The episode about MLMs finally convinced me that 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' should be mandatory for every American. Even people who hate Oliver's guts will get smarter just by watching 30 minutes of his show once a week.
"You wanna drink? Drink to your leg."
I don't think everyone wants to get smarter...
But yes - one of the best shows on television right now.
You just have to be resigned-
You're crashing by design
Yeah, you're right. Who needs actual knowledge or actual journalism when all that matters is who yells the loudest. The truth is with whoever wins. Science and history books are for pûssies.
Kanye for 2020 (now that we're this close, let's go all the way until we've made this prophetic little movie a reality: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
"You wanna drink? Drink to your leg."
The fact that people were actually shocked by that episode goes to the show just how ignorant people are. The scam has been known for decades and the government has gone after several of these firms. Still, as he said, these are nothing but pyramid schemes, so why they're allowed at all says a lot about how corrupt government is. Bill Ackerman has been attacking Herbal-Life for years, yet people continue to ignore him.
On a side note, it would be absolutely classic if Trump went after MLMs and crushed them once and for all. Oliver's head might explode.
On a side note, it would be absolutely classic if Trump went after MLMs and crushed them once and for all. Oliver's head might explode.
IDK about that. He does a great job dont get me wrong but is highly opinionated and the topics are slanted or not shown fully at times.
shareHe does a great job dont get me wrong but is highly opinionated and the topics are slanted or not shown fully at times.
The MLM segment was very cringe to me. Really John? MLM's are just pyramid schemes? What other shocking news are you going to tell me? Water is wet? The sky is blue?
shareUnfortunately people are ignorant to the history of MLM's and what they are. Most will adamantly disagree that MLM's they work with are pyramid schemes.
Because some of them require you to carry inventory, many people have gotten into huge amounts of debt because of them, in hopes to become those top earners.
People involved with MLMs are suckers, sure, but making a half hour video yelling that they're idiots isn't going to cause them to realize the error of their ways. This whole video was basically Oliver yelling to people who already agree with him.
sharebut making a half hour video yelling that they're idiots isn't going to cause them to realize the error of their ways.
Forgive me, but isn't "mandatory viewing" only a feature of totalitarian despot regimes?
My Chimp DNA seems to have lost its password temporarily. Sluggr-2