Trump vs. Truth: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Selling Trust “The Trial”
Trust is opposed to the realities of nature and the universe and humanity’s place in it. People who trust end up tragedies or wreaking havoc because they have no survival skills. Society and especially religion creates sheep-like marks for con artists. I’m not paying that price. It’s perverse. End Free Marks!

8 years later, still relevant

One of the first signs of a free people is the ability to laugh at authority... (Give or take a couple words maybe)-
Christopher hitchens.

Monotheism causes ignorance, oppression, and violence. Monotheism is less pluralistic because monotheism stipulates that people pigeonhole their beliefs into one tenet. Monotheism is irreconcilable with the existence in our nature of the instincts of benevolence because it compels followers to devote themselves to a single Creator. Monotheism has been a "totalizing discourse", often co-opting all aspects of a social belief system, resulting in the exclusion of "others". The logic of monotheism yields little basis for tolerating other religions. Monotheism is described as the instigator of violence. The intolerance of narrow monotheism is written in letters of blood across the history of man. They invoke divine sanction for the cruelties inflicted on the conquered.

If they really want to cut deficit quickly, all they need to do is stop giving Musk money and make the richest people pay taxes instead of finding loopholes. These people have made their money from the United States . He expects Ukraine to pay us back while the richest people in the world don't have to pay back to USA or at least pay taxes. Prime got a tax return the last time Trump was in office. And the three branches of government should be first to lose their paycheck when the government shuts down. Not the poor soldiers that are putting their life on the line. Also he needs to stop trusting Putin.

They all wanted change and didn't stop to think about it was going to change for the worse. And why do they have no problem with him telling Republicans not to vote for the agreement written by a Republican, so he could use it to run for office

This video aged soooooo well!

chump has a relationship with the truth ? when did that happen ? everytime the fat orange prick , opens his mouth , shit and lies come out !
you Americans are in for 4 shitty years , your reputation has already been flushed down the pan . you need to get him out of The White House , before he declares himself dictator for life.

A gerbil would cause serious and gruesome trauma . Absolutely and thankfully 100% false .

you ain't seen nothin yet

Apparently Curtis Yarvin and "Dark Enlightenment" is the whole philosophical framework behind the Trump administration.

Perplexity (Deep Research): "Who is Curtis Yarvin and what is his vision and values"

Curtis Yarvin, born in 1973, has emerged as one of the most controversial political thinkers in American discourse, known for founding the neo-reactionary movement and advocating for the replacement of democracy with monarchical governance. Also writing under the pen name Mencius Moldbug, Yarvin has cultivated significant influence among right-wing intellectuals, Silicon Valley technologists, and certain political figures within Republican circles. His ideas represent a radical departure from mainstream conservative thought, combining techno-utopianism with authoritarian governance models.

Yarvin is most prominently known for founding, along with philosopher Nick Land, the anti-egalitarian and anti-democratic philosophical movement known as the Dark Enlightenment or neo-reactionary movement (NRx). This philosophy fundamentally challenges the liberal democratic order that has dominated Western political thought since the Enlightenment.

The core of Yarvin's political vision centers on the rejection of democracy as a failed experiment. Through his blog Unqualified Reservations (2007-2014) and later newsletter Gray Mirror (started in 2020), he has consistently argued that American democracy is inherently flawed and should be replaced with an "accountable monarchy" that would function with governance structures similar to those of corporations. This vision represents a complete rethinking of modern governance based on hierarchical principles rather than democratic ones.

One of Yarvin's most influential concepts is what he terms "the Cathedral" – his framework for understanding how power operates in liberal democratic societies. According to critics of his work, Yarvin incorrectly characterizes modern progressive institutions as "uncoordinated, decentralized, emergent" when evidence suggests they are actually "coordinated, centralized, purposeful". This concept has nonetheless been widely adopted within certain right-wing intellectual circles.

Yarvin's political values represent a radical departure from mainstream conservatism, embracing positions that many consider deeply problematic. He has been described variously as a "neo-reactionary," "neo-monarchist," and "neo-feudalist" who "sees liberalism as creating a Matrix-like totalitarian system, and who wants to replace American democracy with a sort of techno-monarchy".

His positions on race and civil rights have drawn particular criticism. Yarvin has:

Defended the institution of slavery

Suggested that certain races may be naturally inclined toward servitude

Claimed that whites have higher IQs than black people (while maintaining he is not a white nationalist)

Criticized U.S. civil rights programs and described the civil rights movement as a "black-rage industry"

In terms of governance, Yarvin has written extensively about how America needs to overcome what he calls "dictator-phobia," arguing that authoritarian or monarchical systems represent the only viable path for right-wing political agendas. He praises China's political system for understanding that "unitary executive control is necessary for strong governance" and has criticized the First Amendment as "one of the biggest barriers to the right wing agenda".

His main influences: Thomas Carlyle, Niccolò Machiavelli, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

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The only sad thing is here we are 8;fkn yrs later and still putting up with a bunch of fraud in the stock market and a bunch of bought and paid for media by the billionaires spreading they're agenda and spreading lie after lie after lie.

Man what happened, Trump used to be such a meme. Now he's just a sad idiot

Why does this feel like deja vu 😅

GDP below zero is actually possible -- because if you are raided by vikings and they take everything you have and then some you made from last year -- possible to have a GDP below zero right?

Lmaoooooo

How many more?

Can I spit it out😂😂😂😂😂

I told you so

Allies???????????????????????????

Love this humor its great

Anyone here 2025? Almost April 1st and seeming like itnis a cruel NON April fools joke. Because it's reality.

It's a simulation

This worked out well, didn't it!?

TRUMPS DEMENTIA IS WORSE TODAY !!!

look it up they have tested your water it really is turning your male frogs and fish female look it up that's why your fake news please get the truth out save your children from been cut apart from a chemical imbalance LOOK IT UP REPOR THE TRUTH WILL SAVE LIVES PLEASE !

Honestly, you Democrat should be ashamed of yourself by making a fun of President Trump. You know that when Biden and Obama was in charge of the country we had everything disaster was happening so you rather to have a Kamala Harris to be the president you guys should be embarrassed look what you’re doing all of you just like Nancy Pelosi that’s stupid Ford miserable woman look what you guys doing all the Tesla cars just because you jealous and miserable. You should be ashamed of yourself that enough why you calm the hell down in four years, are you going to try to run to become a president? Whoever is going to be nominated do you think the people of the United States except them stop clowning to make people laugh with this stupid shit comes out of your mouth that’s embarrassing. I embarrassed for you guys.

Deep State TV = yuk (if 1/4 of Obama's speeches contained lies how often is 'he' called a liar 🤔)

Fake and liar

Still the same bullshit... Trump watches something on television and describes the plot as though it really happened!!?

Trump's tax reforms aimed to boost business growth

Trump's influence is fading, and it's best to let go of the past.

The role of women in U.S. politics is steadily increasing in recent years.

Here after Trump insisted the MS13 Garcia photo wasn’t altered or photoshopped

I never thought such a horribly dishonorable person could be where he is today. Why did no one listen to this years ago?

I am watching this about 4 months into the second cumming of the 🤡 Trump.
Who would have believed that it has only gotten worse.

Guess what......

I love the fact that you’re gonna AIR those advertisements yes yes yes you’re wonderful thank you thank you thank you you!

He has no idea what reality is He has no idea how to tell the truth or even a distant relative of it

Who else here time traveling back from 2025?

Watching this in May 2025, and so depressing that this is still relevant 😭

more relevant than ever! awesome.

update after more than 8 years : we're fukked... goddamn is has gotten so much worse ...

Apparently, Biden is a robot. Hows that for fun?

While this may be a reach I gotta say people.... there are dangerous parallels between Trump and Hitler. They both try to focus the odium of the masses on a minority group...Trump has illegal aliens...Hitler the jews. Both promise simplistic solutions to very complicated problems...and both surround themselves with sycophants and yes men. There appears to be other parallels like in media favoritism. This is scary stuff.

I thank God they have a 2 term limit on president's but I've heard that he may be trying to change that. That would be a disaster of he can manage it.

It’s June 2025 and he’s fighting publicly with Elon Musk. Just posting for posterity.

trumpy is such a tosser

I'm sorry for the world trumps a disgrace

Do you still have the Catheter Cowboy's number?
I think the world really needs him now.