A Comedian’s Take on How to Save Democracy | Jordan Klepper | TED 

That’s the rub

I think you are wrong. The left progressive are just as bad when it comes to not listening. As Jordan said when you are certain you are right, that leaves no room for discussion.

...and this is actually NOT the lesson the target audience needs to hear. When one side of the political spectrum is blatantly trying to end democracy and set up a fascist dictatorship, conceding is NOT the right response.

@@nicholasflamel1134 If that's what you think he was saying you need to watch it 10 more times or until you get it.

Isn’t this the guy who goes out there with a camera a mocks his political opposition?

Jordan is great, and has unique perspective on current views through comedy. I really wish this TED talk was 18 minutes.

Some need to know that the word "concede" means...

@@b.a.wellman1922 Concede. Consensus. Partisan politics should be rooted in finding common ground. That’s what the House and Senate should be focused on working towards.

Exactly!

He's absolutely trying to get laughs. And you can see the pauses where he expects them.

I would like to see him too!

I really like Desi as a host too, her delivery is great. If they rotated every week I'd be happy with that.

@@Beartato1989 I agree, Desi is a close second to Jordan Klepper in my book too

He used to have his own show after he left The Daily Show a few years ago. Unfortunately it didn’t last long. He’s very smart and funny.

The only reason I don’t want Jordan to host is because he is so good in the field.

Agree!! So much. This was a powerful 7 minutes

I came to the comments just knowing that I would find someone to make this point. Brilliant ending.

The problem with this is that there are certain things we should be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN about... I can't concede ground to a flat earther... There is no ground to concede... Certain people just need to educate themselves better... All tolerance has it's limits...

@@joshuaohuka7719 I fully agree with you, in a just. Rational world. That is not our world. The question I would pose to you is: which is more rational: a somewhat conciliatory approach that opens minds 30% of the time vs a principled one that does so less than 5% of the time?

@@joshuaohuka7719 Sometimes a "concession" isn't about admitting you're wrong, but giving space to allow someone to sound out and explore their point of view. Some people just aren't good at educating themselves, so conceding that space allows you to walk them through the learning process and allowing them to see for themselves why they are wrong.

Absolutely; as Marshall McLuhan once said "the medium is the message"

Very rough paraphrase of Marshall McLuhan

@@ymustisignin Not a paraphrase, it's literally the name of chapter 1 of his book "Understanding Media"

As I have; divorce yourself from social media.

you guys know you're on social media right ?

1. Not every long book is good read 🫣 even compare to the TikTok Other two are great advices.

​@@LilMnstR85the purpose behind reading a book is to train your brain to have a longer attention span and learn different perspectives. It's not about finding the longest book, it's about being able to read a different point of view and that too without getting distracted. Today the average attention span of a human is getting down to below 1 mins. We cant focus on anything.

I'll take one's ability to regulate their emotions properly and think rationally over how well read they are any day of the week.

​@@noitallmanaz Read a book about emotional intelligence then!

@@LilMnstR85 this is exactly what he's talking about, hah! Arguing a pedantic point, attacking a straw man in order to get yourself a win He's not saying every long book is good. Just that the practice of going away, at least once, from short-form media to something longer and more thoughtfully created is a helpful step in the right direction

He’s definitely quick-witted and has such a sense of humor that make his interactions with the MAGA crowd oh so satisfying! But his courage is slightly offset by the fact that he’s a white male and he doesn’t stick out in the MAGA crowd. I seem to recall Roy Wood Jr staying clear of those situations for a good reason.

@@AlisVolatPropiis I personally think the bigger offset is the fact that he goes into those crouds to do sort of "gotcha" journalism where you try to find the dumbest people and cut those fragments together. Don't get me wrong, it's entertaining and I enjoy his clips, but you can't say it makes him a hero. Also yes he's white and a man, but he is still purposely trying to make people look stupid. I know he probably has multiple security people with him, but it's still not for the weak-willed. I don't think it makes him less courageous to do it just because it would be more dangerousfor a trans, queer or person of colour to traverse those spaces and I dislike that take in general because most spaces are harder to traverse for those groups so to say it is a bit of nothing burger.

Imagine if we all followed Jordan’s example: went out with a camera and condescendingly mocked our political opposition. Imagine how many hearts and minds we would change. My favorite part of watching Jordan is the massive numbers of Trump supporters he converts right there on camera. They’re all like, “Wow! Jordan you’re right! I’m an idiot Trumper and need to address that! Thank you!”

@@CMA418 you make a very good point. Yes, this is a comedy show and what we get with Klepper is instant gratification, but we are no where near understanding our political opposition or being understood. We have to hear and understand each other if we want the madness to stop. Klepper has interviewed that woman who, upon going jail for a short time, realized that she was in a cult and has since started to speak out in hopes of helping others. It would be a good evolution for Klepper to focus on facilitating communication instead of the mocking.

The Fourth Estate and their verbal pitchforks are essential even if not always an ally of the people but more the profit process as silence is how one surrenders to evil.

They are, but the problem is this - this is all well and good but when you have a significant percentage of the country who deny basic facts of the reality of the last election because they've been lied to for so long that to accept the truth is to crush a huge part of their world view. It really is true - you want to anger a democrat, tell them a lie. You want to anger a republican, tell them the truth.

I'm going to steal that joke.

Omg I’m obsessed with that. Also stealing🙃 You genius!

@@robertjansen6019 🤯

Kleppermaniac?

Nice! I'm a Kleprecaun!

I was in Marines. Traveling around does give you a different perspective or view on life. You learn to understand and appreciate people and things around you. Yea, when possible, the family came along. For my kids, it was one of the best times of their lives.

I wasn’t in the military, but have lived and worked in several countries around the world. Hearing other people’s views is critical to a healthy country and world.

Same here from India

I always love to talk to people of the places I visit, mostly to old people, because they are most likely to have the time and patience for my questions and curiosities.

I feel so sorry for him! His great jokes were falling on essentially deaf ears while I was howling!

@@athanatic His message was heavy, though, that's most likely the reason why the triggered crowd didn't laugh to his jokes...

example...he just compared questioning the last election to flat earthers. implying there is zero middle ground. "we are right and they are wrong and that's that" yet we know some facts: the heads of the security state were provably lying about russian interference claims to sway the election. having government agencies sign on to one campaigns fabricated oppo research *is extremely troubling* to say the least they were signing letters to bury the laptop story (again whivh they provably knew to be credible) which raised serious questions about corruption and coordinated censorship to influence public opinion for the election. there were real questions about mail-in ballots and dropbox integrity, and real questions about dominion. (they may be proven false later but that doesn't make you contemptable for having the question, particularly in a low-trust climate where journalism is partisan) the implication that this was cut-and-dry is itself a partisan deflection that refuses to meet at a middle ground...rather embarrassing during a talk about how to do exactly that

Agree!!

The Dunning-Kruger Effect comes to mind.

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Well said. I used to dislike debate, not that we had more than a few exposures to it. I thought it was boring. But with maturity and treatment for my ADHD, I now see what I was missing. Also, discovering the penultimate rockstar of debate, Mehdi Hasan, helped. ✌️😎

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And countless clueless couples find out that the world is a very dangerous place and not all cultures are equal. They could tell you themselves, but they are no longer with us for some reason.

I completely agree! I also think it’s crucial for Americans to travel within our own country because it’s so large, diverse and different depending on where people live that where we are from in the U.S. heavily influences our beliefs, our biases, our politics, our values and how we relate to others. Only by actually mixing with people from different parts of the country can we at least have an “understanding” of people who think differently. Doesn’t mean we’re going to agree with people’s views…I’ll never agree with a racist, a small-minded person who refuses to believe “facts” nor a person who thinks they’re superior simply bc they’re white… I’m a Latina, a woman, speak four languages, have traveled all other the world and was born/raised in L.A., one of the most cosmopolitan, diverse, intense, and complex cities in the world (I’ve lived in four countries). I will never fully see eye to eye with a person who grew up in rural Minnesota (I’ve worked with them and we couldn’t be more different) but I can understand why they value certain things or why they fear certain things. The problem is, it takes two and they have to also be willing to understand me, understand where I come from and respect my life experiences (as I do theirs). 🤷🏻‍♀️ The onus is really on the person with the limited life experience, the more narrow view of the world and someone who grew up isolated or sheltered. A person who has extensive and varied experience is typically the most flexible bc they have a lot of experience to pull from and they don’t operate from a place of fear.

Travel well make you smarter and give you more of a perspective, but it will also make you realize how legitimately stupid people are and how badly US education has failed.

Quality counseling should be readily available to everyone. Our for profit medical system means that even if you're lucky enough to live in a state which has a fully implemented Medicaid program for those with lower incomes, psychiatrists and competent counselors are hard to find. In addition, appointments are limited, so it's difficult to get the counseling needed. I've been trying to recover from trauma for about 6 years and intense grief for a year, mostly without access to counseling or now 2 appointments per month. We need to somehow take back our health care system from Wall Street.

Best comment hands down

Yes!!!

Profound.

Jordan, Portland Doesn't suck. :-) it's a lovely town.

Sebastian Junger and Tyrone Hayes have talks worth listening to if you're curious.

As a native Portlander the problem is people treat it as "Portland sucks and will always suck so just leave and let it die", not "Portland sucks let's work together to make it better". There is a LOT about Portland that doesn't suck, and what does suck is not that hard to fix if our leaders would stop making policy purely for quick, temporary victories (e.g. the back and forth on drug use depending which way it polls). One thing I've learned from travel - Portlanders/Oregonians live in the middle of one of the most amazing and varied landscapes in the world. It's worth having a home base here that doesn't suck.

I totally agree with you. The thing is, at the end of your post, I realized that *I* have to be the one to say "I may be wrong", like Jordan says, because you're right - the other person will not ever say it. So in order to escape, even though I know the facts, just a little "I don't know" might stop my conversation partner in their tracks. I appreciate your post!

I think they are just invested and listening.

He wasn't doing it for the laughs.

The lady in the bottom right looked PISSED - begrudgingly clapping at the very end (had to download the video to see it under the stupid pop up).

It would also help to travel outside the countryside

I live in a small country, a very small country compared to the US. Although it’s a varied, beautiful country, most of us have traveled abroad many times, and have experienced other cultures. When you meet different people, the biases you have about them usually fade away.

@@kellydalstok8900 -- it’s my understanding that Americans are the least travelled people from an industrial country.

Travel OUTSIDE of the US too. The U.S. is extremely homogenous compared to the diversity of thought in the rest of the world. Go see how people live and what they believe in Switzerland, Germany, India, Taiwan, Japan.

Actually, the onus for helping communicate is on the one who is more rounded, more aware of differences and not as frightened of those differences. The ones who need to keep their world narrow need help to be coaxed into moving, looking more broadly at the world. If the onus is on them, they won’t move.

That was the full lecture.

Attack 😱😱😱😱

Have you seen that greasy worm? I wouldn't ever let my guard down around him.

Same. Watched this while sitting in the parking lot of Home Depot on Jantzen Beach. And hey, if everybody actually believes our town sucks, they won't stay here. Yay for less traffic!!!