I'm so out of place in America. I'm surrounded by complete morons. I'm only 15, and I greatly see the errors of our ways. The second I'm able to, I'm getting the hell out of here.
If you include the department of defense with all that good democracy they help to spread I'm sure the percentage spent in aid is a lot closer to 24%.
It's long been official -- right-wing Americans are stupid, ignorant, hypocritical, uneducated losers with ZERO critical thinking skills. And they've dragged America down so far that I don't think we'll ever recover. SOOOOO glad I don't have kids.
@jdarrah17 you might wanna rethink your last statement. stupid people always have lotsa kids, so its on those who consider themselves smarter than the rest to provide an opposition. overall increase of gene pool intelligence is only possible if those intelligent do procreate
Bar-stool conservatism ... you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink; you can reason with an ignorant redneck, but you can’t make him think.
Yes there are people who exploit social welfare and they are a drain on the nation, but I wonder, how much money the US spends on prisoners (the largest prison population per capita in the developed world) and I wonder how many of those people wouldnt be there if they had been given something to lose, there is a link between low education and high crime. Socialism isnt Stalinism, which isnt Communism, which isnt Socialism, despite what youre told by those who have the most to lose by Socialism
Heres a little fact, more educated people mean more innovation, meaning more money. Healthy citizens means more people can work for longer, meaning more productivity, meanining more money. Youre system is to squeeze the citizens until they have nothing left, then sit around wondering why no one can afford homes and why 2/3 Americans are physically unhealthy and clinically retarded by most other countries standards.
The irony is that the Audience is laughing at there own peoples stupidity. Not claiming that their stupid or anything, i mean these stats are shocking, but i honestly believe that the audience should be a bit less ignorant to their own people.
That is the greatest thing about the truth, not beliving it changes nothing but does increase the ignorance of that person and how others percieve them (unless it's a Republican ... *that goes without saying)
@centerflank lol it is funny because it is so sad. Sometimes people laugh the hardest when they lose all hope in the face of impending doom. hysterical laugher.
You only reject the laugher because you are embarrassed the poles are true. admit it.
your country is a shit hole. that is why it is so funny.
You spend 61% of your budget on offence killing other people and taking there resources.
Are you proud of your country? are you really proud being an american?
I love the irony coming off of a lot of the people on this comments board. The video's about American culture and it's ignorance. An ignorance that's laughable only because they know nothing about the people they 'hate' - yet still comment. So what do all the 'intellectuals' on this board do? Make ignorant assumptions about an entire populace while thinking they, just like the Americans think, are not the laughable ones. Human's are the joke.....
When I went to college I realized how much I did not know. It took 5 years of undergraduate classes, and 10 years of graduate school (all full time interdisciplinary studies) before I felt like I was not completely ignorant anymore. Then I went out into the world ...surprise!! I discovered I had surpassed the average american's knowledge after completing the 8th grade.
Statistics should always be taken with a pinch of salt. There are fallacies that abound in making conclusive statements from a given data set.
On a more general level, making claims about the beliefs of an entire population can be skewed and may not fully represent the actual state of affairs, based on how the data was collected.
It irks me when people like O'reilly pull percentages out of a hat and dress them up as fact when on TV; vaguely sensible people like Maher should know better.
The number of Perverted and Wicked people attacking the Mormons is a great identifier of how good and true the church is. If not for those wicked agents of evil, I would not have been drawn to the LDS church,, I was so sickened by the decline in morality that I've witnessed since my youth( I'm 40) that I took the time to see why so many are attacking them, I'm happy I did, it changed my life. If you are disturbed by the decline of morality in the world, go to mormon.org or lds.org .
It’s ironic the people with the freedom to say the most have the least interesting things to say that’s why the 1% haven’t taken it away from you well so as long as you don’t say anything they don’t like.
@APOCALYPTIC117 they voted that a certain amount of table spoons worth of tomato paste constitutes one of your recommended 5 daily servings of fruit and veg. Therefore anything that contains a certain amount of tomato paste counts as a vegetable. Current US law stipulates an eighth of a "cup" of tomato paste possesses the same nutritional value as half a "cup" of vegetables, the obama administration vowed to change thi but congress neglected the bill.
@CHEESYhairyGASH Its not really a point worth arguing is it? unless someone sees an ad that suggests eating more veggies and they automatically think 'yeah.. lets have a pizza tonight'. I think even americans arent that stupid
@hostyle0 Of course it's worth arguing, it' not about an individuals free will/ choice or their stupidity, I'm not for a moment suggesting americans consider pizza a vegetable. it's about nutrition of our youngsters and how this legislation effects the dietary programmes of high schools up and down the country. Schools are now legally permitted to include pizza as a vegetable serving.
@APOCALYPTIC117 it's a grain, dairy, meat, and sometimes a vegetable so... at least they were roughly 12.5% right (depending on how often you put vegetables on your pizza)...
OH YES, America is stupid. You see..I'm agreeing with Bill Maher so therefore that automatically makes me one of the smart Americans...yeah..yeah that's the delusion that I'm using to in order to inflate my own ego while erroneously pretending to be superior to everyone else.
OH YES, America is stupid. You see..I'm agreeing with Bill Maher so therefore that automatically makes me one of the smart Americans...yeah..yeah that's the delusion that I'm using to in order to inflate my own ego while erroneoaly pretending to be superior to everyone else.
@Encom7 Despite what bill maher says Americans need to start questioning what they hear, question everything the media tells you. people need to Stop accepting bullshit facts at face value, just because you agree with Bill does not make you smart or even inflated above any one else, "when ignorance reigns life is lost" - I hope Bill is wrong but I am not going to reject what he is saying based on your opinions.
@metalgear767 - Well then, on that same note maybe you should question what Bill Maher is saying in this video instead of just blindly defending it because it fits your bias.
@Encom7 What I wrote is much different than what you are saying. I said Americans need to start questioning things that they hear. if you had taken the time to read my post you would not have written this reply....
@metalgear767 - Right now I'm watching the latest episode of PBS's "The McLaughlin Group" here on youtube and they're talking about the American dream. You should watch it and then leave a comment on how they're all lying and how we're all sooo hopelessly doomed. watch?v=8bcvSlI2DOM
@Encom7 -_- lol you should learn how to understand what other people are saying, and put aside your bias. If you had read any of my previous posts you would understand what I am saying
@metalgear767 - I've seen comments on youtube praising 9/11 truthers that had over 100 thumbs up. I'm not sure why you think that because a comment has 11 thumbs up it means that it's right.
Any stats talked about referring to US citizens that start with .....% of Americans....Are false because the Americas are continents, North that includes the countries of Canada, the United States and Mexico and South American countries. I live in Canada so that makes me Canadian but also North American, every citizen of the US is a United Statien. there is no country called America so there aren't American citizens, if you talk about stats about the US and say this % of Americans, it is false
americans need a time out. turn the tv off. they're dumbed down by the media. too busy watching hollywood garbage and dancing with the stars to pay aytention to how their world is changing. right under their noses. controled sheep... baaaaaaaaaaa lol
It's amusing reading all these non-American posters propping up their own egos by generalizing about the 300 million people who live in the US. Oh well, whatever they need to compensate for the fact that America is a superpower while your own nations....well....aren't,
@Encom7 the IMF has predicted the USA will have lost its super power status by 2015 to china, we are currently in a cultural dark age. Why do so many americans support the republican party, when they only implement polices which benefit the wealthy. 400 americans own more wealth than 150 million americans combined. any one who votes for the republican party that is not apart of the 1% has been brain washed into thinking that republicans care for them.the democratic party is the lesser of 2 evils
@metalgear767 - Everyone who has ever offered me a job has either been wealthy or at the very least upper middle class. But I understand the left has completely bought into the notion that wealthy people should be villified and in their arrogance they believe that anyone who doesn't agree with them is "brainwashed." As for China, I read an article in "The Economist" recently about the massive problems that they may face soon (as much as that may disappoint you.)
@Encom7 I dont enjoy the suffering of others i am not a psychopath, despite your personal experiences there are 49 million people living in poverty in the USA, I am not villifying the wealthy, I am villifying the growing gap between the rich and the poor. People are speaking out because 400 people have more wealth than 150 million people, and this income inequality is connected to suffering through out America. sorry, the capitalist system that you praise has become an economic dictatorship!
@metalgear767 - We're currently in a recession and in a recession people suffer. It isn't the first recession we've ever had and I guarentee it won't be the last. But it seems whenever we have hard times there are always people who want to preach about how the system has failed us because of rich people. The people with wealth aren't the ones who have dragged us down, it's the people who wanted that same wealth and borrowed it despite having no realistic means to pay it back.
@Encom7 The system failed us because a small group of greedy bankers were allowed to exploit an unregulated system with no repercusions, a small group of people with large amounts of wealth dragged us down.those people who borrowed money were looking for any means to progress in life despite being
born in an economically marginalized postion. they were chasing the american dream which so many worship. its called the american dream because you have to be asleep to belive it.
@metalgear767 - It's interesting how (in your bias) you asign all blame to the bankers and no blame to the complete irresponsibility of the people who borrrowed money that they knew they couldn't pay back. And as far as your soapboxing of how the American dream is supposedly dead we (even in the midst of recovering from a recession) still have one of the strongest economies in the world. Sorry if you yourself aren't doing very well but I guess you'll blame the banks for that as well.
@Encom7 you've taken my words and twisted them around on purpose. it seems you would like to assign blame only to the people and not the bankers or the gov't at all.the bankers were the ones whom pressured the gov't to deregulate the banking industry. In the 1980s reagan's administration deregulated buisiness and banking. the banks started handing out loans to anyone with two legs and then specualted on the loans they made. maybe the banks should have made lending more strict?
@Encom7 the american dream is for people whom are easily convinced that the system works.they spoon feed you the bullshit in elementary school, work hard and you can become rich and successful. they forget the important fact that you need the opportunity to work hard.49 million living in poverty, that stat speaks for itself .its funny how the poor suffer in a recession and not one asks why. the number of those lving in poverty has been steadily increasing since 2001,
@Encom7 sorry to tell u but america has been coming apart at the seams for the last 30years: the media on both sides produces propaganda, the majority of wealth is funnelled to about 900 people.growing income inequality, imperialism(half a million troops throughout the world),there is no choice in elections, monopolization of the most important sectors, biased education system that emphasizes one side operspective,race inequality is still very much alive,deregualtion, 3rd world exploitation etc
@Encom7 LOL you act like I want America to fail, I don't, if America fails then even more people would suffer and I don't want that. Ya you can vote for those other parties but it will it make a difference? - NO you are kidding yourself by believing you have choices other than the two parties that speak differently but act the same. You do not have to be a genius to see that the media is full of shit on both sides. foil-hatting? I did not mention any conspiracies?I never said I was above anyone
@metalgear767 - You said we have no choices, we do. If you want to believe that every political party is the same then that's just your strange notion. As for the media, while it isn't perfect I believe that if you feel that your version of reality isn't being properly reported by the media then it's probably your version of reality that's probably distorted as opposed to the hundreds of journalists and correspondants.
@metalgear767 Not capitalism. It's much closer to fascism, when a few large corporations are in line with the state, which is the unbearable state in which we currently rot. We have to be careful with what we define as what. Otherwise the solution to our problem will never be found. We haven't been capitalist in a long long time. Some argue not since very early 20th century. Trust me, those big corporations and those dicks at the federal reserve want nothing more than you to blame capitalism.
@metalgear767 You do realize you are wrong don't you? Wealth and income are 2 very different things. In a free system, hard-work and efficiency are rewarded. Sam Walton revolutionized retail, doesn't he deserve the market rewards? Bill Gates revolutionized software, doesn't he deserve the market rewards? If you want equality of outcome you need to move to a socialist country. And no one in america is suffering. The poor here are wealthy compared to the rest of the world.
lol im not even american and i can name who america fought in the revolutionary war, i can name branches of american government and i now what the food and drug administration does!
i'm a foreigner and i know more than half americans about their own damn country
Americans aren't stupid, they are ignorant. They assume America is the greatest country in the world in every sense of the meaning, and therefore everything that happen in America, or anything America or Americans do, must be great and wonderful. This notion seems to apply to any inhabitant in the US as well. A common American motto seems to be "I was born in America, and therefore all truth and knowledge has been intutive to me since birth." Any criticism of that notion is of course unamerican.
@dandyif It is always intelligent to say that something applies to everyone...everyone in America agrees with everything American politicians decide. That is completely untrue, and most of the people I have heard that from have been from other countries and seem to just be totally biased against America. You can't blame someone for sticking up for their country even if they don't agree with everything single thing they do. I hated George Bush and his policies but I still loved America.
@dandyif no, racists are ignorant, americans are stupid...its one thing when you dont know shit about immigrants and make fun of them based on your assumptions, its another when you choose to believe in a single book with no proof instead of facts of science backed up by evidence, and refuse to learn any common sense related to the rest of the world outside of america
@dandyif I'm an American and I don't think America is the greatest country in the world in every sense of the meaning. Does that undo my "ignorance?" Or do I have to make broad stereotypical statements about other people in the world that I clearly know nothing about to get that taint absolved? Wait a second...
@dandyif I'm American and I agree with you. I remember a story about a man who was saying the America could get some ideas from other countries. The response from the loonies? "GTFO of this country you traitor!" Sometimes, I'm embarrassed to be American.
@Stingerbillion I try to stay away from telling somebody they're stupid, since there's no way I can know that. I stick to calling them ignorant, that's all you can prove by debate.
@sodafromyoda Unless those group of people can prove to me that they are intelligent, then yes, they are stupid and ignorant. It's a proven fact, you can deny it all you want, i am sure it will make you sleep better at night.
@dandyif That is a very broad description of Americans. If I were to make such a broad statement about a race or religion it would be completely unfair. You are doing the same thing except you are applying it to a region. The claims that you are making are insulting. Most Americans don't agree with everything the government does. If you think they do then you are ill informed.
@dandyif You are so wrong with your generalization. Most Americans you meet say how much they hate their own country and how unfair everything is for them. I don't know where you get off thinking that America is like this especially when I always see stuck up British people bragging about how great Britain is. You are completely hypocritical and obviously have no idea how annoying these anti-American comments are. Look in a mirror.
@dandyif The population of America is over 300 million. There are literally millions of intelligent, thoughtful, humble people here. Every country has its morons, ours just get more air time.
@dandyif And the deal with Americans with the rest of the world is that everything must be America's fault. And that anything Americans do must be wrong, or ignorant, or foolish, or selfish. And that they are the source for all your problems. While elsewhere you'll find the same attitude among other nations. But no-one complains about them. Simply because America is popular, we are the scapegoat for petty arguments. I know TONS of Americans that do not think that at all. Your sterotyping
I kind of liked how during a couple of points in his monologue, he essentially made fun of people that would inevitably be in the crowd in front of him... and yet they just laughed like it wasn't them. America. Fuck Yea.
They told when I was in Iran that the USA is the greatest country in the world with the most smartest and most loving people ever. Now that I'm in the U.S, I'm moving to the UK and after words to Germany. U.S is on the path of death. The end of America.
i think the real problem with america is the lack of taking your own responsibility and think for yourself at an early age. i mean, schools practically hand you the answers/formulas, and hw is nearly always due the next day.
While critical thinking is something that we apparently don't put much emphasis on, though we should. The phrase taking your own responsibility seems to generally be more of a buzz phrase than actually meaning much of anything especially when it comes to talking about kids where the psychology is generally different than in adults, especially in households where many kids are already raised outside of school to simply accept authority and not think too much outside of that.
Where does Maher gets his sources from? I don't buy into a lot of those stats. Also, there is more to intelligence then speaking big words and knowing "facts." An intelligent individual is one that can think for themselves, something most liberals, like Maher, can't do. That is why they are for big government. Let the government do it all for them so they don't have to.
I agree about being able recite facts, but it is pretty stupid when someone shouts "keep your Gov't hands off my medicare" and doesn't realize that medicare is a govnt program. Or says that healthcare decisions should be between a doctor and patient, when they are currently decided by criminal corporations who only care about turning a profit.
I have no idea why you think that govnt provided healthcare means the govnt is "doing it all for them". So if, god forbid, your house catches fire, I hope you don't expect the fire department to come and quench it *gasp* FOR FREE. That would be like "Asking for a hand out". Maybe we should first call Blue Cross to see if your bedroom is covered under your current "stop my house from burning" insurance plan.
@alexgibson198209 If I were to get into a car accident the hospital can't deny me from getting care in the ER, but I would have to pay for it later. If my house catches on fire then the fire department puts it out, but they won't buy me a new house or possessions, I would have to do that or have insurance. So that is a bad analogy.
The system is great for me too. I work for a large company which offers great benefits. But what about those people who have to work shitty, but necessary jobs? (toilets need cleaning, garbage needs collecting, food needs to be served/delivered).
All they can afford is some garbage HMO which excludes treatments which could actually save their lives god forbid they got deathly ill. Guess you gotta sell your house buddy. Next time, don't get cancer.
@whyamimrpink78 Why couldn't the fire department work like health insurance? They come put out a fire, then your insurance company pays them, or if you don't have insurance, you pay them. That way, your taxes don't pay for putting out someone else's fire, because we all know that is socialism.
@Hogan1950 Another thing about the fire department, it is ran by the state. States can run social programs much like states can run health care. The federal government is there for 2 things. Deal with foreign affairs and give US citizens rights to control government. If federal government control health care then who is going to control the government? I am not against government run health care I am against an overpowering government.
@Hogan1950 Lol, ever heard of civic virtue? Neighbourly charity? Youre saying that if someone is too poor to afford the fire department their house should be allowed to burn? What about appartment buildings? What if some have fire insurance and others dont? I live in Australia, a socialist country with health care, public housing and subsidised education, we're ranked 52nd in population and 17th in GDP and getting bigger, youre country is falling apart, who's got the right idea?
@TheRhinehart86 Sorry about that. One of the problems with the printed word is that sarcasm can be hard to detect. I was trying to (and spectacularly poorly at that), point out that even though socialism is a dirty word to many americans, there are things that are just necessarily run by government. That isn't socialism, that is for the good of all. I am Canadian by the way, and we are proud of our county. We are getting more right wing though, and that is scary.
@Hogan1950 I can send my kids to university without paying a cent, I dont have to worry about being homeless if the company I work for goes belly up, I dont have to worry about being turned away from hospital because I missed last months insurance payment. These finance elites have you lapping up everything they say while they fuck you, your family and your country right up the ass, its a win-win, they save money on proper education AND get loyal little drones upon graduation
Look how they don't laugh when he lists the ignorance examples: He says, "States have 2 senators", and the audience thinks "What is a senator?" hahaha
I have to admit, even though I knew roe vs wade and the other stuff, I did not know states have two senators. Felt pretty dumb myself. I actually started researching who my congressman and senators, mayors are.
Damn, I knew most of those that he said in the statistics he said. At least the easy ones, there were only three that i couldn't name right off hand. Course I'm 18 so I guess my knowledge doesn't extend to a very high degree. lol. Love Bill Maher though. I learn as much as I can though!
18% of people think the Sun revolved around the Earth... and yet people want to pull kids out of school because of gays?
Fucking priorities, people! Learn basic knowledge, THEN we can discuss the "gay agenda". I refuse to be reprimanded on any subject by someone who doesn't know basic general knowledge.
I think America should take into account that the world is watching their choice of president. If Palin actually got the job then the world wide collective facepalm would register 9.5 on the richter scale.
@AkashicViewer Quick question. Do you REALLY think he has a 'cushy' job? You must be aware of the amount of work that goes in to producing an hour of live television, don't you? Do you think he just shows up and talks? There's nothing cushy about what he does. Long, long hours and a whole lot of work.
There was a report that showed the U.S. was, I believe, ranked #32 on the global IQ scale.
Unfortunately, we hear statistics such as what Maher shared and we just shake our heads and go about our business. But he made a very important point. And that is that ignorance is dangerous.
Fortunately for those who want to manipulate Democracy in their favor there are strategies to keep people ignorant, fearful and angry. Just demonize intelligence and people will kiss the hand that beats them.
@adakar Sadly, most of the people here in America think that they are soo smart and reject educating themselves. They plug their pudgy hands into their ears and shout "IM RIGHT YOU'RE WRONG LALALLAALALALAL I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!"
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I don't think America is any stupider than any other country, I see plenty of cretins in the UK, I just suspect that they get a more equal say in the US. It's a case of people opinions being given equal credence despite any difference in intellect or qualification. A school dropout layperson who shouts loudly that the sun revolves around the Earth is trusted no less than a physicist who predicts the motion of the planetary bodies (like Einstein).
@DissorderedArray I don't think that's true at all. Yes the clueless turd has an equal say, or opportunity to have their say, but people aren't going to give him the same credibility as a physicist. I mean sure, there would be some people who would accept the moron more than the scientist, because they're morons and they feel inferior or otherwise hostile to someone with education, but they would be in the minority.
@magnusalpha Yet unfortunately that's the very point, on one hand people trust their own experiences more than impartial evidence (but the Earth looks flat, so it must be) particularly when it is reinforced by someone from their 'peer' group. On the other, people are swayed by a majority - 8 out of 10 people believing in this remedy doesn't make it actually work, but as an argument it will be more convincing to more people than one scientists saying there is no efficacy data for that treatment.
@magnusalpha Appreciate this was 6 months ago, but it piqued my interest. America seems to love fake titles though and give credibility where it isn't really warranted, in my opinion. Intelligent design is an easy example.
Sure I doubt they have more idiots then any other country. On the other hand. It is the only country on the other hand that gives so much credit to these morons.
There is no debate on things like evolution, global warming etc. The US is the place you want to go if you have a wack idea that needs attention.
@DissorderedArray you ignorant fuck. compared to the rest of the developed and parts of the Developing world, our test scores and graduating percents really suck! We have been loosing the classroom battle since the cold war. India, China, Japan, much of Europe, and countries i wont bother listing are equaling or surpassing us in every category except personal creativity; and you can thank the lack of rigidity in our school systems for that! ,,|,,
@DissorderedArray Sorry to tell you, but I've lived in a dumb country, and in America, and America are definitely dumber, on average. I don't know if its because of the mindless TV, the mainstream propaganda referred to as news, or the amazing amount of lies and disinformation in society, or the greater acceptance of religion here, but for some reason, despite having some amazing people here... on average Americans are quite amazingly dumb. A trip to Northern or Eastern Europe would amaze you.
@OrthodoxAtheist I'll have to take your word for it, I have only spent a little time in the States - not enough to get a true opinion beyond the usual 'Yanks are dumb' stereotype. I would rather give them the benefit of the doubt and say that it's the media and popular culture which are dumb rather than the general population per se.
I do spend a lot of time in Germany and Switzerland, and am always impressed by the higher standard of general education there compared to my own country, Britain.
@DissorderedArray Then let me offer you some consolation by revealing... I'm an Englishman in America, and their education, at least between the ages of 11 and 16, are a year or two behind ours. (I know this because I helped my daughter-in-law and her friends daily with their homework between those ages). A 15 year old from England going to school in California, for example, would feel like they are repeating the last 12-24 months of school. So at least England isn't last. lolz
@OrthodoxAtheist There's something wrong with the US education system. Only Switzerland spends more per child, but studies show that US students rank poorly compared to other developed nations in mathematics, science & problem solving. US kids aren't stupid, what the hell's going wrong?
I'm sure the school board system has something to do with it. Curricula should be set at a national level by the best in the land, not by local pastors, car dealers & pig farmers.
@GuillemotWatcher Well I just watched THIS video - v=dGxBUyHbn2E ...and I think it illustrates a considerable part of the problem. It should be our first priority, even before general funding of schools, and choosing to educate children instead of teaching them to pass exams, or lowering standards to artificially inflate test scores to steady the school's funding, and hide a very real and disturbing problem... current US children will be the luddites of this generation.
@OrthodoxAtheist I totally agree hun. As an up and coming teacher, what doesn't make any sense is that they take money away from "failing" schools and give the money to the schools that are making it. Shouldn't it be the other way around? ya know?
@DissorderedArray But a school dropout layperson who shouts something false which contradicts common knowledge is giving himself up as a liar and/or retarded fuck...
A physicist who studies planetary bodies and their motions and can give solid proof of such things is given much more credit.
Now if the phycisist gave bull facts in order to prove his theory his credibility is on the line. Thats why scientists prove other scientists wrong its to keep credibility alive.
@DissorderedArray Actually, studies have shown that the average IQ in the US is one of the lowest among western countries... So, indeed, they are (kinda) stupid... Although I think if they would have left out some of the states the average would be far better....
As a Norwegian (We're in afghan and libya with you, not iraq) i find the ignorance of certain americans demoralizing, and it would appear that the stupid in your country for some non-apparent reason gets more attention than the people that knows what they do..
I also feel that the american public should be more aware of your foreign policy, or what the CIA actually have done around the world, that could explain alot of the blowback :)
@adakar I live in the US and have all my life. Trust me, this country will never see a resurgence of education. It's cool to be stupid in this country. Luckily we have some intelligence people on the air, such as Maher. However, they still give as much air time to people like Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann - any of these other idiots. Besides, when the money is tight, the first things to go are education, and any science programs that aren't directly linked to weapons manufacturing.
@adakar Thanks for hoping we can be restored. I'm afraid the war machine along with the multinational corporations have the republican party completely owned and half the democratic party and half the supreme court. I'm not feeling very hopeful but I'm not going down without a fight. Be thankful you live in a country that cares about their people.
I'm so out of place in America. I'm surrounded by complete morons. I'm only 15, and I greatly see the errors of our ways. The second I'm able to, I'm getting the hell out of here.
democrat1515 1 week ago
If you include the department of defense with all that good democracy they help to spread I'm sure the percentage spent in aid is a lot closer to 24%.
TheDrunkenmeerkat 1 week ago
It's long been official -- right-wing Americans are stupid, ignorant, hypocritical, uneducated losers with ZERO critical thinking skills. And they've dragged America down so far that I don't think we'll ever recover. SOOOOO glad I don't have kids.
jdarrah17 1 week ago 4
@jdarrah17 you might wanna rethink your last statement. stupid people always have lotsa kids, so its on those who consider themselves smarter than the rest to provide an opposition. overall increase of gene pool intelligence is only possible if those intelligent do procreate
kunibertster 1 week ago
Even though I really dislike Maher, I have to agree with him. Can't argue with facts.
UltimateAfroMan94 3 weeks ago
I like the way he argues his points while being funny at the same time. Bill Maher is the shit
grebnetro 3 weeks ago
nice suit .
bubbabeatiful 1 month ago
Bar-stool conservatism ... you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink; you can reason with an ignorant redneck, but you can’t make him think.
townsendjean 1 month ago 2
Yes there are people who exploit social welfare and they are a drain on the nation, but I wonder, how much money the US spends on prisoners (the largest prison population per capita in the developed world) and I wonder how many of those people wouldnt be there if they had been given something to lose, there is a link between low education and high crime. Socialism isnt Stalinism, which isnt Communism, which isnt Socialism, despite what youre told by those who have the most to lose by Socialism
TheRhinehart86 1 month ago 3
Heres a little fact, more educated people mean more innovation, meaning more money. Healthy citizens means more people can work for longer, meaning more productivity, meanining more money. Youre system is to squeeze the citizens until they have nothing left, then sit around wondering why no one can afford homes and why 2/3 Americans are physically unhealthy and clinically retarded by most other countries standards.
TheRhinehart86 1 month ago
bush and knowledge
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alexgibson198209 1 month ago
Can't blame them for being rich.
MoeMoneyInc 1 month ago
@MoeMoneyInc you can if they got it by cheating the system. nobody blames the rich who actually earned it.
omegaweaponredux 1 month ago
The irony is that the Audience is laughing at there own peoples stupidity. Not claiming that their stupid or anything, i mean these stats are shocking, but i honestly believe that the audience should be a bit less ignorant to their own people.
MrSkinnynerd03 1 month ago
well no i criticize the U.S. all the time and i am from there. So i see how most people see us but i dont think we all see like an average American
judikerr 1 month ago
That is the greatest thing about the truth, not beliving it changes nothing but does increase the ignorance of that person and how others percieve them (unless it's a Republican ... *that goes without saying)
26yearstoorion 1 month ago
@centerflank lol it is funny because it is so sad. Sometimes people laugh the hardest when they lose all hope in the face of impending doom. hysterical laugher.
You only reject the laugher because you are embarrassed the poles are true. admit it.
your country is a shit hole. that is why it is so funny.
You spend 61% of your budget on offence killing other people and taking there resources.
Are you proud of your country? are you really proud being an american?
MrJarth 1 month ago
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Q : "Hey,,are an american?"
A : "Yes, how do you know?"
Q : "Because you sounds so stupid.."
A : "Is that a compliment....?"
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ivanxmahya 2 months ago
I love the irony coming off of a lot of the people on this comments board. The video's about American culture and it's ignorance. An ignorance that's laughable only because they know nothing about the people they 'hate' - yet still comment. So what do all the 'intellectuals' on this board do? Make ignorant assumptions about an entire populace while thinking they, just like the Americans think, are not the laughable ones. Human's are the joke.....
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HopeYouReadQuran 2 months ago
Does he have a fake laugh track going on? I for one do feel a little less enlightened watching any Bill Maher video.
centerflank 2 months ago
love u bill but very pompous there
vanityLAWL 2 months ago
When I went to college I realized how much I did not know. It took 5 years of undergraduate classes, and 10 years of graduate school (all full time interdisciplinary studies) before I felt like I was not completely ignorant anymore. Then I went out into the world ...surprise!! I discovered I had surpassed the average american's knowledge after completing the 8th grade.
mrRyansUTube 2 months ago
Statistics should always be taken with a pinch of salt. There are fallacies that abound in making conclusive statements from a given data set.
On a more general level, making claims about the beliefs of an entire population can be skewed and may not fully represent the actual state of affairs, based on how the data was collected.
It irks me when people like O'reilly pull percentages out of a hat and dress them up as fact when on TV; vaguely sensible people like Maher should know better.
LampaLTDstudios 2 months ago
USA: The place where Pizza is a vegetable and Pi is exactly three (In Alabama, anyway)
XplosivCookie 2 months ago
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The number of Perverted and Wicked people attacking the Mormons is a great identifier of how good and true the church is. If not for those wicked agents of evil, I would not have been drawn to the LDS church,, I was so sickened by the decline in morality that I've witnessed since my youth( I'm 40) that I took the time to see why so many are attacking them, I'm happy I did, it changed my life. If you are disturbed by the decline of morality in the world, go to mormon.org or lds.org .
Robyshileileh 2 months ago
It’s ironic the people with the freedom to say the most have the least interesting things to say that’s why the 1% haven’t taken it away from you well so as long as you don’t say anything they don’t like.
darkblood626 2 months ago
I'm American and I like Pizza. Haha ..but really pizza is delicious.
guest101ism 3 months ago
@guest101ism Guess what. Congress voted Pizza is a vegetable. Legit fact XDDD
APOCALYPTIC117 2 months ago 46
@APOCALYPTIC117 That is not true.
masterpimpcs 2 months ago
@masterpimpcs yes it's true....haha very true
IamAlastair 2 months ago
@APOCALYPTIC117 they voted that a certain amount of table spoons worth of tomato paste constitutes one of your recommended 5 daily servings of fruit and veg. Therefore anything that contains a certain amount of tomato paste counts as a vegetable. Current US law stipulates an eighth of a "cup" of tomato paste possesses the same nutritional value as half a "cup" of vegetables, the obama administration vowed to change thi but congress neglected the bill.
America, wake up. Please.
CHEESYhairyGASH 1 month ago
@CHEESYhairyGASH Its not really a point worth arguing is it? unless someone sees an ad that suggests eating more veggies and they automatically think 'yeah.. lets have a pizza tonight'. I think even americans arent that stupid
hostyle0 1 month ago
@hostyle0 Of course it's worth arguing, it' not about an individuals free will/ choice or their stupidity, I'm not for a moment suggesting americans consider pizza a vegetable. it's about nutrition of our youngsters and how this legislation effects the dietary programmes of high schools up and down the country. Schools are now legally permitted to include pizza as a vegetable serving.
CHEESYhairyGASH 1 month ago
@CHEESYhairyGASH oh right, yeah I didnt think how it would effect the fatties in school. America is just a different sorta country
hostyle0 1 month ago
@APOCALYPTIC117 it's a grain, dairy, meat, and sometimes a vegetable so... at least they were roughly 12.5% right (depending on how often you put vegetables on your pizza)...
AlexanderIsaacConan 3 weeks ago
@APOCALYPTIC117 You've clearly never been to a pizza farm.
tedwilli9 2 weeks ago
@APOCALYPTIC117 i read about that i was like wtf
hjaimeg 2 weeks ago
Where the hell was these studies administered?
dimeboxtallone 3 months ago
@dimeboxtallone if u doubt them, search for stupid american videos
niajef 3 months ago
2:30 fuck all dummies
usintelreport 3 months ago
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OH YES, America is stupid. You see..I'm agreeing with Bill Maher so therefore that automatically makes me one of the smart Americans...yeah..yeah that's the delusion that I'm using to in order to inflate my own ego while erroneously pretending to be superior to everyone else.
Encom7 3 months ago
OH YES, America is stupid. You see..I'm agreeing with Bill Maher so therefore that automatically makes me one of the smart Americans...yeah..yeah that's the delusion that I'm using to in order to inflate my own ego while erroneoaly pretending to be superior to everyone else.
Encom7 3 months ago
@Encom7 Despite what bill maher says Americans need to start questioning what they hear, question everything the media tells you. people need to Stop accepting bullshit facts at face value, just because you agree with Bill does not make you smart or even inflated above any one else, "when ignorance reigns life is lost" - I hope Bill is wrong but I am not going to reject what he is saying based on your opinions.
metalgear767 3 months ago
@metalgear767 - Well then, on that same note maybe you should question what Bill Maher is saying in this video instead of just blindly defending it because it fits your bias.
Encom7 3 months ago
@Encom7 What I wrote is much different than what you are saying. I said Americans need to start questioning things that they hear. if you had taken the time to read my post you would not have written this reply....
metalgear767 3 months ago
@metalgear767 - Right now I'm watching the latest episode of PBS's "The McLaughlin Group" here on youtube and they're talking about the American dream. You should watch it and then leave a comment on how they're all lying and how we're all sooo hopelessly doomed. watch?v=8bcvSlI2DOM
Encom7 3 months ago
@Encom7 -_- lol you should learn how to understand what other people are saying, and put aside your bias. If you had read any of my previous posts you would understand what I am saying
metalgear767 3 months ago
@Encom7 Read teejate comment above with the 11 thumbs up
metalgear767 3 months ago
@metalgear767 - I've seen comments on youtube praising 9/11 truthers that had over 100 thumbs up. I'm not sure why you think that because a comment has 11 thumbs up it means that it's right.
Encom7 3 months ago
@Encom7 Jesus tap dancing Christ, I was only referring to the comment with 11 thumbs up, I was not praising it. He makes some valid points
metalgear767 3 months ago
thumbs up if you reasearched what you didnt know after this video
killerjay47 3 months ago
six teabaggers disliked this
maskaryan 3 months ago
hehe doodyface
jfizzmonkeybutt 3 months ago
Any stats talked about referring to US citizens that start with .....% of Americans....Are false because the Americas are continents, North that includes the countries of Canada, the United States and Mexico and South American countries. I live in Canada so that makes me Canadian but also North American, every citizen of the US is a United Statien. there is no country called America so there aren't American citizens, if you talk about stats about the US and say this % of Americans, it is false
Superman679 3 months ago
Please tell me this was to only show how satistics can be false and be passes as fact.
FIREFRO626 3 months ago
I have my doubts about the accuracy of these statistics.
tehUBERn00blet 3 months ago
americans need a time out. turn the tv off. they're dumbed down by the media. too busy watching hollywood garbage and dancing with the stars to pay aytention to how their world is changing. right under their noses. controled sheep... baaaaaaaaaaa lol
jct09100 3 months ago
It's amusing reading all these non-American posters propping up their own egos by generalizing about the 300 million people who live in the US. Oh well, whatever they need to compensate for the fact that America is a superpower while your own nations....well....aren't,
Encom7 3 months ago
@Encom7 the IMF has predicted the USA will have lost its super power status by 2015 to china, we are currently in a cultural dark age. Why do so many americans support the republican party, when they only implement polices which benefit the wealthy. 400 americans own more wealth than 150 million americans combined. any one who votes for the republican party that is not apart of the 1% has been brain washed into thinking that republicans care for them.the democratic party is the lesser of 2 evils
metalgear767 3 months ago
@metalgear767 - Everyone who has ever offered me a job has either been wealthy or at the very least upper middle class. But I understand the left has completely bought into the notion that wealthy people should be villified and in their arrogance they believe that anyone who doesn't agree with them is "brainwashed." As for China, I read an article in "The Economist" recently about the massive problems that they may face soon (as much as that may disappoint you.)
Encom7 3 months ago
@Encom7 I dont enjoy the suffering of others i am not a psychopath, despite your personal experiences there are 49 million people living in poverty in the USA, I am not villifying the wealthy, I am villifying the growing gap between the rich and the poor. People are speaking out because 400 people have more wealth than 150 million people, and this income inequality is connected to suffering through out America. sorry, the capitalist system that you praise has become an economic dictatorship!
metalgear767 3 months ago 47
@metalgear767 - We're currently in a recession and in a recession people suffer. It isn't the first recession we've ever had and I guarentee it won't be the last. But it seems whenever we have hard times there are always people who want to preach about how the system has failed us because of rich people. The people with wealth aren't the ones who have dragged us down, it's the people who wanted that same wealth and borrowed it despite having no realistic means to pay it back.
Encom7 3 months ago
@Encom7 The system failed us because a small group of greedy bankers were allowed to exploit an unregulated system with no repercusions, a small group of people with large amounts of wealth dragged us down.those people who borrowed money were looking for any means to progress in life despite being
born in an economically marginalized postion. they were chasing the american dream which so many worship. its called the american dream because you have to be asleep to belive it.
metalgear767 3 months ago
@metalgear767 - It's interesting how (in your bias) you asign all blame to the bankers and no blame to the complete irresponsibility of the people who borrrowed money that they knew they couldn't pay back. And as far as your soapboxing of how the American dream is supposedly dead we (even in the midst of recovering from a recession) still have one of the strongest economies in the world. Sorry if you yourself aren't doing very well but I guess you'll blame the banks for that as well.
Encom7 3 months ago
@Encom7 you've taken my words and twisted them around on purpose. it seems you would like to assign blame only to the people and not the bankers or the gov't at all.the bankers were the ones whom pressured the gov't to deregulate the banking industry. In the 1980s reagan's administration deregulated buisiness and banking. the banks started handing out loans to anyone with two legs and then specualted on the loans they made. maybe the banks should have made lending more strict?
metalgear767 3 months ago
@Encom7 the american dream is for people whom are easily convinced that the system works.they spoon feed you the bullshit in elementary school, work hard and you can become rich and successful. they forget the important fact that you need the opportunity to work hard.49 million living in poverty, that stat speaks for itself .its funny how the poor suffer in a recession and not one asks why. the number of those lving in poverty has been steadily increasing since 2001,
metalgear767 3 months ago
@Encom7 sorry to tell u but america has been coming apart at the seams for the last 30years: the media on both sides produces propaganda, the majority of wealth is funnelled to about 900 people.growing income inequality, imperialism(half a million troops throughout the world),there is no choice in elections, monopolization of the most important sectors, biased education system that emphasizes one side operspective,race inequality is still very much alive,deregualtion, 3rd world exploitation etc
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Encom7 3 months ago
@Encom7 LOL you act like I want America to fail, I don't, if America fails then even more people would suffer and I don't want that. Ya you can vote for those other parties but it will it make a difference? - NO you are kidding yourself by believing you have choices other than the two parties that speak differently but act the same. You do not have to be a genius to see that the media is full of shit on both sides. foil-hatting? I did not mention any conspiracies?I never said I was above anyone
metalgear767 3 months ago
@metalgear767 - You said we have no choices, we do. If you want to believe that every political party is the same then that's just your strange notion. As for the media, while it isn't perfect I believe that if you feel that your version of reality isn't being properly reported by the media then it's probably your version of reality that's probably distorted as opposed to the hundreds of journalists and correspondants.
Encom7 3 months ago
@metalgear767 Not capitalism. It's much closer to fascism, when a few large corporations are in line with the state, which is the unbearable state in which we currently rot. We have to be careful with what we define as what. Otherwise the solution to our problem will never be found. We haven't been capitalist in a long long time. Some argue not since very early 20th century. Trust me, those big corporations and those dicks at the federal reserve want nothing more than you to blame capitalism.
AndrewAllenBrown 1 month ago
@metalgear767 You do realize you are wrong don't you? Wealth and income are 2 very different things. In a free system, hard-work and efficiency are rewarded. Sam Walton revolutionized retail, doesn't he deserve the market rewards? Bill Gates revolutionized software, doesn't he deserve the market rewards? If you want equality of outcome you need to move to a socialist country. And no one in america is suffering. The poor here are wealthy compared to the rest of the world.
svvmichael1 1 month ago
lol im not even american and i can name who america fought in the revolutionary war, i can name branches of american government and i now what the food and drug administration does!
i'm a foreigner and i know more than half americans about their own damn country
Mikeybetts 3 months ago
Americans aren't stupid, they are ignorant. They assume America is the greatest country in the world in every sense of the meaning, and therefore everything that happen in America, or anything America or Americans do, must be great and wonderful. This notion seems to apply to any inhabitant in the US as well. A common American motto seems to be "I was born in America, and therefore all truth and knowledge has been intutive to me since birth." Any criticism of that notion is of course unamerican.
dandyif 3 months ago 108
@dandyif *intuitive...... +1 FOR AMERICA!!!!
krakhead914 3 months ago
@dandyif It is always intelligent to say that something applies to everyone...everyone in America agrees with everything American politicians decide. That is completely untrue, and most of the people I have heard that from have been from other countries and seem to just be totally biased against America. You can't blame someone for sticking up for their country even if they don't agree with everything single thing they do. I hated George Bush and his policies but I still loved America.
apacherose131 3 months ago
@dandyif no, racists are ignorant, americans are stupid...its one thing when you dont know shit about immigrants and make fun of them based on your assumptions, its another when you choose to believe in a single book with no proof instead of facts of science backed up by evidence, and refuse to learn any common sense related to the rest of the world outside of america
niajef 3 months ago
@dandyif I'm an American and I don't think America is the greatest country in the world in every sense of the meaning. Does that undo my "ignorance?" Or do I have to make broad stereotypical statements about other people in the world that I clearly know nothing about to get that taint absolved? Wait a second...
Ratm91 2 months ago 4
@dandyif Don't be too nice, most of us are pretty stupid. I'm glad that I am not one of the stupid ones though.
fingerboy18 2 months ago
@dandyif I'm American and I agree with you. I remember a story about a man who was saying the America could get some ideas from other countries. The response from the loonies? "GTFO of this country you traitor!" Sometimes, I'm embarrassed to be American.
xenoknight696 2 months ago
@dandyif Sorry dude, but i disagree. Americans ARE both: stupid and ignorant. They show this every single day.
Stingerbillion 2 months ago 42
@Stingerbillion I try to stay away from telling somebody they're stupid, since there's no way I can know that. I stick to calling them ignorant, that's all you can prove by debate.
SoCalAries 4 weeks ago
@Stingerbillion - It's true. I live in the USA, I can vouch for you lol
SpearofDestiny0 2 weeks ago
@Stingerbillion Most of them are. but not all. i really wish i didnt live here lol.
StevenSmithxxz 1 week ago
@StevenSmithxxz This is why you start hunting for job in Canada, that's your best hope. Fortunately, i was able to move there.
Stingerbillion 1 week ago
@Stingerbillion To label an entire group of people as stupid and ignorant is stupid and ignorant, so congrats.
sodafromyoda 1 week ago
@sodafromyoda Unless those group of people can prove to me that they are intelligent, then yes, they are stupid and ignorant. It's a proven fact, you can deny it all you want, i am sure it will make you sleep better at night.
Stingerbillion 1 week ago
@dandyif That is a very broad description of Americans. If I were to make such a broad statement about a race or religion it would be completely unfair. You are doing the same thing except you are applying it to a region. The claims that you are making are insulting. Most Americans don't agree with everything the government does. If you think they do then you are ill informed.
camgan1 2 months ago
@dandyif You are so wrong with your generalization. Most Americans you meet say how much they hate their own country and how unfair everything is for them. I don't know where you get off thinking that America is like this especially when I always see stuck up British people bragging about how great Britain is. You are completely hypocritical and obviously have no idea how annoying these anti-American comments are. Look in a mirror.
LuneyTune72 2 months ago
@dandyif you should come back and see how many people support your comment, Well said.
iFiasko 2 months ago
@dandyif The population of America is over 300 million. There are literally millions of intelligent, thoughtful, humble people here. Every country has its morons, ours just get more air time.
elatus 1 month ago
@dandyif That's not true.... :/
Maybe a good number of us think that, but not "all" of us.
hollumber 1 month ago
@dandyif And the deal with Americans with the rest of the world is that everything must be America's fault. And that anything Americans do must be wrong, or ignorant, or foolish, or selfish. And that they are the source for all your problems. While elsewhere you'll find the same attitude among other nations. But no-one complains about them. Simply because America is popular, we are the scapegoat for petty arguments. I know TONS of Americans that do not think that at all. Your sterotyping
blackhawk438 1 month ago
@dandyif As an American all I can say is, FUCK THE U.S.A.
MrChaos424242 1 month ago
@dandyif Im sorry, willful ignorance is stupidity. A lot of Americans are willfully ignorant.
YoungTon22 1 month ago
I kind of liked how during a couple of points in his monologue, he essentially made fun of people that would inevitably be in the crowd in front of him... and yet they just laughed like it wasn't them. America. Fuck Yea.
itsthekush 3 months ago
wow
AvalonCEO1 3 months ago
What all agree upon is probably right; what no two agree in most probably is wrong. - Thomas Jefferson
FadmanID 3 months ago
They told when I was in Iran that the USA is the greatest country in the world with the most smartest and most loving people ever. Now that I'm in the U.S, I'm moving to the UK and after words to Germany. U.S is on the path of death. The end of America.
CR2Richet 3 months ago
@CR2Richet where are you from?
raptoresque 3 months ago
@raptoresque Iran
CR2Richet 3 months ago
@CR2Richet I'm a Greek-American and i moved to Norhern Europe because of the collapse and lack of intelligence in the U.S.
MarcusEFN 3 months ago
@MarcusEFN yeah I hear that, good for you man
CR2Richet 3 months ago
i think the real problem with america is the lack of taking your own responsibility and think for yourself at an early age. i mean, schools practically hand you the answers/formulas, and hw is nearly always due the next day.
kungharry 3 months ago
@kungharry
While critical thinking is something that we apparently don't put much emphasis on, though we should. The phrase taking your own responsibility seems to generally be more of a buzz phrase than actually meaning much of anything especially when it comes to talking about kids where the psychology is generally different than in adults, especially in households where many kids are already raised outside of school to simply accept authority and not think too much outside of that.
garith21 3 months ago
And all things said U.S.A. is the best country. Imagine what some of us have to face down in South America.
AstorreHerrera 3 months ago
It has more to do with our public (government run) schools. Look at private and homeschooled kids.
ccsniper 3 months ago
1:51 Seriously, I can answer most of these question and I'm French !
MenwithHill 4 months ago
2:49 guy on left didn't get his wife's name right on the first try (does it on the large, fucking other wemon that is)
CognitiveNetwork 4 months ago
question his sources of information, he is a douche sometimes..
Claytron830000000000 4 months ago
Where does Maher gets his sources from? I don't buy into a lot of those stats. Also, there is more to intelligence then speaking big words and knowing "facts." An intelligent individual is one that can think for themselves, something most liberals, like Maher, can't do. That is why they are for big government. Let the government do it all for them so they don't have to.
whyamimrpink78 4 months ago
I agree about being able recite facts, but it is pretty stupid when someone shouts "keep your Gov't hands off my medicare" and doesn't realize that medicare is a govnt program. Or says that healthcare decisions should be between a doctor and patient, when they are currently decided by criminal corporations who only care about turning a profit.
alexgibson198209 1 month ago
I have no idea why you think that govnt provided healthcare means the govnt is "doing it all for them". So if, god forbid, your house catches fire, I hope you don't expect the fire department to come and quench it *gasp* FOR FREE. That would be like "Asking for a hand out". Maybe we should first call Blue Cross to see if your bedroom is covered under your current "stop my house from burning" insurance plan.
alexgibson198209 1 month ago
@alexgibson198209 If I were to get into a car accident the hospital can't deny me from getting care in the ER, but I would have to pay for it later. If my house catches on fire then the fire department puts it out, but they won't buy me a new house or possessions, I would have to do that or have insurance. So that is a bad analogy.
whyamimrpink78 1 month ago
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The system is great for me too. I work for a large company which offers great benefits. But what about those people who have to work shitty, but necessary jobs? (toilets need cleaning, garbage needs collecting, food needs to be served/delivered).
All they can afford is some garbage HMO which excludes treatments which could actually save their lives god forbid they got deathly ill. Guess you gotta sell your house buddy. Next time, don't get cancer.
alexgibson198209 1 month ago
@whyamimrpink78 Why couldn't the fire department work like health insurance? They come put out a fire, then your insurance company pays them, or if you don't have insurance, you pay them. That way, your taxes don't pay for putting out someone else's fire, because we all know that is socialism.
Hogan1950 1 month ago
@Hogan1950 Another thing about the fire department, it is ran by the state. States can run social programs much like states can run health care. The federal government is there for 2 things. Deal with foreign affairs and give US citizens rights to control government. If federal government control health care then who is going to control the government? I am not against government run health care I am against an overpowering government.
whyamimrpink78 1 month ago
@Hogan1950 Lol, ever heard of civic virtue? Neighbourly charity? Youre saying that if someone is too poor to afford the fire department their house should be allowed to burn? What about appartment buildings? What if some have fire insurance and others dont? I live in Australia, a socialist country with health care, public housing and subsidised education, we're ranked 52nd in population and 17th in GDP and getting bigger, youre country is falling apart, who's got the right idea?
TheRhinehart86 1 month ago
@TheRhinehart86 Sorry about that. One of the problems with the printed word is that sarcasm can be hard to detect. I was trying to (and spectacularly poorly at that), point out that even though socialism is a dirty word to many americans, there are things that are just necessarily run by government. That isn't socialism, that is for the good of all. I am Canadian by the way, and we are proud of our county. We are getting more right wing though, and that is scary.
Hogan1950 3 weeks ago
@Hogan1950 I can send my kids to university without paying a cent, I dont have to worry about being homeless if the company I work for goes belly up, I dont have to worry about being turned away from hospital because I missed last months insurance payment. These finance elites have you lapping up everything they say while they fuck you, your family and your country right up the ass, its a win-win, they save money on proper education AND get loyal little drones upon graduation
TheRhinehart86 1 month ago
Look how they don't laugh when he lists the ignorance examples: He says, "States have 2 senators", and the audience thinks "What is a senator?" hahaha
BandytaCzasu 4 months ago
I have to admit, even though I knew roe vs wade and the other stuff, I did not know states have two senators. Felt pretty dumb myself. I actually started researching who my congressman and senators, mayors are.
alexgibson198209 1 month ago 3
Oh, the south. you so crazy
thehippoman 4 months ago
Damn, I knew most of those that he said in the statistics he said. At least the easy ones, there were only three that i couldn't name right off hand. Course I'm 18 so I guess my knowledge doesn't extend to a very high degree. lol. Love Bill Maher though. I learn as much as I can though!
1amJ35u5 4 months ago
18% of people think the Sun revolved around the Earth... and yet people want to pull kids out of school because of gays?
Fucking priorities, people! Learn basic knowledge, THEN we can discuss the "gay agenda". I refuse to be reprimanded on any subject by someone who doesn't know basic general knowledge.
Stevie2Sxc 4 months ago
I think America should take into account that the world is watching their choice of president. If Palin actually got the job then the world wide collective facepalm would register 9.5 on the richter scale.
ptango101 4 months ago
@AkashicViewer Quick question. Do you REALLY think he has a 'cushy' job? You must be aware of the amount of work that goes in to producing an hour of live television, don't you? Do you think he just shows up and talks? There's nothing cushy about what he does. Long, long hours and a whole lot of work.
teejate 6 months ago
There was a report that showed the U.S. was, I believe, ranked #32 on the global IQ scale.
Unfortunately, we hear statistics such as what Maher shared and we just shake our heads and go about our business. But he made a very important point. And that is that ignorance is dangerous.
Fortunately for those who want to manipulate Democracy in their favor there are strategies to keep people ignorant, fearful and angry. Just demonize intelligence and people will kiss the hand that beats them.
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teejate 6 months ago
@adakar Sadly, most of the people here in America think that they are soo smart and reject educating themselves. They plug their pudgy hands into their ears and shout "IM RIGHT YOU'RE WRONG LALALLAALALALAL I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!"
Skymnkey995 6 months ago
USA IS NOT THE DUMBEST COUNTRY, THAT WOULD BE ALASKA!
poops1 6 months ago
@poops1 Well played.
teejate 6 months ago
@poops1 Alaska is an American State..
az0963818 2 months ago
Statistics are just numbers that tell us what to think. Don't believe them.
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TheServiceWeb 7 months ago
Wow I can answer all those questions but hearing those stats made me feel dumb.
ellitekiller117 7 months ago 9
whooa :-o
KaristaSwiss 7 months ago
I'm a 20 year old living in belgium and I knew all of it except for that book/poem he mentioned. Never even heard of that :p.
Londron 7 months ago
Bill is right, too many Americans are busy watching trash tv like Jersey Shore and 'tweeting' each other... fucking world is doomed!
RedroomStudios 9 months ago
I don't think America is any stupider than any other country, I see plenty of cretins in the UK, I just suspect that they get a more equal say in the US. It's a case of people opinions being given equal credence despite any difference in intellect or qualification. A school dropout layperson who shouts loudly that the sun revolves around the Earth is trusted no less than a physicist who predicts the motion of the planetary bodies (like Einstein).
DissorderedArray 9 months ago 12
@DissorderedArray I don't think that's true at all. Yes the clueless turd has an equal say, or opportunity to have their say, but people aren't going to give him the same credibility as a physicist. I mean sure, there would be some people who would accept the moron more than the scientist, because they're morons and they feel inferior or otherwise hostile to someone with education, but they would be in the minority.
magnusalpha 9 months ago 34
@magnusalpha Yet unfortunately that's the very point, on one hand people trust their own experiences more than impartial evidence (but the Earth looks flat, so it must be) particularly when it is reinforced by someone from their 'peer' group. On the other, people are swayed by a majority - 8 out of 10 people believing in this remedy doesn't make it actually work, but as an argument it will be more convincing to more people than one scientists saying there is no efficacy data for that treatment.
DissorderedArray 9 months ago
@magnusalpha
But they do, all the time. If they didn't then we would have stopped paying attention to the creationists decades ago.
z3r0t0l3r4ns 7 months ago
@magnusalpha Appreciate this was 6 months ago, but it piqued my interest. America seems to love fake titles though and give credibility where it isn't really warranted, in my opinion. Intelligent design is an easy example.
Wickerbasket 3 months ago
@DissorderedArray
Agree and disagree.
Sure I doubt they have more idiots then any other country. On the other hand. It is the only country on the other hand that gives so much credit to these morons.
There is no debate on things like evolution, global warming etc. The US is the place you want to go if you have a wack idea that needs attention.
Londron 7 months ago
@DissorderedArray you ignorant fuck. compared to the rest of the developed and parts of the Developing world, our test scores and graduating percents really suck! We have been loosing the classroom battle since the cold war. India, China, Japan, much of Europe, and countries i wont bother listing are equaling or surpassing us in every category except personal creativity; and you can thank the lack of rigidity in our school systems for that! ,,|,,
LOADorBUST 7 months ago
@DissorderedArray Sorry to tell you, but I've lived in a dumb country, and in America, and America are definitely dumber, on average. I don't know if its because of the mindless TV, the mainstream propaganda referred to as news, or the amazing amount of lies and disinformation in society, or the greater acceptance of religion here, but for some reason, despite having some amazing people here... on average Americans are quite amazingly dumb. A trip to Northern or Eastern Europe would amaze you.
OrthodoxAtheist 6 months ago
@OrthodoxAtheist I'll have to take your word for it, I have only spent a little time in the States - not enough to get a true opinion beyond the usual 'Yanks are dumb' stereotype. I would rather give them the benefit of the doubt and say that it's the media and popular culture which are dumb rather than the general population per se.
I do spend a lot of time in Germany and Switzerland, and am always impressed by the higher standard of general education there compared to my own country, Britain.
DissorderedArray 6 months ago
@DissorderedArray Then let me offer you some consolation by revealing... I'm an Englishman in America, and their education, at least between the ages of 11 and 16, are a year or two behind ours. (I know this because I helped my daughter-in-law and her friends daily with their homework between those ages). A 15 year old from England going to school in California, for example, would feel like they are repeating the last 12-24 months of school. So at least England isn't last. lolz
OrthodoxAtheist 6 months ago
@OrthodoxAtheist There's something wrong with the US education system. Only Switzerland spends more per child, but studies show that US students rank poorly compared to other developed nations in mathematics, science & problem solving. US kids aren't stupid, what the hell's going wrong?
I'm sure the school board system has something to do with it. Curricula should be set at a national level by the best in the land, not by local pastors, car dealers & pig farmers.
GuillemotWatcher 5 months ago
@GuillemotWatcher Well I just watched THIS video - v=dGxBUyHbn2E ...and I think it illustrates a considerable part of the problem. It should be our first priority, even before general funding of schools, and choosing to educate children instead of teaching them to pass exams, or lowering standards to artificially inflate test scores to steady the school's funding, and hide a very real and disturbing problem... current US children will be the luddites of this generation.
OrthodoxAtheist 5 months ago
@OrthodoxAtheist I totally agree hun. As an up and coming teacher, what doesn't make any sense is that they take money away from "failing" schools and give the money to the schools that are making it. Shouldn't it be the other way around? ya know?
thedarkmoonmidnight 4 months ago
@DissorderedArray But a school dropout layperson who shouts something false which contradicts common knowledge is giving himself up as a liar and/or retarded fuck...
A physicist who studies planetary bodies and their motions and can give solid proof of such things is given much more credit.
Now if the phycisist gave bull facts in order to prove his theory his credibility is on the line. Thats why scientists prove other scientists wrong its to keep credibility alive.
MtotheN1 6 months ago
@DissorderedArray
They may not be stupider than any other country by educational means, but their ignorance is off the chart on a worldly scale.
ciaobellakate 4 months ago in playlist More videos from magnusalpha
@DissorderedArray Actually, studies have shown that the average IQ in the US is one of the lowest among western countries... So, indeed, they are (kinda) stupid... Although I think if they would have left out some of the states the average would be far better....
kick2004 4 months ago
@Jimy191Quartez
As an American, I find a foreign view of us rather interesting. Is that how Canadians generally feel about America now?
macgeek2004 11 months ago
@macgeek2004
As a Norwegian (We're in afghan and libya with you, not iraq) i find the ignorance of certain americans demoralizing, and it would appear that the stupid in your country for some non-apparent reason gets more attention than the people that knows what they do..
I also feel that the american public should be more aware of your foreign policy, or what the CIA actually have done around the world, that could explain alot of the blowback :)
I feel education could restore the USA
adakar 11 months ago 57
@adakar _ so do most of us
OPE08 10 months ago
@adakar I live in the US and have all my life. Trust me, this country will never see a resurgence of education. It's cool to be stupid in this country. Luckily we have some intelligence people on the air, such as Maher. However, they still give as much air time to people like Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann - any of these other idiots. Besides, when the money is tight, the first things to go are education, and any science programs that aren't directly linked to weapons manufacturing.
abacabb138 10 months ago
@adakar Thanks for hoping we can be restored. I'm afraid the war machine along with the multinational corporations have the republican party completely owned and half the democratic party and half the supreme court. I'm not feeling very hopeful but I'm not going down without a fight. Be thankful you live in a country that cares about their people.
koolchloe 9 months ago
@adakar
I hope that education can restore you adakar. There is no such thing as my or your country.
kansaimagic 8 months ago