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Why Rich Liberals Suddenly Love Ukraine

from The Return Of Shame with Dan Soder | The Tim Dillon Show #363 · #363

5 min

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Tim argues for trusting gut instinct over media programming, questioning why wealthy Hollywood types who ignore Yemen and other conflicts became overnight humanitarians about Ukraine specifically.

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  • Modern public space has become schizophrenic craziness where Ukraine, gender, and everything else blur together.
  • Twenty years ago, seeing a comedian required attending a live show—there was no Instagram, Twitter, or Snapchat access.
  • Algorithms programmed by tech companies shape our brains, and it's inescapable for people raised with phones since age eleven.
  • Tim tries to form independent opinions on issues divorced from what he's read or consumed, based on his own instinct and life experience.
  • People are destroying their innate sense of what is true, right, and real by surrendering to corporate media and tech programming.
  • Rich people in Beverly Hills who spit on valets suddenly put Ukrainian flags outside their houses and claim to care about Ukraine.
  • The same people who pushed the Iraq War are now pushing the Ukraine war, which seems suspicious given they ignore Yemen, Palestine, and other conflicts.
  • America has never had a war with Russia, and Putin was the first leader after 9/11 to call and offer condolences.
  • For four years Americans heard nonstop about Russia fixing elections and coming to invade, but the Ukraine conflict is actually very complicated.
  • Modern culture benefits when people understand how stupid they are and recognize when something is beyond their comprehension.
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UkraineRussiaVladimir PutinIraq WarDonald TrumpYemen

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