Anand Giridharadas - “Winners Take All” and the Paradox of Elite Philanthropy | The Daily Show 

Becky Coleman if you wanna take a W somebody has to take an L

Gosh i felt that toooo!

@@Sali-yw1rd Can we not make this a race thing. Yes, there are thorny race-based issues in the US and elsewheres, but this is a class thing first and foremost.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rrkHn5Fd6zM.html

@@Sali-yw1rd oh, ffs...

Dharma Ram why isn’t anyone talking about “the war on normal people” by andrew yang. He has all this and resolutions!

the Daily Show with Jon Stewart was closer to journalism and informative than what Trevor Noah is doing on this show. great to have Anand on, sadly Noah has neoliberal politics and that won't change despite hearing contradictory information to his positions

@@roln1outg932 - They don't want the American people to hear Andrew Yang! Those with all the money & POWER want it to stay that way!! AY explains it so people can understand & learn.....that's a "no-no!!"

@Stephanie Mujan I can totally see Yang save a bus of kids from a deadly accident while running for president! I'd say he is the most underrated candidate atm.

Roln1out G I’ve read Yang’s book, it’s good! It certainly highlights the issues that illustrate how hyper capitalism wrecked smaller communities. However, the stark difference between Yang’s book and Giridharadas’s book is the solutions. Yang’s solution is to put more money in your pocket without changing too much about the systemic issues underlying the problem because he believes people with solve the issue themselves individually. Giridharadas believes structural change in the tax code is needed to prevent plutocrats from controlling our society and the way it functions. One solution offers individual contribution while the other offers structural contribution, and depending on how you view the world and it’s issues, one solution will appeal stronger to you than the other.

I said the same thing. WTF? Did he not hear anything the man said?

​@@thebreeze8443 Guys, it's his job to twist and make people laugh. He was very agreeable to Anand.

@@aznpop2 Still a bad look. He waited to get that one in, and he was visibly uncomfortable with the theme of billionaires who hoard, suggesting that they are only saving money as we all should. Then to close with the friends remark, says he didn't hear a word of what Anand said. At the very least, he sounded obsequious. Same with Jimmy Kimmel telling Yang, "I don't think you'll be president." Not a joke, Dude, and not his place.

I mean, he has the guy on his show for a reason. He already knows everything about him. He asked pre assembled questions to get him to speak his points. It was just a joke.

That's why Trevor Noah was hand-picked for this role. I bet someone powerful blackmailed Stewart to choose him.

YES END TAX EVADING NOW

It's an excellent book

Fucking genius, total balls to the wall exposer of wealth hoarding

Fax yo

He occasionally appears with Joy Ann Reid on MSNBC as a panelist.

SAAAAME

Same

Same!

Same. Great way of describing him lol

Total bullshit. If you want to apply the D&D Alignment system, he is Lawful Good. Chaotic Good characters don't care for rules and systems, they want to live and do good on their own terms. Robin Hood ROBBED the rich, not TAXED the rich. This guy here says "we" (he is talking about the US, but it applies for Europe, too) need to change our SYSTEM, our LAWS and LAW ENFORCEMENT for the benefit of normal people, which "logically" would be negative for rich people. If any, he is Lawful Good, not Chaotic Good.

I love that quote. In a society there are always 1 to 2 percent who really can't make a living. So they need help.

@@russellfeecrouch6136 In Nelson Mandela's (as well as Trevor's original) society, South Africa, that percentage has increaced alarmingly to around 40% of which many who can't are white, although majority black. A small rich black elite & growing black middle class...but ironically the same if not larger poor class.

😂🤣😂🤣

This made me laugh til my belly hurt

I can’t unsee it 😂

Thank you 🤣🤣 I was wondering where I had seen him

Indian Kanye West seems more apt

I think it can be agreed that late night talk shows are only good because of the guests and not the hosts. Hosts are mostly Cringe and unfunny.

Well, the host does work for the Billionaire class. The same people that ripped off and chased away LOADS of talent from comedy central. Think for a moment and you could probably name a few. Because they have everything and they want more, meanwhile nearly everyone else suffers.

Wouldn’t be a show without the hosts to ask the questions and have rapport with said guests.

Respectfully disagree. Trevor is awesome. Always very prepared and hyper aware of how to best present his guests. In this interview he just asked a few set-up (devil's advocate) type questions and let Anand go -- because he had a LOT to say. And I'm glad he did. I hate it when hosts can't just shut up and let the guests talk. (Looking at you, Stephen Colbert.)

Trevor is playing devil's advocate to get the questions answered, not putting out his personal views. He did lose control of the interview in the end and come off like a jerk saying he wants to keep his billionaire friends. C'mom Trevor, you are better than this.

The only way is VAT. #andrewyang

period

@transylvanian How? Explain your stance.

"Taxes, taxes, taxes..." as was said in Davos. The plutocrats are taking the easy way out because they get to dictate when, how, amd where they give. That should not be how it works!!!

The 1% only donates.. Ready?? .1% Tax the hell out of em!

Jess WILLS Should be the sub title of his book

I'm glad someone's just saying it outright.... like he said if everyone is to have more, that necessarily means that those that have the most have less (paraphrasing)

CHANGE OF POWER, CALLED EQUALITY

that sounds smart but really the opposite. It's implying power is intrinsically corrupt when in fact it's neutral. Think about it guys, power is simply influence. wether in real world dilemmas, spiritual, social , you name it. if you have a degree of influence, you have a degree of power. he really should be saying "real change involves the redistribution of power"

President Bush said,could be word for word,that when he started the "Arab Spring",starting with Libyan dictator Gaddafi . I bet he stole that quote from this guy. I have to say,this quote just gets better and better (read it 3 times now).

Yeah it definitely one I'd want to check out!

You might also want to watch this video before you make your opinion ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rrkHn5Fd6zM.html

^this clown copies the same dumb comment from even dumber John Stossel anyway. check out the Majority Report and Noam Chomsky

Yesss @Dia Grace

@@prakashshenoy1960 the argument is not why cant those who are winners wipe the table clean and keep it. Its about keeping a level field. The problem with mustachios video is he doesnt touch on the fact that real income growth has not kept up compared to the living cost, which often is pushed up by the haves. So its stupid to say hey why are we comparing with the guy who had 200% growth, look at your own which even though is 32% but is still growth. Well the idiot missed the current by an entire ballpark. Its the norm for Youth today are graduating with a 50k debt to earn a salary that doesnt pay living wages. What 32% growth for the poor guy is that bastard blabbering about?

No surprise there since it's the wealthy who wrote those tax laws!!

no! this doesn't make sense, you don't 'get huge refunds from gov." for moving money around - if the billionaire has 'little income" they can still give money they want to donate to 'cause of their choosing' instead of trusting gov to do it - many of these people don't even make it known publicly that they give

@@herb369nichols q

Also when they make these "huge donations" they are not actually making donations. They stick it in a special funding account that is untaxed. The money can sit in the account for indefinitely, never actually going to the donation recipient. Some of these accounts even accrue interest. They then take the interest out-untaxed, and move them like Anad said so it is not taxable income. So not only, are they making money off of their donations that don't actually get donated, they also don't get taxed of their income.

Bingo.

That hurt and I could tell in the reaction it hurt him too. If it were only a joke it was unnecessary, let alone unfunny.

Makes me really sad that this is the Daily Show for this Generation. I guess that's how things often go though. I'm not sure how much my expectations have grown though. Even Stewart's speaking truth to power, while it may have been powerful in the Bush era~~the bush era was a pretty grim time for speaking out. I think I expect a lot more now.

Anthony Tyler Daily show is trash this guy as the host.

Stewart was definitely funnier, but his politics weren't much different than Trevor Noah's.

This shit right here. It's why I hardly ever watch the show anymore. When Stewart was host, o hardly missed a show, now... No good reason to watch it.

@Sudhir Kakar and thats why the education system keeps getting worse and worse..its done on purpose...soon kids wont be able to read the constitution because cursive was removed from public school curriculum.

What is America’s breaking point?

@@b3at2 Lol, no silly, they just removed the Constitution from the curriculum!

cause he's a neoliberal mouthpiece. bring Jon Stewart back

@@b1bbscraz3y yes please

I was wondering what that meant

@@b1bbscraz3y Jon Stewart was also a Neoliberal hack. As is Anand Giridharadas of course.

@The Bengalee Sceptic They're motivate more by the logic of capitalism than fair play and honest critique.

tymd130 yooooooooooo....I was about to say the same thing then saw your comment. Lol

Even his hair is the same lol

Can't "unhear" it now.

Damn, he even looks like him

tymd130

Yes true but it almost felt like he was sending a message to his billionaire friends that DW I'm with you!

You only seeing it now lol

Cocoa Liveson Guys it was a joke. Trevor was just joking when he said “you are right but I’ll keep my billionaire friends”. There was no jokes in the entire interview, so at the end Trevor tried to put a little laughter to end it; that’s all that statement was. A lot of you have forgotten that Trevor is a comedian first and not really an interviewer. You all should get over his “I’ll keep my billionaire friends joke”🤷🏽‍♂️.

He's playing devil's advocate... It'd be a bad interview if he just fawned over and agreed with the guest. If the guy was saying billionaire's deserve all the money, Trevor Noah would be the one saying it's unfair.

Trevor is a massive sell out. He constantly argues the argument of elite power

word.

Like Barack Obama, but more chaotic and even sharper.

It sounds like he's preaching envy

Steve Joseph I think he is just anticipating that this might be a possible counter argument so the guest can point this out.

Yeah Noah didn’t get it at all. It’s like he’s thinking “Obviously everyone like myself is saving up for there 2nd summer home, right?” No your audience can’t hoard money (mostly) because they don’t have enough. We need to spend it all.

Dan Pitrowiski True, and for the average person saving is completely different from hoarding. We are specifically saving for things like a home and retirement because this country has such a terrible health system and living is so expensive, whereas billionaires are saving far beyond that with no purpose.

He is paid to make this conflation.

Kristy Hamlin The Billionaires don’t save their money. The park it somewhere, making sure it’s not taxable, then use it to advance certain political agenda when needed.

#bernie2020

I think some people just really need the same message in a cooler haircut and less-rumpled clothing. These are mainly media people. They're excessively shallow, but it's apparently what they need to hear the message.

Sela Lewis presentation is everything. Unfortunately but sometimes it can be used to your advantage if you find the right messenger

bernie all the way

Bernie started the game, Yang will save it, we all get the win. Vote Yang!!!!! #Yang2020

Damn. Burn! 😂

Johnny Houx He’s not playing devil’s advocate.

@@JohnnyHoux except that he actually believes those things, and despite being given factual information Trevor will continue to believe the same nonsense. something an ignorant person does, something extremely common on the right. this is why neoliberals and centrists have destroyed the Democratic party by capitulating to the right for so long, they think they're smarter but they are not

You're ruining him. He must come back home

I'm a college graduate and I'm poor, but I dont blame billionares. In fact i admire them. They saw an idea no one else saw, they had be laughed at, made fun of and humiliated to become what they are today. At the end of the day this is not a free economy where everyone wins that's what we must remember. 6.47 I strongly disagree and I find that comparison rather dumb like a rock. The feudal were born into the money while Elon,Jeff,Wareen and so on had to earn their money from the bottom. I think he just mad cause he cant make billions like JK Rowling. Who is a far better author then he will ever be.

Bernie 2020

There are good people on both sides

He has high hopes to join them one day soon, and I think that is why he seems to be anti this idea.

TAKE CHANGE BACK FROM THE CHARADE!!! Anand POTUS 2020?? they'll just stall him out

How I wish someone with his mindset would be in government. The problem with the government as the 'lawyer for us all' is it doesn't work if a billionaire becomes president or if too many senators are in the pocket of the billionaires.

diana ibarra the world needs to clap your cheeks

@@AudiQuattroSport1 alrighty then...

@@granville7 No need to wish. Just help me and the rest of us get Andrew Yang elected. Here's a bunch of my favorite links you can share with epople like i'm doing. Everyone else is corrupt, they proved it to me once and for all when they called for Al Franken's resignation. Yang is the only one that will change any of the systematic bullshit turning the country into a police state. 1. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JUb-AsEQ-iQ.html This is a shortened version of the 1 hour video. ^ 2. His Joe Rogan interview ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cTsEzmFamZ8.html 3. His Ben Shapiro interview even though I hate Ben. He actually convinced him to screw over his own wife (a doctor) for the betterment of society. www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/07/andrew_yang_on_the_ben_shapiro_show.html 4. The meme I made for it. facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1258202497676574&set=a.1254679514695539&type=3&theater That's my entire meme album, i got about 25 made so far. 5. His website with over a hundred detailed policies on it. www.yang2020.com/

right? Trevor's questions were so asinine.

@@BeautifulEarthJa much like the people that believe what hes saying.

@@casono it seems to be the majority, unfortunately.

Knew it

Yeah if you step on the poor to become rich prepared to be eaten by them. Eaten out on your wealth and the booty hole.

The rich are smart enough to give the poor just enough to keep them from taking them down

Unfortunately, that is not how it works. People will eat their neighbors. The poor will eat the middle class while the rich are jetting off in their private jets.

@@wizzyone1555 cause the rich aren't often known.

I'm a college graduate and I'm poor, but I dont blame billionares. In fact i admire them. They saw an idea no one else saw, they had be laughed at, made fun of and humiliated to become what they are today. At the end of the day this is not a free economy where everyone wins that's what we must remember. 6.47 I strongly disagree and I find that comparison rather dumb like a rock. The feudal were born into the money while Elon,Jeff,Wareen and so on had to earn their money from the bottom. I think he just mad cause he cant make billions like JK Rowling. Who is a far better author then he will ever be.

@@pavsofficial4284 the main problem with billioners is not inherently that they are, but that a percieved overwhelming majority sits on their money, depriving the economy of a much needed boon, and for what? So that when there's another crisis they could not only survive, not only live, but live in opulence. And NOBODY needs opulence

Bernie 2020

Whatever money you earn,spend it on yourself- for new experiences,travel,food, spiritual growth, financial literacy, getting out of comfort zone, finding your full growth potential. By all means please don't spend too much time and money on land,home,cars,but spend it to cover your needs.

PAvS Official I don’t think we should demonize the rich in some cases. But I think forcing obscene production standards like those at Amazon which forced their warehouse workers to pee in plastic bottles is wrong. The fact that Uber forces all of their workers to be independent contractors with no benefits is wrong. The fact that so many companies squeeze their workers until there is nothing left is wrong.

Try pissing of your local cops and see if they won't do anything to you

It's a tricky space to operate.

I don't understand....

@@steve-usmcvet8934 me as well

I'm a college graduate and I'm poor, but I dont blame billionares. In fact i admire them. They saw an idea no one else saw, they had be laughed at, made fun of and humiliated to become what they are today. At the end of the day this is not a free economy where everyone wins that's what we must remember. 6.47 I strongly disagree and I find that comparison rather dumb like a rock. The feudal were born into the money while Elon,Jeff,Wareen and so on had to earn their money from the bottom. I think he just mad cause he cant make billions like JK Rowling. Who is a far better author then he will ever be.

@@gurugobindguchhait3864 He means that The Reason he wrote the book is becoz It is True(i.e whatever he mentions in the book)

So you're saying it's been time to move for a while now

So that throwaway comment made you uncomfortable too, huh...

Jesus Christ Trevor, you lost a lot of credibility there.

He lost a lot of respect with that seemingly innocent comment. It's like completely disregarding everything Anand had just said

Look up what he said about the massacre of striking miners in Africa. Trevor’s a bourgeois liberal, he really doesn’t believe in much.

@@DownUFO Yeah he basically justified the use of bullets because "rubber ones and tear gas don't work"... he did apologize for it apparently, though that kind of comment is horrendous. If he is sincerely apologetic then that is great. We all say stupid things. What bothers me about Trevor is that he was a Clinton shill in 2016, and he made fun of Bernie; now he's much more favorable to him this time around. I would not go so far to say he is ideologically vacuous, to give him credit he seems to be open-minded, but he does seem to err on the side of democratic socialism at best. I still enjoy watching him. Maybe in the same spirit that is what he meant about the billionaires, I don't know... just liking them as persons but disagreeing with their place in the system.

FrancesL Agreed! Still found his comment too disappointing to overlook.

@@mielpax3894 Yes the comment took me by surprise because it also seemed to out of character. I'm not sure if Trevor really meant it and was just trying to be funny, but to end such an awesome interview on that note was definitely a letdown. I was really impressed with the guest though. I had never heard about him before.

like the rest of us at lower levels

Sad but true.

This is a video on RU-vid... Which belongs to plutocrats. Trevor Noah depends on having these billionaire friends. Censorship is a real issue nowadays.

ToneyCrimson He was joking

Americans really don't get dry dark sarcasm, do they

Yea, those last words made me cringe hard.

A friend is someone who will roll up their sleeves and help you move on a Saturday with only a couple slices of pizza or a sub sandwich offered in return. Billionaires don't have time for "friends".

​@The Allfather You touched on a large part of the problem: billionaires who "help" by making others do the work. Look at the Sackler family, they just got fined billions. Good thing all the money is coming out of Purdue instead of their pockets, now they can just pass the fines on to their employees. Or they could just declare bankruptcy on the company, either way they're not taking the hit. Look at Amazon, why does Jeff Bezos pay no income tax? Supposedly because he invests in his own business, which is something literally every business owner does, and they still pay their income tax. Sorry for coming off so angry, I'm just really sick of rich people playing by a different set of rules.

@The Allfather Ahh, crony capitalism is not friendship! It's a circle-jerk of cash flow. Nice try though.

Gotta mooch

probably chillen with Oprah to much

I think you are projecting yourself onto him to prove your point. 😏🖕

You might be onto something because towards the end Trevor did say that he will keep his billionaire his friends. Problem is the basic human greed.

Part of it may be that with issues like this, it's important to ask questions that someone who disagrees with Anand may ask. Just agreeing with him and praising him doesn't really set him up to tell these kinds of truths so naturally within the conversation.

He's uncomfortable because these facts are progressive talking points and like him or not Trevor is a corporate kiss asser.

Right! Trevor Noah’s reaction to that was weak. This is no laughing matter!

Thanks Andan Giriharadas. No thanks for selling us out Noah. Kinda surprised you were willing to have this guy on, considering where YOU stand on the issue of billionaires and our political democratic elections these days. How many ways can you spell C O R P O R A T E ?

gross statement.

@@hyacinth1320 triggered millionaire?

ramon alfaro Trevor Noah grew up in a middle class family in South Africa. He wasn’t rich or wealthy growing up. He worked very hard to get to where he is. There is nothing wrong with what Trevor is doing. What this guest is talking about is Jeff Bezos working his warehouse staff so hard that they can’t breaks to go to the bathroom. They get 30 minutes for lunch and the barely have time for breaks. Uber classifies every driver as an independent contractor. They get no job protection and no benefits. This is what this guest is referring to.

@@MHiggins He's already forgot where he came from. Sorry, but a system that allows billionaires to exist, while over 500k people are homeless and most Americans are one emergency away from bankruptcy is unethicall. And Trevor defending that is immoral.

@@jameschang9184 Not the comment, Trevor's. I should have made it more clear.

I was a trevor follower. But no more after his last remark.

@@barbaramitchell2547 a few words is what it takes... wow.

Papua it’s John Stewart that he got the daily show from....

I disagree with a lot of what you saying, firstly i don't see how in anyway Trevor was disagreeing with the guy, he was merely like any interviewer should questioning the man's ideology. And to say he is loosing empathy torwads people because he is a millionaire now, i fail to see how that is true. It seems to me what you are saying is rich people are unable to have empathy torwards others, which i strongly disagree with, yes there are rich people who are greedy and selfish but there are those who use the fact that they are at a priviledge to help other, and having those billionaire friends assist them in reaching more people and changing lives of the poor.

@@anelegiyama3103 h

@TooMuchDramaInTheMilkyWay Galaxy You are right, big mistake on my part, thanks

@@manojreddy123 You are right, I meant John Stewart, my mistake. By the way, he also help John Oliver get to where he is now.

Yeah, that sort of hit me in a weird way. Like a... "I thought you were a person for the people... the fuck was that comment?" sorta way.

It's a j-o-k-e 🃏

@@MetalMilitia072583 It is, but you know there's a speck of truth in it.

it's a joke... but even if it weren't a joke, it's not going to be noah (nor is his job or duty) to save the world or change billionaires. do you really expect him to save you or everyone else?

@ He is goading his interviewee to get more from him.

That was a joke.

Yeah I miss Jon this guy is a shill. I clicked here just to hear Anand.

@@ms_magnolia the audience wasn't so sure and neither am I. half joke, half serious. he probably does have billionaire friends he wants to keep.

You are right. John would never have made such a joke because that's not in him. It is in Trevor though. This interview exposed Trevor for what he is. If he was going to stand for something, THIS was the place to do it. He missed his opportunity. But, you can only be what you are and Trevor said it for himself. And he will no doubt keep his billionaire friends.

Just F Tripp it was a half joke. He was very serious. Why even joke that way when his guest is being very serious about this topic? Not a joking subject, nothing to make light of

lol

😂😂😂

If you read the book you would see that is what the elites do they co-op people, good people to their way of thinking.

YEP TREVOR TRAITOR TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE CLASSES EAT THE RICH by Rousseau

1Life Resist Guys it was a joke. Trevor was just joking when he said “you are right but I’ll keep my billionaire friends”. There was no jokes in the entire interview, so at the end Trevor tried to put a little laughter to end it; that’s all that statement was. A lot of you have forgotten that Trevor is a comedian first and not really an interviewer. You all should get over his “I’ll keep my billionaire friends joke”🤷🏽‍♂️.

lmao

There's a candidate pretty much running on this same platform already. And several more who are pretending to.

why not just support Berne right now same policies

Also he is a Bernie Supporter. The book was an excellent read by the way.

Bernie Sanders is the answer.

@@liesbethdevries4986 Y's everyone endorsing for bernie rn?

... And Anand is going to make himself POTUS by his own hand. Mark my words.

Alexis Haris 👀

if you made any money in your life you would do the same. Trevor came to the United States to achieve his dreams and he did; he should stop having these losers on his show that frankly have no idea what they are talking about and are breeding hatred

Well, is it really bad that there are so many self-made men trying to change the world for the better? All I see from the government is them constantly fucking over everyone and nepotism being rampant.

@@glorymanheretosleep the government does what campaign donors want it to do.

That's the problem: We think highly of billionaires, even if they do a lot of shit. We should value people for how much they contribute, not for how much money they have.

He is a hack. All of biased are towards the rich and status quo interests

@@AnchuaProjects i disagree. We got a bunch of rappers who ruined the youth getting them selves rich who now use that money they got to try to show up as contributors. They ruined the world. Why should they be seen as a hero now that that have more money than they know what to do with. Little kids are ruined now trying to be like the rappers and you name it. Thots are a disease, yet because they donate we should accept them back in? No. Fuck that. They stood on children to get what they got. Fuck them all.

@@NinjaOnANinja Thanks for the laugh.

@@KMarcucci7 ur mom

He obviously wasn't kidding

As much as I generally enjoy Trevor, that last part surprised and unnerved me

Relax, he was joking.

@@nanamarfo3371 he really wasn't

@@Ninkopi lol yes he was. I'm shocked how that seems to have flown right over everyone's heads. How many billionaire buddies do you guys really think he has? I mean, come on

@@nanamarfo3371 He jokes all the time and he just seemed hesitant and uncertain near the end here. How many billionaires does he know? Probably a few. He's the host of the daily show

How so?

Allan Jason Mburu Guys it was a joke. Trevor was just joking when he said “you are right but I’ll keep my billionaire friends”. There was no jokes in the entire interview, so at the end Trevor tried to put a little laughter to end it; that’s all that statement was. A lot of you have forgotten that Trevor is a comedian first and not really an interviewer. You all should get over his “I’ll keep my billionaire friends joke”🤷🏽‍♂️.

@JoeHanson that off color joke was just the cherry on top of a disgusting pie where trevor kept trying making light of a very serious host discussing the very serious topic, literally the defining issue of our age, inequality. A leftist sycophant, following in the footsteps of his democrat financiers, he'd rather keep us engaged on peripheral issues like racism and sexism that really do not disrupt the status quo

sad TREVOR TRAITOR TO THE PPL

EyesOn HerHorizon Guys it was a joke. Trevor was just joking when he said “you are right but I’ll keep my billionaire friends”. There was no jokes in the entire interview, so at the end Trevor tried to put a little laughter to end it; that’s all that statement was. A lot of you have forgotten that Trevor is a comedian first and not really an interviewer. You all should get over his “I’ll keep my billionaire friends joke”🤷🏽‍♂️.

Thumb up the video so youtube is more likely to show it to people.

He's one of the highest paid comedians. Trevor is no John Stewart. He speaks well but does not represent the middle class

Sounds like a joke to me

This really broke me, as I had respect for Noah. www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-bernie-sanders-fan-reveals-something-important-about-the-daily-show/

Yup

Whether he leaves or keeps his friends, won't make a difference. The difference will be made when people act and ask for change.

everyone has their panties in a wad over it, but it was just trying to hit a comedic note. You do realize he started as a comedian.

@@brianmi40 what's the going rate for armchair white knighting? You seemingly seek out TDS and your deified comedian for fact in mirth yet play confirmation bias for a simple jab at a difference of opinion by attributing it to comedy? Confabulation is an intellectual disease🤢🤮

@@OjaysReel nice word salad. Do you recommend Blue Cheese dressing with it?

@@OjaysReel THIS. THIS is what Obama warned everyone about: SJWs getting their panties in a WAD over bullshit WORDS, when we have REAL PROBLEMS. WTFU

@@brianmi40 Obama could have done something to stop American interventionism and killings around the world but did the opposite. He was a fair successor to Bush. So who's he to talk about real problems?

Jon Oliver's just as bad.

Go watch hasan minhaj, he just had a show on billionaires with this guest.

Remember Oliver's Venezuela show that has been widely debunked as horrible, lazy propaganda. He is no better. That pains me to say but it is true

If John would interrupt like hosts do, Anand would accuse him of interrupting because anand is not white, and not because host has to keep on topic or refine question.

@@jbbatO Almost all of Oliver's long pieces deal with greed in some way or another. But he doesn't do interviews.

Lol

So damn creative!

Phillip Graves lmaooo kanye east 😭😂

That was subtle and clever humor 😂

This is a brilliant comment!

It's a great book--I heard him give a hour long book talk on it and read it cover to cover. Very illuminating, and he's been connected to some people at the highest levels of the 1%, so he knows how their game is played.

@@CarmenGisella Ripoff? Does Bernie have a monopoly now on the anti-1%? That's a bit ironic...

@Altair He's definitely a Bernie fan. UBI of $1,000 a month would not even begin to solve these issues. Landlords would immediately raise rent, and companies would immediately raise prices..

Trevor's face was growing pale toward the end of the interview. I take it he felt quite uncomfortable and did not know HOW to make light of this serious subject, of which Noah is now much more of the 'problem' than when he was back in Africa. As others have mentioned, he has his own charity in Africa,and I think he personally felt conflicted by Anand's closing arguments. I have not see Noah truly speechless before. But I think his 'bilionaire buddy' comment was the best he could come up with, sort of knee-jerk style. And we all know how close to the truth a bad joke is. He is part of the neo-liberal class. If you trust the dnc and think they're not gop lite, then you should be happy with Noah's take on money and politics. I recommend paying close attention, now the focus is on the most important presidential election we may see in our lifetimes. just my opinion, sorry to carry on. AND it's nice for you to support Noah. Seems like a good guy still . . .but power and money in most cases does eventually corrupt. Few rise above. This is why so many are mentioning a rare stalwart - Jon Stewart.

What about you, try making fun of the cops and see if you're gonna go in jail or not. You wouldn't wanna mess with something that's not even possible for a simple man to stop

and the PEOPLE need to WAKE UP and start FIGURING OUT WHICH POLITICIANS WILL DO THIS, which should lead everyone to be looking at the PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES: Sanders or Warren.

They need to start working for the 99%, because currently they are doing a great job for the 1%. But with the rise of the new breed of Dems like AOC and others we might start to see the beginning of change.

@@Tom-yd1ur no democrat or republican will ever change the status quo. They rely on that sweet corporation money.

Aurora Borialis Guys it was a joke. Trevor was just joking when he said “you are right but I’ll keep my billionaire friends”. There was no jokes in the entire interview, so at the end Trevor tried to put a little laughter to end it; that’s all that statement was. A lot of you have forgotten that Trevor is a comedian first and not really an interviewer. You all should get over his “I’ll keep my billionaire friends joke”🤷🏽‍♂️.

@@joeficent50tvreactions71 he's my favorite talk show host... May be that's why I am concerned about each words he said. But you know these kind of things can really mess with your audience.

@@manwrite3955 Trust your instincts. Trevor meant exactly what he said.

Yep, there's a reason Anand pressed him twice at the end there to agree with him and it's because of Trevor's daft framing of the issue. You can see how on the spot he feels for a second; caught between two opposing world views, trying to stay in the middle. The 'joke' was his reaction to escape that inherent tension. YOu hear the same thing from CNN anchors and others who imx in that world. Anand is interested in rebalancing the system, it's got nothing to do with judgement or 'billionaires are bad'. But he continually faces these same tired arguments around 'demonising billionaires'. To the point he can predict it on his T shirt!

Joe Hanson It wasn’t a joke. If he said “you are right, but i’ll keep my KKK friends”, would you think the same?

OMG you have just explained the USA to me in one paragraph. Brilliant.

Only because it IS Insane!

Too late man...

Watch his stand up the dude is a ass.

No, not congress. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.