Excellent thread, but is there any reason why people like Seth Myers and John Oliver-wouldn't be like that? They are products of that system twitter.com/LisaVikingstad
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TV comedians are high net worth individuals with political connections. They have never spoken for normal ppl; that's not who they are.
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Compare J.K. Rowling being an anti-Corbyn neoliberal partisan.
Her net worth is 1 billion. Why wouldn't she be a fellow traveler w/corps?
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It's exactly like western middle classes feeling the fall of the middle class in their region. Do they care if Asian middle class prospers?
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People want equality - with people in their own social class, not those outside it. Comedians serve their own best interest, nobody else's.
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If this seems weird, tell me about the last time you dropped buying some food or clothes because it was made in the 3rd world.
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And maybe you (justly) point out that that won't help. So let me know when was the last time you campaigned against child labor in Cambodia.
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Meanwhile, would you sit on your butt if your own country tried re-introducing child labor?
Maybe if you already earn millions every year.