Maybe people weren't paying attention, but Daily Show & Colbert were manufacturing consent as much as others. They were Viacom personified. Equal time was given to McCain & O'Reilly. It was always "both sides bad." Even Bill Maher recognized the Rally to Restore Sanity as bullshit lib propaganda.

This video is clearly AI. Although Charlie's voice and words feel extremely accurate and genuine, his face and hair are obviously synthetically generated.

The false consciousness of his base is more false than any other false consciousness is human history. I thought Thomas Frank's What's the Matter with Kansas was a fun read about a weird little state. But the problem with Kansas has gone national.

I can't seem to get much traction here either. It's unfortunate because it's still much easier to get eyeballs on work on the Elon's garbage site. Would be nice to be incentivized to share videos here.

Sorry off topic, but Steve Martin was so good in these... I didn't realize they were both Frank Oz. So good, & easily on par with his direction under Carl Reiner, perhaps even better? Reiner fully utilized Martin's zaniness, but Oz uses his talents more evenly. Scoundrels is perhaps Martin's best.

Why do we get no play here? Your assessment was true, mine possibly funny and yet...other than Hammy (reductio) we get no action.

Back pain...ughhh...it defines me...It must be why I am complaining all the time about things when they are so perfect.

Such great bit of standup. Even with the subversion, It feels expected to be warmly received in that crowd. Edinburgh Festival, for example is pretty much the world wide home of a similar broad based cultural critique. I could be wrong, I'm an American from the states locked in a cultural prison.