Bill Burr calls on 'billionaires to be put down like rabid dogs' in podcast (www.the-express.com)

submitted 1 week ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

141 comments fedilink hide all child comments

(page 2) 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Imagine if we gave hoarders the same status we give wealthy people.

Like you're invited over for dinner.

You get to the door and ring the bell. They yell, "come in." You push the door open against 10000 stacked news papers pushing back at you. You're instantly hit with the smell of animal feces and urine. You unironically say, "wow, so decadent." You climb over a pile of furniture and to get to a small clearing in with a couch and a coffee table covered in clutter. You tell your host, "So much stuff, I'm so jealous, you truly possess all the worlds material goods." They heat up some discount canned ravioli on a hot plate because the only place in the entire house you can habitate is that small clearing with the couch.

After you finish your fine dining experience you leave and you realize you never once saw any animals.

Hoarding is a disease. Doesn't matter if it's useless garbage or the idea of a pile of money you'll never use.

[-] Jericho_Kane@lemmy.org 1 points 1 week ago

I always liked the analogy with monkeys in the zoo. Imagine there are 10 monkeys in a cage. Every day you drop in 20 oranges. After a while you realise that one monkey is sitting on a pile of oranges, hoarding them. He can't even eat all the oranges, while some monkeys go hungry. No one would think: "man that must be one smart monkey." You would think something is seriously wrong with that guy.

load more comments (2 replies)

[-] figjam@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago

Bill Burr for senate

[-] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

I feel he is the only person I've seen try to go around and sound like a sane person about this shit. He let's me know I'm not crazy. I hear him from different sources too. He's not just trying for a sound bite on legacy media.

[-] thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Bill Burr is probably the only person I know of who didn't completely change once he got rich and famous, he's a national treasure at this point

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Bill Burr for dogcatcher.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I like him too much to force him to do that shitty job

[-] Iceman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Hey! In a labor camp they can learn the meaning of a days hard work.

[-] DNS@discuss.online 1 points 1 week ago

A not so sweet reminder that the US had concentration camps, one of them being the infamous Manzanar camp in California that housed Japanese-American citizens as their property were seized and sold to the public. Not too long ago, eh?

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Also, the law that they used for that was never repealed.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Good. Need more of this.

I do think he's quite wealthy though....

load more comments (25 replies)

[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

So I guess he’s not welcome on Joe Rogan anymore?

[-] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Joe Rogan is what right wingers think Jimmy Fallon. Brings elites on his show and sucks up to them.

load more comments (3 replies)

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I used to like Bill Burr. Now I love him.

load more comments (3 replies)

[-] sumguyonline@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Me: EAT THE RICH! Bill Burr: I got you fam...

To be clear, the 1% I am speaking about are NOT the 1% of your neighborhood, county, or city(necessarily). I speak of the Global 1%. The 1% that make your retired home owning uncle with just under 1million in his retirement look like the firmly lower middle class that he is.

load more comments (5 replies)

[-] dechnically@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

common bill burr w

load more comments (2 replies)

[-] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Im scared for my ole bald Billy. He has to be careful.

[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"The real damage is done by those millions who want to "survive." The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won't take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don't like to make waves — or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honor, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. If you don't make any noise, the bogeyman won't find you. But it's all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn." -Sophie Scholl of the White Rose

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Love Bill. The Monday morning podcast got me through the pandemic.

load more comments

this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2025

73 points (98.7% liked)

politics

20345 readers

1210 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

• Register To Vote

• Citizenship Resource Center

• Congressional Awards Program

• Federal Government Agencies

• Library of Congress Legislative Resources

• The White House

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

• News