Interview · moment 18 of 23
Why Rich Liberals Suddenly Love Ukraine
from The Return Of Shame with Dan Soder | The Tim Dillon Show #363 · #363
5 min
Guest
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.
- 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.