rant · moment 10 of 24
Bill Gates Predicted It, and Trump's Weakness in a Pandemic
from #191 - Corona Cast | The Tim Dillon Show · #191
7 min
He discusses a Bill Gates TED talk that eerily predicted a pandemic, notes Black celebrities floating conspiracy theories about Gates planning it, and argues Trump is uniquely ill-suited to lead during a health crisis, contrasting the isolating fear of COVID with the communal grief of 9/11.
- Bill Gates predicted the pandemic accurately in an old speech, leading conspiracy theorists including Cedric the Entertainer and DL Hughley to claim he planned it.
- Everyone talks about pandemic preparedness but nobody actually prepares—the country is selfish and only cares about immediate personal impact.
- Trump's travel ban on China was fine but he didn't increase testing capacity while Google built a website to help people identify symptoms.
- Trump is weak in a pandemic; an Obama-type president would provide more comfort than Trump, who thrives when the economy is roaring.
- During 9/11 there was compassion and empathy; during COVID, terror makes people view each other as enemies and cuts off human connection.
- After 9/11 you could still go outside, talk to people, go to theaters and concerts—life eventually returned to normal, unlike this disruption.
- The end-times feeling of a society where everybody's cut off from each other in uncharted territory raises real questions about mental and emotional effects.
- Schools are letting kids out everywhere while some parents still have to work, creating roving bands of TikTokers who are immune and will prowl around.
- TikTok kids are bitter little monsters who care about nothing except likes, followers, views, and money—they're perfectly suited to play with dead bodies.
- Young people will dance around as bodies burn and streets collapse, and older generations will learn to fear those little TikTok users running around with their phones.
Bill GatesBarack ObamaDonald TrumpLogan PaulCedric the EntertainerDL HughleyGary Owen