Seth Rogen Speaks Truth to Billionaires, Gets Censored for It
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Far too many get their knowledge from comedians, actors and rock stars.
So you have no problem with the US $35 trillion dollar debt but Trump's cost cutting is an issue?
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.
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.
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.
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.
yea, Zelenskyy immediately comes to mind.
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
Source: https://www.investopedia.com/democrats-vs-republicans-who-ha...
Deficit under administration of: Republicans: Trump: +7.1T HW Bush: +2.2T W Bush: +2.1T Reagan: +1.7T Ford: +781.2B Hoover: +246.4B Nixon: +7.2B
Democrats: Obama: +5.6T Biden: +2.8T FDR: +1.3T Clinton: +614.4B JFK +194.8B Wilson: +191.9B
The rest of the presidents (D/R) - had net reductions in deficit.
Movies, comedians and the entertainment industry always mocked and despised scientists and reason.
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.
regarding the claims, a constitutional crisis can easily lead to unimaginable destruction of things that are upstream from US science, so ... it doesn't seem that big of a hyperbole unfortunately.