding the whole political system really pissed me off.
Also, remember when Jon did everything in his power to crush Occupie Wallstreet and even spread misinformation to make them look bad?
and both of those are funny given what he said about the show on the show with tucker and the other guy no one remembers or even cares to.
@@xBINARYGODx the thing John Stewart was criticizing in that one episode of crossfire you’re referring to is exactly who he has become
The dads being obsessed with WWII line really hit hard. It’s like they are missing the forest through the trees.
They’ll only see the signs if it’s IDENTICAL to WWII. It’s like they read history, but didn’t actually digest it.
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I personally believe they've always liked it because of the Nazi stuff.
@@dancoroian1 you hit the nail in the head with that correction, way to nip it in the butt
as a ww2 enthusiest, i am not happy to see 1930s germany being repeated in 2025. the biggest problem with the nerds is they have focused so many years on the battles and the war and ultimately know nothing about post ww1 germany and the wiemar republic and the rise of the peoples socialist party of germany ect. its really sad. we have not learned from our mistakes and we are doomed to repeat them. what is fun is there is basically the same shit with the roman empire nerds.
like 1/3 of the people voted for this... not "we." and we certainly didn't vote for the elon musk thing... I can't believe this is Jon Stewart's take
In fairness, this is a lot like saying my apathy isn't responsible for my obesity, or my inattentiveness didn't cause my auto accident . . . inaction still has consequences. Literally millions sat out the last election.
Why are you surprised this is Jon Stewart's opinion? He's rich. He pretends to be anti-establishment but will never actually go against the corrupt system that made him rich.
@@dangerousdays2052because basically everything you just said goes completely against the Jon Stewart who has existed in reality for the last 3 decades? What are you talking about?
Edit: 9:15 I'm with our presenter here 🤷♂️ if he's been like this forever I haven't seen it.
@@JUnit41484 Jon talks the talk, but has NEVER walked the walk.
@@dangerousdays2052 he has absolutely walked the walk.
Unless you're one of those dumdums who thinks that in order to "walk the walk" as a leftist, you're required to give up all your cash money.
(hint: that's not how anything works!)
The dad rant is so relatable! My dad's been sitting around the living room watching WWII crap on History channel while I watch history repeat itself on the news🤦♀️ All day he tells me to "wait til the midterms" & "that's unconstitutional, judges will stop it" & I wonder if he's sleeping thru the documentaries he watches
Yeah, same here with my mom. I mean, I want to believe things won't be "that bad too" but then I think, it can still get pretty darn bad
I live in South Africa and im gay. It feels like im watching society burn from half a world away. I'm terrified of how widespread fascism and right-wing ideology has become. We already have a fucked up history and a strong conservative population, but ive met so many trump supporters and sympathisers in my city, several of whom are also PoC. Idk man, im just terrified of how this kind of thing seeps into culture and becomes normalised.
Speak up! Protest the US in South Africa.
Ugh, I'm so sorry bro :/
one of the worst aspects of all this Trump nonsense is that eventually, it ends up infecting the minds of people half a world away!
It's like a disease that infected, spreads, and then kills its host.
Me too, I’m gay and I live in NZ and I know people here are just as stupid and prone to this stuff as in America, I’m very scared how these American social media companies we use all around the world are becoming more and more right wing and spreading this disgusting ideology around the world, it’s terrifying
Organize! Do NOT let Trumpism take hold in your home, take action before its too late!
I don't think Jon Stewart is gaslighting me. I think he's doing it to himself.
Like he's in denial? Very well may be
He isn't doing it to himself. He's just a privileged upper class liberal acting in his material interests.
I think he wants to believe that things can't get that bad. He also probably believes he's protected from the worst of it
Thank you for this video. I am stunned by the denial happening around me. And that's what it is, self-protective denial. People can't handle the implications of what's happening, so they just ostrich themselves instead - - and then call others alarmists for not doing the same.
Oh my god this is my family right now. Both of my boomer parents keep telling me to "wait and see"
I first saw the daily show when Trevor Noah had newly taken over. I had never seen Jon Stewart hosting, but everyone kept talking about how great he was. Trevor seemed to always be in his shadow, ppl even said that if Jon was still there, Trump wouldve lost the election.
Then, he returned and I was excited for the first monologue. I'd finally get why he was such an icon.
And that very first thing monologue had a joke making fun of the lady who sued McDonalds over scolding hot coffee.
Y'know, the women who got hospitalized with severe burns and then made a joke by a big corp. That woman had already died when he said the joke, due to long-term complications from her burns.
I thought about if Jon maybe didn't know, but he has a writers room. John Oliver had talked about the case extensively. How big was the chance that NONE of the writers knew? That no one told him.
I tried to picture Trevor Noah telling that same joke and just couldnt.
It was such a simple thing, but it was undeniably punching down.
And I realized Jon Stewart doesnt do his homework. He's beloved for his delivery, he's nonchalant because he doesn't care, so he can seem brave and cool while calling out congress. He can do it because he doesn't care. I wish he cared.
trevor noah made a joke punching down at immigrants while he was hosting the grammys or whatever stupid award show just passed. i dont trust any of them to be for the people anymore. stephen colbert seems to be the only one who has his head on but who knows if thatll last
Jon Stewart does care and if you don't believe that, go watch the video where he is fighting for congress to fund the 9/11 first responders bill, or look at why he left his Apple+ deal. I think he knows that part of his job is to help people through struggle via comedy and sometimes you fail to think through the whole joke. I didn't see that clip so will go back to find it now, if you have it please link it. I can't imagine his delivery being deadpan or without layers or irony indicating the inverse of his expression. Could be wrong and if so, I will complain at him about it. My perception is that he trying to calm everyone for a second to figure out what to focus on and how to accomplish anything when we have limited power, because the executive has too much without enough checks as a structural issue. The dichotomy of this is expressed in the fact that Trump hasn't been too successful so far (judges blocking orders) and that yes the threat is already here but if we call everything fascism, then its hard to separate definitive times when truly fascist acts vs. threats do happen. The reality is that they have been put in a place of power, for many reasons some direct (voters) and indirect (including non-voters, disagree with the video take) so we need to be strategic and deliberate in the ways we plan to subvert the new status quo.
you mean the woman that chose to put HOT Coffee BETWEEN HER LEGS while driving?
@ sorry i’m not reading all of that. don’t spend too much energy on defending the rich
@ wait i’m sorry……..”yes the threat is already here but if we call everything fascism, then it’s hard to separate definitive times when truly fascist acts vs threats do happen” his entire cabinet is made up of white supremacists and his support base is neo-nazi’s. he is a fascist. what he is doing is fascism. THREATS of fascism….is fascist. go be weird to someone else
stewart would not be where he is today if he weren’t useful to the established order. he is a pressure relief valve, very soothing to the npr crowd.
Progressive but not TOO progressive... Controlled opposition to corporatism but certainly a tool of and for it! HARD PASS!
@@stickynorth yes, he is like what the dems are to the repubs, but just for people a bit more left than dem
That sigh encapsulates how so many of us feel right now. Just..... sigh 😞
Paired with the look, on video's opening.
ACT.
@@paulwheeler6609 what can someone from a small city do? (Genuinely asking, I want to do something but don't know what and I don't have a license to go somewhere else)
I remember a year or two ago I was talking to a friend about how Trump was a fascist, he kept disagreeing adamantly, now looking back I feel validated, but I wish I was wrong.
It’s so dystopian to see friends posting warnings of ice being at grocery stores, or having whole restaurants close bc they don’t their workers to be vulnerable.
The voice of a generation turned into milquetoast centrist.
Like Chis Rock... From SNL to TERF...
It’s pathetic
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He was always like this. I think a lot of people are just blinded by nostalgia.
I’m glad other people felt the same way about this segment. I like John Stewart but saying “This can’t be fascism because he was democratically elected” is a short-sighted and oddly semantic take. Are we expecting fascism to look 100% identical to when the Nazis did it? Like you said, at what point is it “enough” fascism to acknowledge the pattern?
My only minor point of contention with you is calling Kamala a “soccer mom.” I’m also not a fan of her, but I think there are more thoughtful ways to criticize female politicians.
Thank you, seeing your comment convinced me to continue watching when I got to the "unrelatable soccer mom" bit. I still don't understand diminishing her like that 🤷🏿♀️ glad my household is not the only one it gave pause. Otherwise a good watch, good to see people pushing back on Jon's lousy takes.
Hitler was democratically elected, lol. Jon is trying to gaslight us. 😂😂
Yeah I agree Kamala isn’t a “soccer mom” she’s a fascist bloodthirsty Zionist cop who thinks the presidency was owed to her and who has zero respect for the American people.
@@earthwormjimjonesI know right? She’s sooooo much worse than that.
German here, it loos almost identical. The only difference are the flashy pictures of burning books - because place for ideas is social media now. And let's face it, the blue bird is buried under a cross like symbol. He even did what we all saw.
It came slowly, step by step, and many people aren't willing acknowledge that, because that would mean they had to face what they had cheered for this whole time. that they are the bad guys, after investing so much into it.
I think the media and government have done everything they can to downplay the sheer amount of fuckery in this last election
Lmao, I'm not a Trump supporter or a republican but... this election was stolen? This is why no one is taking you seriously.
The American MSM is all owned by the same private equity firms like Black Rock and Vanguard. It's all propaganda.
yeah, that's what I think too. I figure that even if an election *WAS* stolen (either in the past, now, or in the future), both parties would collude to cover it up in order to maintain faith in the U.S. election system. The public losing trust in the legitimacy of voting could spark some _serious_ unrest, potential coups, and all sorts of riff-raff.
I thought it was perplexing that John Stewart once got more heated over the existence of Chicago deep-dish pizza on the Daily Show than he did over Elon Musk's Nazi Salute. Especially considering he is Jewish man. He has gotten soft with age.
And money and power... Comedy Central has corrupted him...
Jon Stewart is on the same side as the CEO that Luigi ganked, he is not on your side and never has been. Remember when he did everything he could to crush Occupie Wallstreet and even lied about them repeatedly?
You realize Stewart is a comedian right...? You realize the Daily Show is a comedy show right? On a channel known as' Comedy Central' no less.
@@jfairway1A comedian that believes he is morally superior and that he speaks truth to power. You're allowed to question funny people and call them out on bad behavior.
@concordsoup3961 When did I say you can't question funny people? When did I say you can't call them out for bad behavior? You claim that he believes he is morally superior, however I have seen no such evidence of that. You and some others claim Stewart is behaving badly here, but I and some others disagree with your interpretation. Especially coming from this terrible take by this RUclipsr.
We won't hear from Jill Stein again for another ~3 years
Hopefully never
Your party chose a conservative, genocidal candidate and handed the election to trump, and you have the nerve to criticize an irrelevant kooky third-party option for it. Vulnerable people like me have to suffer under Trump because people like you refuse to budge to the left, and you seem incapable of feeling any shame for it. When trans people are being walked into the camps, understand you share blame with the mouth-breathing republicans for our fate.
@@General_Maximus Want to know how to REALLY get rid of Jill Stein once and for all? Join the Green Party and vote in the primary🙃
@@General_Maximus oh no, she's like clockwork unfortunately...pops her head out and acts like a cuckoo once every 4 years!
She's busy getting her power core changed back in Russia
I needed this lol. I feel like Will Ferrell in Zoolander. “I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!!” So many people are just shrugging like “well, what can ya do?”.
Umm.. speak up about it, maybe? Not all of us are privileged enough to be off the fascists hit list.
Everyone around me keeps telling me to calm down because I don't have a solution to the issues I bring. You know, global, generational issues? Yeah, can't talk about em if I can't solve em.
I have been calling my rep and Senator and I'm not sure how much it helps the world but it's sure helping my sanity. My Rep actually is now sending regular updates with what she's doing and what we can do.
Don't sell yourself short, Spinks. Your content is great. As a trans woman academic and activist, I'm happy to have you by my side, comrade! \m/
Thank you for saying this. My heart has been so heavy I barely gotten out of bed over the last 20 days. Seeing Jon Stewart talk like that gave me a flash of anger but then the salt on the wound quickly set in and my heart sunk even lower. I didn't think it was possible. The last 6 months of people gaslighting me that i was overreacting and then being proven right when he did everything he said he would. Thats not an "i told you so" that feels good. It feels lonely. it feels hopeless.
it feels like everybody just doesnt care because they think that nothing bad will happen to them, only other people. that right there, that is the darkest realization. nobody cares if its not they themselves. empathy is dead. and for-profit social media killed it. i think we've gone too far to find our way back. i really dont see any reason to try anymore in a world without empathy.
Relatable
You still have empathy. It's proof. It's real. Don't give up.
I'd call myself a liberal, and Stewart's segment made me SICK. It's so obvious that Trump is ripping the guardrails down. "Freaking out" is the only thing that makes people in power pay attention. He's nuts if he thinks now is the time to wait for MORE abuses of power.
This is what I've been weary of. The folk we used to look to are ultimately just cogs in the corporate world and it's no wonder they're all unanimous in telling us to not freak out.
Your experience was the first brush you had with waking up to what liberalism really is. The first step on the path to become a leftist. Go with it.
@garrett2439 nah, I'm good. I've already been there. You don't abandon your beliefs just because one figure fails, otherwise leftism would be screwed too. Just look at Cenk Uyger now.
Idk. Call socdems "market socialists" if you have to. That's what all the cool kids who can't deny the utility of markets are doing.
@@garrett2439 Nah, I'm good. Leftists are JUST as succeptible to enabling fascists. Just look at people like Cenk Uyger, or all the people who railed against Democrats more than Trump.
@@garrett2439 I've been a leftist and it was way worse when it came to enabling fascism.
I’ve been listening to the audiobook ‘Strongmen’ - again. The author talks about how Mussolini’s fascism shirted tactics and even perspectives on smaller issues of needed to get to and maintain his end goal.
I have a friend who keeps telling me that Hit ler supported working people - and I have to remind her that he didn’t mean a word of it, it was to get support of the working class - because look what he did to unions when he finally got to power. He didn’t even try to co-opt them. Just got rid of them. He had no use for them except to toil in the factories and feed his war machine. (Adam Tooze wrote a great book - Wages of Destruction - that basically uses the German budgets and expenditures to show that war was always H’s goal, and his anti-semitism was a huge driver for everything he did.)
These guys will say and do whatevs is required to keep their trains on the track of destroying what we had left of democracy. Because Trump wants to be a strong man with a big ass fortune.
Jon Stewart is definitely full of crap on this one.
Jessie Gender mention! Her coverage of the current political climate has been great, fully reccommend her
JG is great!
I saw that monologue as someone going through the stages of grief and trying to convince themselves that their country isn't engulfed in flames to the extent that it actually is.
What is so frustrating about the whole thing is just how close Jon got to a legitimate critique and then completely missed it.
The realization that this is all legal shouldn't result in the conclusion that "this isn't fascism" it should wake people up to the fact that this was never a free country to begin with.
"Always has been..."
- - - astronaut meme
It has to come from the early 1900's and only from Germany or Italy, otherwise it's just sparkling autocracy.
i know i'm in the bad timeline because Colbert is the voice of reason over Stewart. thank you for making this. history will understand what's happening now, even if we are being collectively gaslight against it
Colbert is just as bad if not worse. Don’t give him any credit.
@@bulldogfront666 no, we shall judge these people by how they react to this, not something about occupy from 20 yars ago - because at this point, who fucking cares
Dude the situation in America is becoming so bad that I have relatives from 3rd world countries saying they’re glad they are not Americans. Being an American citizen used to be the envy of all Latin Americans who wanted a better life. I used to be envied for being an American citizen. Now aII my relatives who would ask me to help them get papers are looking at us with horror.
Ps. Also Latin America is genuinely getting a bit better in some cases.
Honestly, if you can leave, you should. I wish I could...it just feels hopeless here. And yeah, a lot of "third world countries" are really improving. It's like, why stay here when I can't even feel safe?
I lost all respect for Jon Stewart after excusing the Sieg Heil and minimizing the aftermath... He needs to retire ASAP!
Woah woah woah. Jon Stewart excused it!?
He did that? The Elon thing? That's unacceptable to me, and I've been a huge fan of Jon. Could you tell me where he did?
I went back and rewatched what he said. At the time, I thought the joke was that it was so blatantly obviously a Sieg Heil that it would be stupid to deny it. But... he never actually condemned it, he just moved on. Very disappointing.
@@churchofthelambofsat Completely agree. When someone Nazi salutes at a presidential inauguration - that can't just be glossed over. It has to be called out in explicit terms.
100% agree here, and just to say, John had fallen off so hard. I'm not sure what's going on, but even during the election his segments were so soft-handed about Trump's MANY obvious faults and he kept focusing on shit that didn't matter. He had ALL THAT AIR TIME to warn people properly and give them the knowledge they needed to not vote for him and he just left it at sarcastic quips. I've stopped watching.
cuz trump has successfully strongarmed everyone into respecting him and expecting nothing of him. so now they push their anger onto democrats who try to help everybody but aren't doing a good enough job. essentially the person who listens to you and tries and fails is the person who disappoints you more.
also, corporate democrats always favour the status quo. so anti establishment ppl like stewart will always blame them for not going in and wrecking things in the way trump seems to be doing.
As a genx millennial who came of age when his parody textbook was published, I'm no longer watching or listening to Jon Stewart. What an ignominious flop closing his tenure as a kick ass voice of reason through wit. Damn shame.
The thing that got me was him keep harping on Biden's age past the point of it mattering
Exactly. Why isn't Stewart calling for and leading mass protests in Washington rather than telling jokes to a sleeping audience? I'm doing my part. Not so sure about anyone else.
Why is a comedian on a comedy show doing comedy!? Crazy!
@jfairway1 Because these are not normal times. When the surrealists abandoned France during WW 2, they were ignored upon their return after the war. Why? Because they didn't put their money where their mouth is. The same law applies. Of course, I know you just want to be entertained.
@paulwheeler6609 Do not pretend to know me. Tell me, when specifically was there a normal time? Please tell me again how WW2 French Surrealists apply to Stewart being a comedian?
@@jfairway1 Look, I made a simple statement that Stewart, being a leader many times before Congress, should be making an effort beyond the comedy sphere to unite people. If you can't grasp that, I really don't know what to say.
@@paulwheeler6609 No, you stated the comedian Stewart is not doing enough for the people because he is not leading protests in Washington. You then claimed to be able to identify what normal times are. Then you said WW2 French Surrealists somehow relate to this situation. Next, you made faulty assumptions about me as a person instead of responding to my questions or points. Lastly, you change your claim about Stewart and then say I don't understand the claim that you had not made yet.
And I saw people calling for Jon Stewart to run for president. Can we stop pretending like our favorite celebrity having a decent take on one thing qualifies them for public office, especially the most powerful one in the world?
Stewart would be a better POTUS than any we have had since Teddy.
Jon did an interview with Bill O'Reilly and Trevor Noah did an interview with Kellyanne Conway and both times, the interviewer just sat there while the fascists spewed their obvious lies without any real pushback. Colbert's interview with Liz Cheney was no better. It's so disheartening to see. Thank you for your honest depiction of the situation.
John Stuart destroyed Bill O'Reilly in real time. Go watch that interaction again please. Go watch John destroy Tucker Carlson in real time. John is a comedian that does more to protect our rights and lives than any Democratic or Republican law maker has in our lifetime.
Thank you for this great Video! I'm from Germany and in my school Time I learnd all the signs how this develops how it manipulates the People and how the Nazis could get the power. Some times I think because of that at least our youth should now it better and I forget that fascism is still a thing that can easily happen. And now we have to Vote in a few weeks with an fascist party that is very popular and a party that openly says it's the same like the fascists... but democratic. Yeah the world is kind of shitty right now
How do we fight fascism. I'm trying to bridge the divide. I took my uncle (he is the proverbial uncle at Thanksgiving) to the Holocaust museum. He said sit and wait. Give him 2 years he said I'll have a better life...
When you whipped out that Brennan Lee Mulligan quote i hit the like and follow buttons faster than one could say "you kids wanna make some bacon?"
German historian here with an additional degree in political science.
AT LEAST the last 9 years where a LOT of watching all the bad stuff happen that my professors always warned that could and would happen.
an important change since the 2000s that i witness is the very different reactions to stuff i contribute to this online.
While back then mostly people were interested in what i had to say, nowadays there is foremost open hostility to those who fell for the cult.
Lately it got really bad; just saying basic nonpolitical stuff like literal "i like all humans to live in peace and not die of hunger" gets people angry.
I still believe humanity can turn it around. but at this point i think it is important for the planet to have a country like the us to fail hard, and fast (probably economically).
Else i don't see us as a global society stop the trend before it gets far, far worse.
That's because the right co-opted that message
Note as of 2/8/25: I still know multiple organizations (nonprofits mostly) with funding on hold right now despite the court rulings.
For those looking, Jessie's video is on her second channel: ruclips.net/video/id3foHJVlmE/видео.html
Jon Stewart was a Comedy Central right-ish libertarian before 9/11, not a liberal. It was the Iraq War, Patriot Act, and other Bush Admin policies that he opposed; because they were things he cared about. And because of his 9/11 trauma, he made a strong stand to support first responders; yet won’t do that to support liberal policies or politicians. He thinks he’s better than Democratic politicians and judges them from above without making an effort to push for better nominees.
I was watching him nightly before 9/11, but even at his best he was bad at confronting Republican politicians/pundits who went on his show because he naturally defers to power in person. That’s why he’s most famous for insulting wimpy Bowtied Tucker Carlson; not a politician. And once Obama became president he lost the plot because he’s a libertarian and thought his job was to always go after the president; even if he’s nitpicking little things to seem unbiased while Republicans were still the main problem.
That’s when I stopped watching because his now moderate libertarian views turned him into a Both Sides Centrist who thinks his job is to be a calm elder statesman like the imaginary Walter Cronkite people believe existed; even though some of the worst problems we’re dealing with began back when Cronkite was telling everyone “that’s the way it is.”
Btw, this trajectory also explains Bill Maher, except Maher is much dumber, less funny, and more libertarian. But they started as Comedy Central libertarians, who were largely influenced by George Carlin.
But Carlin was a leftish libertarian who knew where the line was and targeted specific things like religion and bigotry; not everyone he disagreed with. He specifically called out bigoted jokes as punching down; a concept his rightwing fans say doesn’t exist. His clones thought it was about cynicism towards power and routinely take shots at the wrong side because they can’t tell the difference.
They’re like someone playing a shooter game who doesn’t realize they’re on a team and shooting their own guys half the time. And when their teammates complain, they get offended and shoot them again.
Worst Jon Stewart take and description ever. Not one correct statement.
@@jfairway1 Really? No correct statements? Jon Stewart didn’t help first responders? He didn’t oppose the Bush Admin on the Iraq War and infringing on privacy?
Or are you just mad I wrote things you hadn’t considered before and that makes me automatically wrong about everything?
@@DoctorBiobrain John is not and never has been a libertarian. He is not nor ever has been soft on truth to power. John is better at breaking down and communicating a situation honestly and empathetically than any news caster or pundit or politician in 'Merica.
@@jfairway1By libertarian I’m referring to people who put liberty ahead of authority, not the Libertarian Party; which is made up of shy authoritarians who all want to be benevolent dictators. And there are leftwing and rightwing libertarians who both support liberty but in different ways.
Leftwing ideology is about society and people working together. I’m a leftwing libertarian because I think everyone deserves equal freedom, which requires things like a basic safety net, free access to good lawyers, clean water and air, good education, etc. And it’s about balancing the needs of each individual with the needs of all individuals. And what separates me from leftwing authoritarians is that I oppose censorship, mandates, and other policies that force others to be good since it only makes people mad. I believe the government should use carrots as incentives, not sticks to punish.
But rightwing ideology is based on selfishness so rightwing libertarians only care about their freedom; not everyone’s freedom. Like how they aren’t anti-gay but they won’t actively defend gay rights unless they’re gay. And they aren’t anti-abortion but they won’t actively defend abortion unless they need one. And they aren’t anti-drug but they won’t demand legalization unless they use drugs. Bill Maher is the perfect example of this. He doesn’t support Republicans but he attacks lefties more for being too woke.
Before 9/11 Jon Stewart was a Comedy Central libertarian or South Park libertarian; depending on your preferred term. These people dislike authoritarians on both sides, like how South Park mocked the religious right and cops, as well as political correctness and virtue signaling by the left. After 9/11, most libertarians joined the left by opposing Bush’s authoritarian policies and wars, which made people incorrectly assume they were lefties.
If you think Jon Stewart talks truth to power that is consistent with him being a libertarian because libertarians reject authority. But if you see all the times he focuses on both sides or is just calling out lefties for going too far, that’s his South Park libertarian views showing. I agree with him that many lefties use too much hyperbole but I know it’s not a problem I should focus on. It’s like lecturing your kid about his bad attitude while your house is burning down around you.
And I saw countless interviews of him in the Bush years and he was always friendly to all his guests, including frauds like John McCain and dangerous people like Bill O’Reilly. That’s not because he agrees with them. It’s just his personality to be polite to people in person; which is great for interviews but terrible when he’s talking to dangerous people who need to be called out.
Kurt Vonnegut once wrote about a robot with bad breath that dropped napalm on innocent foreigners and he just needed to fix his breath to be accepted by others; because they cared more about his breath than the atrocities he was committing. These are the people who get jobs on TV because they’re all working for billionaires. Jon Stewart helped us get through tough times after 9/11, but he’s now just another wealthy talking head who thinks his job is to calm everybody down while another round of napalm is being loaded into the planes to drop on us.
I mean, I agree that Jon is the best pundit in corporate media. That’s because they’re all terrible. You need to show that Jon has routinely pushed for liberal policies like universal healthcare and campaigned to help good lefties win Democratic primaries; not that he only pushes back against the worst policies. And anyone who targets the left has lost the plot. I’m actually a moderate liberal but I know better than to target my own side.
And yeah, I probably wrote too much.
Jon Stewart feels like he is a second away from kissing Trump's ring. It is gross.
It should be clear that there is no common ground with fascists since 1945.
You know, for some reason, you'd think that Colbert would've given the take that Jon Stewart actually did! Wtf?
I think people feel helpless and scared and don't know how to act. They are afraid they will be dragged into camps and die for a country that cares very little about their well-being. It hurts to see.
This. I don't want my own country to be the end of me.
Jill Stein was protesting.
Good for her. That’s actually helpful.
The whole point of proto-fascism is the insidious slide into full authoritarian fascism. The insidiousness is what makes people complacent.
Didnt disappoint this time with the "Don't call me Shirley".
Jon Stewart's stance on capitalism (7:00) is that the free market would sort itself out, if only the government would quit meddling with it (on behalf of giant corpos). He's right that the meddling has been detrimental, but he's wrong about his core belief that capitalism could have any other outcome than what we're living.
I don't understand why he's doing this. When I saw that, I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
Jon Stewart is rich. He's on the same side as Trump and the CEO that Luigi ganked, he's not on your side and never was.
It could be Jon whom is a very recognizable guy maybe has people focusing on him personally right now and in response to that he is making sure he doesn't "cross that line" lest he trip out a window or something
Excellent commentary! I usually like Jon Stewart but his most recent episode had me shaking my head in dismay. You eloquently stated what I was feeling. I can't believe he was playing down Trump's fascist actions. Like you said, he seems to think Trump's not a fascist until he declares himself dictator. But all his actions have been fascist! He kept saying that everything Trump has done is legal but so what? Just because it's legal doesn't make it right.
Even John Stewart is bending the knee. Is this enough fascism?
His take on Luigi was really odd as well.
seth meyers is the most rational and compassionate of the late night hosts, bt it's good to see colbert stepping up
I’m finding the A Better Look being shorter and more jokey. I remember they’d be 17 min and him smiling at the end more often? I think the Biden Presidency was like a break and the election was just the same repeatedly. Not expecting so much insanity so quickly and things are actually happening they’re just finding their footing.
Yeah, he isn't perfect, but you can slowly see Seth Meyers just losing whatever hope he had
my sister's a JS fanboy. i told her about this take, back when it was just quotes from an interview, and not something he'd said on his show directly.
she somehow simultaneously believed that the words were clipped out of context and intentionally misframed to sound bad, but also, he was right, we should all stop overreacting and not call it fascism.
and just moments before, she'd been talking about how scary all the overt fascism was....
jesus, i don't get celebrity culture. to love someone you've never met so much that you can change your beliefs on a dime because they said something, no matter how many other people there are, saying it's wrong/harmful.
(i'm not saying you have to listen to every online backlash, but ignoring valid complaints and defaulting to cognitive dissonance because you love any celebrity is unhealthy. and you don't have to stop liking somone who has a bad take, but don't get butthurt because other people don't want to let it slide.)
I don’t get it either. I call out every bit of bs I see from people in my life, as they do me. Same with famous people
6:45 THIS. This is the problem. Stewart is a liberal because it works _for him._ He worked and became rich and celebrated. He eats well, lives well and gets all the best the US has to offer. As far as he's concerned, the US is the land of milk and honey and the _only_ issues that exist are the ones he gets brought to him and he listens to.
The dads being obsessed with WWII bit is so funny
That was a great break down of the issue at hand.
I'm 68 and early on I learned about WW2, Hitler and the Nazis.
As I got older I took the time to try and understand how Fascism took hold in those European Democracies.
What I learned is playing out once again right in front of us, except it is now a Global movement.
Some of my friends who follow politics see it to and are doing what we can to warn others who'll listen.
Don't sell yourself short, your Video is an essential part of a resistance and a rejection of the rise of 21st Century Fascism.
Thank you
Pete
I'm having a hard time deciding if so many people who were disgusted throughout Trump's first term are suddenly defending him are just giving up hope and trying to convince themselves it's ok, or if that's who they've always been and now that it's looking like we're in it for the long haul, they feel comfortable being themselves.
We all need to speak out, whether we are political geniuses or not
I haven't been able to watch a Daily Show hosted by Jon since he invited Bill O'Reilly on. I was honestly flabbergasted at the decision, and I would find it hard to believe that he got zero pushback on that within his team.
Him harping on Harris' "vibes" rather than policy also made me want to tear my hair out. For better or worse, elections are won on "vibes," and he ought to know that by now.
I was happy to see him come back, but I've just been sorely disappointed by him time after time. I honestly prefer any other host to him now.
Jon and Bill are friends. They're both rich and they both understand class warfare. They have always been united against us.
So you are saying Trump has better vibes than Harris. How do we run a campaign to vibe our way to the white house and majority in Congress? How is vibe measured and in what unit? Is vibe measured in length, weight, volume, viscosity?
@@jfairway1 Based on the snark, I assume you aren't actually interested in a discussion on the matter. Thanks for the response anyway.
@theEumenides Correct. I have no interest in having a discussion with an a$s. I am happy you at least recognize you make assumptions.
He should’ve stayed retired.
Sorry, but i refuse to spend the next 4 years with my hair on fire. We live in an oligarchy now. Corporations run the government. They won't let Trump do anything they don't like.
*We've lived in an oligarchy our whole lives.
Otherwise, yes. Essentially, business as usual, turned up to 11.
It's bad when I hope and pray for the corporations to step in.
I loved your integrity when you directed to another channel. Refreshing. Subscribed.
“It’s your fault” means literally you voted Trump into office
It *is* our fault. We *are* that dumb. We have a two party system and one of them would never win if the country was properly educated
I appreciate you putting this video out there. It's important for everyone to be willing to stand up and say that this isn't right. It makes it easier for the next person to stand up, if they aren't alone. I get this isn't your comfort zone and I hope you get to go back to making as many non-political videos are your heart desires.
He wants to gaslight us all the way to the gas camber! That’s why they call it GASlighting am I right fellas? /s
If youre against trump politically. Support the 2nd ammendment. 😊
Fascist Flat Stanley is the best description for Trump I've heard in a long time
You said the thing! The entire time I was watching that monologue, I was screaming "IT DIDN'T START WITH DEATH CAMPS, YOU FOOL!" This is the second time I've seen such a bad take this season... right up there with "Oh, people think Luigi Mangione is smexy!"
3:01 This speech from Stewart has been a non-starter for me since I watched it, but this part in particular is something that's sat with me. Why is he, or anyone else even remotely attached to the American left at this point, still worried about credibility?
The high road has been a one-lane road now for about twenty years, and the American right doesn't give the tiniest deuce the moral character of any of their representatives. I would rather not engage in the sports-teaming of American politics, but I don't want to be rounded up and jailed for no good reason even more. I'm less worried about credibility right now than I am someone telling the party currently in power to sit the hell down and shut the hell up. Screw off, Stewart, you missed on this dart.
Like it or not, the leftist base still cares a great deal about the moral character of their representatives, lol. There's a reason Bernie consistently gets more support from leftists than any other member of the Democratic establishment.
Plus, Stewart's comment about how everything Trump has done so far has been something America voted for electorally is entirely true. Trump is pushing the boundaries of executive power, as he has a right to attempt as president, and it's the responsibility of those affected in the rest of America to push back and establish firm boundaries on what lines he can't cross. Even now, within days of Trump's executive orders, *many* organizations and leaders are attempting to hold him accountable and enforce those boundaries, and we should support those efforts. To argue that almost every action Trump has taken so far has been "fascism" (as this video claims) rather than the American government working as intended betrays a misunderstanding of civics. Trump is not the worst president America has ever had, nor the most racist, nor the most authoritarian. Keep fighting.
u look like if bobby from twin peaks was middle aged
sorry if thats insulting love ur vids
@@urbroz😂😊
Did you see the return? Bobby has silver hair and is a cop
and was a kiddy diddler
Lol. Bobby from twin peaks *is* middle aged.
I'm a Black woman, one of the 92% who voted for the soccer mom and coach, and truly believe her first two weeks would have been different. I'm not an academic, but I knew what project 2025 says, and sounded the alarm. What I'm seeing is 1930s Germany here in the land of the free-ish and the home of a few of us who are brave. I'm leaning into surviving and being a helper. My ancestors went through chattel slavery. It is fucking fascism. The KKK marched an😂 hour an a half away from here in Lexington. It is fascism. It's past time to be real. I don't care what a comedian says.
If a system results in fascism, even once, maybe get rid of that system? If a machine that was meant to produce soft pillows starts producing machine guns that shoot snakes and fire, that machine is broken and either needs a major fix from the ground up or to be replaced.
Any system can be changed to fascism.
What I'm finding utterly bizarre is that you'd expect Jewish people to be out front screaming at the top of their lungs. Then there's Stewart and Netanyahu.
We're in the Twilight Zone I swear
Never again is right now
"Fascisty?" That's fascism, Jon! There is no midpoint in extremism!
Lol I used to consider myself "non political" and "spiritual" until I realized that was way too poor to live that way. The law of attraction doesn't work when you broke all the time 😅
I went and got my CFS (firearm safety)card for an easy $25 dollars. And I think everyone should do it.
the people always saying jon stewart should run for pres need to stfu already
Just a heads up, I noticed that your video didnt pop up on my sub page. I've been subscribed to your channel for months and never had that problem before! I don't know if it's a glitch on my end or a youtube problem in general.
Love your videos! Keep up the good work!
Not just you, I have the same thing. It’s not on my sub page only in recommended
RUclips has done that for me for years with multiple channels. I just have to make the effort to keep in touch.
Thanks for saying what I’ve been thinking for a long time. I can’t stand Jon Stewart and I’m legit losing friends over it because my buddies all love him. I feel like I’m the only one in my social circle who can see the truth. Thank you. You said everything I was thinking, 10/10, no notes. Keep up the great work. Signed, someone who is very educated on politics and watches and reads everything. You’re doing the Lords work.
You're not the only one. I have felt weird about him since the election. Vibes were off
John Stewart's Both Siderism in his first stint at the Daily Show often left me really angry. Along with the big 16" softball questions at politicians whose feet he should have held to the fucking fire. He's still doing the same damn thing.
Yeah, I was stunned by how bad Jon Stewart's take was with that monologue.
I was upset when I saw that Comedy Central video. I’m not watching their stuff anymore. He is absolutely gaslighting us.
Jon Stewart's been going downhill for a while now, and this segment was just the latest example. He should've stayed retired.
I hate the liberal assumption that if the ruling class call it a democracy that means we're actually doing it to ourselves.
So glad I found your channel before Trump got voted in. Now I have a comfort channel again
Yeah, this was disappointing from Jon Stewart. It felt like he was talking down to people instead of punching up (at the Nazis).
He identifies as a liberal, so it isn't very surprising that he is a centrist.
I'm glad you pointed this out. I was so upset when he said this.
Who would have thought that Colbert would be the based one and Stewart would be the lib collaborator