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2009 looks like the 90s already
@J Jo definetly not, espeically with all the right wingers protesting the the stay at home orders for covid-19. Things haven't changed at all 🤣🤣🤣
Obama aged like three decades in eight years lol
You found the best words to describe what I felt watching this video. If they only knew how much worse things would get in such a short time. Now, imagine where we'll be in the next 4 years. 🤔
@@youngsuit they all do by the end of their presidency. It is a stressful job that takes a toll on your mind, body and soul. I don't understand how leaders in other countries survive decades in their position.
@@daniellelightfoot8394 Facts though I think it was more noticeable with Barry than Bush, maybe not Bill
Little did they know that years later John McCain would vote to keep Obamacare
Nana Aforo they've found ways to gut it here in Kentucky. That was an awesome moment though.
Honestly, John McCain is the greatest modern Conservative Republican of all time
McCain is the greatest conservative of our generation. In due time he will get the credit he deserves.
I could only see a Loser that can't lift his arms. I support our present President because I'm a real patriot.
DenversDabs C, do you hear yourself? You folks are the worst. Dear GOD.
My experience was very different. I had my fingers crossed about Obama care the whole time this was happening. I was very ill. I had no insurance and was not able to get any real doctors care. I thought I was going to die. And then the bill passed and my state took the medicare version for those who couldn't afford to pay for it. It ended up allowing me to get a diagnosis and treatment/surgery. It saved my life.
I'm glad it arrived in time for you. Its so hard to reconcile that i really wish Obama had concentrated on general economics first and if he felt compelled to work on Healthcare first, that he was more forceful in getting it passed quickly. The healthcare act wasnt so radical, it was basically a Republican plan. He didnt need to slow walk that bill, and it cost him the majority. Simple as that. Gave the Tea Party plenty of time to create lurid stories about death panels and other assorted lies. Healthcare consumed Capitol Hill, while the Recession decimated communities, then the 2010 Mid-Terms and all progress ceased, in fact, reversing in many areas. And again, i'm really glad that you received help in time, your perspective is important. I think mine holds merit also though.
It had potential... I too was a unique situation and could not get coverage. It was utterly disappointing to see the media and misinformation completely shame Obamacare. Crazy to look back at all of this.
Glad you were able to get health care in time.
Affordable Care Act has also saved my life
@@Ghostcamel I gotta say for a republican plan they seemed to have a huge issue with it. And economic plan huh? What do you mean by that. How the bailout happened. Are you just unhappy how it worked or what. The only thing that supposedly sucked at all forms was cash for clunkers.
“A house divided cannot party rock” - Abraham Lincoln
true words of wisdom
The amount of disrespect this man faced was unconscionable... the level of gridlock he faced was egregious... No one could of handle it better..
you must be takling about Trump.
@@AA-hj8er you must be back on the sauce if you think that lol.
@@AA-hj8erOnly People That Disrespected Trump Were His Colleagues In Washington. White People Loved Him. Black People Didn't Care & Latin Decent Had No Voice.
@@globaladdictI don’t think so.
This is a testament to show that people hate you more than they love themselves..
We are seeing this play out with the Trump presidency as well. The hatred is at max level.
@@ampdistributing2080 Such hypocrites!!!! The hate is maximum among the left!!!!
@@elhombredeoro955 nah I'm pretty sure you both hate the other side equally
AMP Distributing There is a reason to hate trump. He is killing us. I’m about to lose my business after 15years of hard work. Covid came from China but trump has made it a million times worse. Dismantling the pandemic team just because Obama created it, calling it a hoax and influencing his followers to not wear masks or take the virus serious. Now he about to kill our children. They hated Obama why? No politician is perfect but they hated this man for no good reason.
Iamtiredof 2020 And now he has the virus
“I’m worried about people becoming impatient with the slowness of democracy and congress failing to act” That said it all for me!
What’s the opposite of PROgress they said? I answered simply, CONgress. What a terrible tome for American politics
Why is it, that if a policy helps the poor, the rich naturally oppose it? No?
The better question. How are so many of the poor dumb enough to buy into their propaganda when they do the opposing?
@@darrinstanfill6846 a good documentary to answer this question is “ The brainwashing of my dad”
Fox News. That's their power. That's why they are millionaires. They control the stupid lazy masses who won't pick up a book but thinks they are the epitome of every civilization but we are just villagers that rich people need to cook their food and clean their toilets.
Ever heard of income tax it’s not fair you get punished for doing better then others😅
Looking back at 2009 is a massive trip. Damn. A whole other world.
Tree Daddy you should try looking back to 1999. Now THATS a whole other world.
@@arym1108 You should look back at 1899. A completely different world
Imperial Watch you should look back to 1699 whole other world
Sebastian Molina you should try looking back at 99 B.C a whole different dimension
You should check out the 99 cent store. Whole nother world
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
This is the display of the so-called "maturity of US politics." It seems to me that the USA is tearin' up its own heart & guts, & the world is fervently watching such a potential demise.
America First.
Accepting differing opinions is the nature of democracy
...nor does it deserve to
-Bill cosby
Old guy on Medicare: "I don't want the government deciding my health."
*But a bunch of bloodthirsty and money-loving CEOS can!*
I’d rather have some money hungry ceo decline me.
@@lavonsense1 The government enabled the medicare CEOs...
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Morons 😂😂😂😂
Americans: I DONT WANT TAXES TO PAY FOR MY HEALTH CARE I WANT TO PAY MORE FOR MY OWN INSURANCE!!! Rest of the world: b r u h
Better coverage that way.
Yes I'd love for my healthcare to be handled by the same people that run the D.M.V, V.A and the USPS. Such Awesome!
@@forbidden1086 yeah but you would pay less if it came out of your taxes. In canada I get the same coverage if not more than most people in the US and overall it's less because it comes out of taxes.
@@PhillyBatts even if the end product is cheaper?
@@liamfulton360 The us government cannot get a 1200 stimulus check out without major problems.
Oh would you look at that, a mature conversation with a President. Damn I miss those days!!!
sulfier bloodline Nice!!! Anything else you'd like to add?
LION HEART Jesus that's messed up I'm republican btw so do what you will with that
Ian Flanagan Trump is brainwashed by the same memes and molded from the same dark side of the internet as the aholes youre arguing with. what is the point? they are purposefully agressive; their extreme right wing philosophy is as out of balance as the minds of these lackeys doing their shill work for the alt right. there is no debate because if you attempt to debate that automatically makes you an extreme leftist. its them and then normal cuckservatives and then the masses of liberals. they are unable and unwilling to make concessions or compromises in their virulent barrage of insults. alt right and whoever else is passing for conservative these days is really starting to wear thin. i dont care if we have a republican, a democrat, or a candidate from any other party, for that matter, i just want people to just stop being fucking nuts. another bush, anothrr obama, another clinton, someone new, bernie sanders, i will take any of them. resurrect reagan? sure sure fine lets do that. ill trade this for iran-contra, he had Larry Niven as an advisor.
Except there is no such thing as extreme leftists in the United States. Both major parties are pro-capitalist, both believe in private ownership of corporations, there is no analog in the States to, say, the Labor Party in the UK (though I think they spell it, labour), or the Socialist Party in Italy and so on and so on. What most of the world regards as hard left never took root here. The idea of a true left in America is an utter fabrication, though a clever one I grant you. We have one Socialist in both houses of Congress and nary a single Communist.
Wasn't saying otherwise, David. And Bernie is the sole Socialist in Congress. And a true left, I agree, wouldn't work here for reasons too numerous to list in the comments section of KZhead. My personal sanity test for this is pretty simple. If it makes sense as a for-profit enterprise, let it be that. If it doesn't - e.g. major infrastructure, national defense, basic scientific research - then it should be publically funded. And even within those, you have profit making enterprises such as defense contractors, steel suppliers and the like.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." “Study the past if you would define the future.” ― Confucius
The first quote was from Jesus...
@St0rm Ranger Yup pandemic
Tony Juarez Actually I think it’s karma hitting his presidency. How they ( Republicans) wanted Obama to suffer know Trump’s Presidency is a mess.
@St0rm Ranger nice. haven't heard that analogy in awhile
If people ask you how trump got elected, show them this
@MM M not really we allowed him to do many things while in office
@Michelle M I agree
@Michelle M and by colluding with criminal activity?? and obama says we don't have media censorship like russia, lies! www.zerohedge.com/political/smoking-gun-emails-show-hunter-biden-introduced-vp-dad-burisma-executive
@Michelle M read the link... 'disagreeing' with evidence is denial... both parties are crooks, just to be clear. www.cfr.org/blog/obamas-final-drone-strike-data
@rumpleforeskin73 You're an Obama hater, get over it he is no longer the resident deal with the present
You know this documentary is good when you come watch it again and again from time to time.
I can say in a few words what I thought of President Obama's tenure. He's a good man who inherited a bad situation and tried really hard to do some good. One of my favorites in my lifetime.
He is a bad man a horrible ex president
WOW. Are you a ostrich?
@@loop1479 No, but I can tell by your grammar that you mite be something else. What I'm not quite sure. Though educated does not in fact make the list.
@@bookworm5433 Thankyou for your invaluable input. I shall swat up on my diction an spelling
@@loop1479 Only love brother or sister, we are human family for better or worse.
Documentaries made by Shane Smith are so much better than anyone else at VICE, dude knows how to make an unbiased informative fun to watch documentary. What a legend.
Unbiased? Did they change the meaning of that word also?
2017: wow this is insane 2020: This is America. Don't catch you slippinn.
Its 2020 and well, that puts this to perspective
Big facts my man.
It was always childish, it now looks so steeply and horrendously stupid that it's death walking. And what's worse is that they're still playing the same stupid partisan games, and more directly than ever before, human lives are at stake. Thank goodness I live in Canada and do not have to vote and live in that mess.
@@gmbrusselsprout agreed wtf!? Especially during the china-flu...shits dangerous
What do you expect, our country not to be a country anymore
@@gmbrusselsprout correct! And they are still playing these same games but now throw in the Covid 19 Pandemic with different new strains of this disease popping up? I sit back and just cant believe it.
I still remember when Obama was elected. I was on a subway in NYC when someone came running through the car of the A train yelling it. I never would have imagined we'd be in the spot we're in now.
How did American get to Trump? Forgive me m from India so all our knowledge is based on the news we see but how did a man like Obama get replaced by a man like Trump?
Vedant Mehra your guess is as good as mine
@@vedantmehra6970 because professional smear campaigns funded by interest groups created ads to convince the American people that a Democratic candidate was something to be feared - that they wanted to take away their rights, that they opposed their views in terrifying or untrustworthy ways, and that if those good American people wanted to avoid their fears coming true, they needed to elect Trump instead. Add a few dashes of lying memes on Facebook into a pot of social pressure from friends and their communities all working in a vacuum to convince each other that Trump was the lesser of two evils, and sprinkle on top the electoral college not actually representing the majority vote, and you get here. And it's not done. Keep an eye on 2020 ads, every time you see an ad/meme that makes you scared or angry, remember that is the exact same professional marketing/communication tactic at work again, influencing people toward the most well-funded vote.
@@vedantmehra6970 Did you watch this video? lol.
@@joelcrow it was quite the same if you ask me in India, Prime minister Modi won his first team in 2014 only due to heavily influenced social media marketing making everyone believe he was the lesser of the two evils and he probably was...but our man Trump ..just takes the cake and the bakery
what the heck people????" I understand people of intelligence have opposing views,I understand philisophical differences, but the rhetoric here is quite troubling
walstib VERY troubling
walstib craziest thing is President Trump gave tax cuts in a time when the American economy was doing well and trending upwards.
There is little intelligence in the United States. Over the last 50 years, the education system has failed on a massive scale...
There are a large number of unintelligent people commenting here.
@@mvvagner But you're the fourth comment... What do you think a large number is?
Well this documentary is more like a horror one than a political one...
horror for a murican dem... entertainment for glorious northen countries alphas
@@francoislemieux4727 aye bud you Canadian
They was mad at president Obama from helping regular America people out 🤦
What? Just Bc you’re nasty and poor ain’t mean regular he didn’t help us out Bc WE had to pay MORE for health insurance to cover YOUR poor ass Obama was a terrible President but you’re too damn ..... well racist and black to see all you see is “black black love him Bc he’s black “ I swear you people are the most blind
@@bigiron7547 you just assumed this person was black and only liked obama Cuz hes black that's racist asf lmao
@@marleygordon621 their pfp is literally a black kid
Obama decided to bomb 7 different countries, continue fracking, bail out the banks, sell weapons to the cartels during Operation Fast and Furious, push the CIA and NSA to further surveil the average citizen, completely ignore the Flint water crisis, continue torture, not close down Gauntanamo Bay and open the Arctic to drilling TWICE. How was he any different than Bush, Reagan, Nixon, Trump or Clinton?
Similar to bigots back in the day... they’d rather die than allow a poc help them live😅😅😅
We should all remember how great of a man John McCain is to. He stood for bipartisanship in the same vein as Obama.
Yeah he loved warfare and corporate interests just as much as Obama, Bush and Clinton.
Wtf... He was a war criminal. Wake up
@@audgepodge77 Stick to your shitty singing
Not doing something catastrophically horrible isn’t great. He also shilled up to trump after he won the nomination and endorsed him.
It's so interesting to watch this and look at all the facts. The facts. Facts. And, yet, people still can't get over themselves.
Vice "facts" 🤔
xalicaix which were the parts where they made things up? Be great to know what to look for
Where is the tea party now??? *crickets
LOL
Its evolved into Donald trump's base lol
There all wearing MAGA hats
2 things happened. They either went back to their true roots of Republican Neocon beliefs or they kept going and became a Libertarian.
They are Trump
I love how Lindsey Graham called Trump a demagogue and now he kisses his ass for his own political gain
I love when Boehner said it's not their money to spend that was never a problem when Bush wanted a blank check for his war in Iraq.
The argument is always that two wrongs make a right... 😑 No one can stop it because you'll jump up and tell "Hypocrite!" And the cycle starts over.
LightAngel1960 there’s a HUGE difference between the two. The house passed the resolution by over 69% majority. The senate passed it by over 77% majority. BOTH sides were into the resolution for war; as were their tax paying constituency. When is the last time you saw that kind of support for anything? Obamacare has been a battle the whole way, same as almost every other spending bill/vote.
@@heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa3292 if u love 9-11 why don't u marry it?
This documentary stressed me out.
Bray craycray Yea vice really sucks
Same 😖
Bray craycray . oh my God I feel so sad that we still have so much racism, my God we all are human being, I voted for President Obama because of the great karma his speeches , his intellectual he was a great President not the crap we have in the white house , the republicans got to be vote out if we don't want to end up in a banana republic, I will move out of my country if trump wins , he is working to rigged the presidency again, trump is not a legitimate president, God help our country
Yolanda Ramirez You’re a wack job! You voted for Obama because he is black and that makes you a racist itself. Plain & simple. & you’re on here lying saying you will leave the country if President Trump is re-elected 😂 your not going anywhere because there’s no other country that you can go that’s better than the USA. You could have left when he won 3 1/2 years ago. You’re all talk!!
Bray craycray OMG LIKE YASSS LIKE OMG SCARY CRAZIES AND OMG STRESS I NEED STARBUCKS!!!
Even with all that opposition Obama was able to succeed. Imagine how much better off we could have been if he was given the chance. Anyway this man is blessed and favored 🙏🏽
💯💯💯
Imagine if Obama was a dictator and no one said anything against him....🙄
Yea , left wants tolatarian government!
Obo299 things would have been fine ... just like it was
@@Afrimusican we'd have healthcare? People won't die from viruses? Wow, that might be the stupidest thing I've read on this site. Pretty sure people died while Obama was in office. God democrats are dumb.
CITIZENS UNITED NEEDS TO BE ** REPEALED ** Corruption in our Government Because of Special Interests!
Free speech will stay.
@@selfishcapitalist3523 "The mafia has a right to give politicians campaign contributions because it's freedom of speech!"
You don't know what you have till it's gone...
Kaust Shroff 2008 & 2014 economic crashes?
obama built the cages trump is using, they're both complete garbage.
that statement hits hard in 2020
Well said
@@slowtunes5257 Obama took office in 2009 the 2008 crash was in Bush time. 2014 crash?
The American government needs a massive reform
BraedenBrown yeah, like revolution.
@St0rm Ranger yeah keep letting the government fuck us. They're all bought and paid for, red and blue
That's why I'm looking into becoming a Libertarian. I'm down with limited government some Liberal ideas but the current 2 parties are just inflating the government. Just look at the current stimulus bill passed. All that's going to do is promote further irresponsibility and government dependance and that's not what our founding fathers were about. We need limited government and we need to start taking more responsibilities for our lives.
@St0rm Ranger not domestic terrorism but revolution is at least as an American ideal in even the founders minds is what must occur once the people find the government non representative. What is constitutional is not terrorism.
Tax ✂️
Newt Gingrich is the "philosopher of the party?" NEWT. GINGRICH?
He kind of started this with Bill Clinton
Come on he is a Republican strategist, he knows a thing or two about them.
@Vilma Betancourt true
😂
Michael Spyridon yeah he’s extremely intelligent. Maybe you’ve never listened to him
The fact that Barack Obama can speak like a coherent human being is fact enough. We’ve definitely taken a step down. Or a couple of floors. How high is Trump tower again?
We fucked up. We killed the goose that laid the golden egg. We fucked it up. That line summed the title of the government's situation. Its actually quite haunting when he said it.
4 years later, we fucked it up even more. There needs to be some real change soon.
This documentary is immensely fascinating. Thank you VICE!
Immensely aggravating.
@@Brett_S_420 then why are you here? having fun oWnInG tHe LiBs on old documentaries?
Man I still miss Obama..didn’t agree with everything he did but he handled the presidency with class and was honest.
He could also speak in complete sentences unlike the dickhead we have now. Obama knew it wasn't ALL about him when a tragedy hit the country. It was just UP to him to do his best and put people in place who were leaders in their field. Then Obama listened to their advice. Wow! What a difference with the yahoo we have now.
I urge you to search for Obama's scandals
Lol you poor blind man 👨🦯
You're nothing but a useful idiot. Great job 👍
@@heatherlacovara4601 And your saying your not. Nice!
I thought the like bar on this would be pretty split, but surprisingly it's stayed together.
This was really worth the watch, had me glued the whole time and I felt it was fair, accurate, and well delivered. At first, I thought here we go with another hard left documentary but in retrospect, thats part of the problem that is destroying us from the inside out and the outside in through and through. We have to at some point recognize that if we don't start listening to each other, this problem is going to make this world a place colder and more rigid than ever. In humility, I'm going to work on listening more, judging less, and applying understanding and compassion to that in which I hear. If even just 40% of us humble ourselves to do the same, maybe the world will be just 10% better, but its 10% better than it was yesterday.
💯🤞
Well said
I haven't watched it yet but I hope it talks about how Obama was able to bomb 7 different countries, continue fracking, bail out the banks, sell weapons to the cartels during Operation Cast and Furious, push the CIA and NSA to further surveil the average citizen, completely ignore the Flint water crisis, continue torture, not close down Gauntanamo Bay and open the Arctic to drilling TWICE.
@@notmytruthTHEtruth you will have to go to infowars or britebart for that lol
The problem is too many racist
I think that this was a great objective piece explaining what really happened here in America politics. Thank you.
America and its politics are so polarized and divided.. it's crazy. And look where we are now #2020
They seriously thought their problems where huge. Its almost a laughable minute compared to 2020.
First of all its not “they” its us from 5 years ago not some distant generation a half a century ago. Also our problems back then were huge, we came so close to another great depression, an economic disaster that had it happened we would still be dealing with it (thank god for obama). Our problems in 2008 were as unprecedented (a massive worldwide economic collapse) in living memory as the covid pandemic of 2020 is. Its really two equally large disasters, the difference is we no longer have obama (or any level headed competent leader) to guide us through it.
In another 11 years it will be 2031 and I can guarantee with absolute certainty that our problems will make 2020 look quaint and laughable in comparison.
@@corvus2512 we still are dealing with it.
My favorite VICE docummentary so far
Now that ladies and gentlemen that's a REAL PRESIDENT!
LOL!!!! One that violated the constitutionally protected rights of its citizens, killed over 2,500 soldiers, actually coludded with Putin. Uninformed idiot.
IAMdeathblade the definition of cognitive dissonance right here
We're currently living in Obamas legacy. The current state of the country is not trump's fault, but Obamas.
Masio "Oh haha you misspelled a word, your argument is invalid :^)" The state of the left, everyone.
JohnnyAppleseed Funniest thing I've read today.
I wonder what the Tea Party stands for now with all this big Trump govt spending LMAOO
Lol you’re so damn dumb dude Do the damn reading Tea party stands for Taxed Enough Already dipbit And for one I don’t want to hear your ugly mouth open up Bc you like everyone else cashed that Stim Check u moron So Trump signs In (not created) a stimulus package (WHICH BTW OBAMA PUT US 12.5 TRILLION into debt in 8 years.....) the Democrats wanted to spend trillions more for 2nd bill but republicans said he’ll no to pointless spending
@@bigiron7547 You do realize you just exemplified perfectly what the video, in particular the ending, talked about. How politics is nothing but name calling and hurting the other party..."no one's learning anymore."
@chaz king same to you man we all gotta do better than this school yard talk, its honestly sad to see and if this system doesn't blow up in your face, your kids will shoulder that burden.
@@jtownes8970 Found the smartsexual
@@bigiron7547 But I'm sure you're perfectly ok with Republicans and Democrats spending a trillion on the Pentagon and these illegal wars every year right? Or cutting taxes for the richest oligarchs
It's strange seeing people stand so close together now lol
"Over $200 million for contraceptives. How is this going to fix an ailing economy?" Ummm, I can think of MANY ways.
for real, over half the women from my highschool classes have or were having babies, now its rare to find a women who doesnt have a baby.
Not that that claim was ever true, but yes unwanted or unprepared parenthood has drastic and awful consequences for the economy
Thank you for making this show. Its nice to see and hear sides of the story previously unavailable.
agreed! our better selves will listen to every voice equally
John Boener is the kinda guy who mows his lawn once for the camera
I miss Obama. He was so chill
"No drama Obama". What a difference with this embarrassing spoiled petulant child now.
Maybe he can run for prez again?
@@niccoarcadia4179 well past president cant re run again and I mean you could imagine that.
The vast majority of these comments just prove the point of the video. We're ALL on a train that can't be stopped, let that sink in.
I agree.. prepare for something
You think all that is happening today started with Obama. HA!
It will be very short, most of the left is gun free with the exception of Chicago...
Fuck it, let the goddamn thing crash. When you look at life cycles of empires, it's pretty clear the US is in its final stages.
Pray for War.
"Hard things are hard."
lol the obama sexual allegations are gonna be dropping soon.
lol like Hillary: "America is great because America is good"
Obama apologists know this better than anyone.
Trump Sexual allegations have been dropping from way before.
Trump "grab them by *****" Obama "hard things are hard."
"This shit is on another level isnt it?" LMAOOO OBAMA
This NEEDS to be revisited... ASAP
Me: America can't get any worse than it is. The North Korea threats is as bad as it can get Charlottesville: Hold my torch
Cool 17 the same i dont even want to know what happens next week . It's always something new.
This is a great documentary.
This will have to be the video i will show my grandkid what happened to planet earth 🙂
We miss you Mr President. Like....A LOT.
"We fucked up & killed the goose that lays the golden egg."
My head paused when I heard that
dj coolkid i'm really sad how this turned out and I'm not even American. I started following the news of it because of Obama, because I have never seen a president who really care for his people like him in my country. The politician always just catering the mass with euphoric moment but left you robbed. They are like drugs, and people who believe them are junkie.
We could have refused to pass the bank bailout in October 2008 and nationalized the banks instead. That would have saved a LOT of money.
I live in an affluent suburb that has a lot of abandoned houses in it that are now used as venues to shoot up heroin. The Republicans deregulated mortgage lending allowing first time home buyers to get seduced into predatory loan terms, and then they opposed helping those same people. They deregulated banking and as a result when the housing bubble popped it took a giant chunk of our GDP with it. Now the county I live in is filled with heroin and abandon homes but, at least we're not socialists I guess. I guess it's a good thing that they stuck to their pointless principles that have now caused three different recessions in my lifetime. Can someone please explain to me what the point of an almost religious devotion to an economic policy that doesn't even work is? Seriously the amount that the rich save on taxes under Republican policies doesn't even equal what they lose when their investments tank in the inevitable recession.
wtbgamegenie wrong, Clinton deregulated. And forced lenders to make subprime loans under threat of prosecution using civil rights laws, specifically discriminatory lending. Clinton administration asserted certain zip codes were not being lent to and thought more diversity, thus gambling with the greater health of the entire economy, imperative and morally "just" which goes against capitalism through the intententional redirection of capital.
Thats funny because it was de regulating thst now has our economy going strong.
This is EXCELLENT. The last 10 years were so confusing. This documentary helps explain things very clearly.
Why is the American health care system so inefficient when they spend more?
www.globalresearch.ca/model-healthcare-reform/5725846 dailycaller.com/2017/08/24/karl-denninger-solved-healthcare-and-the-federal-deficit-months-ago/
Corporate profits, my dear. There is no “health” or “care” in the model at all, only as an occasional by product of well-intentioned health care/medical providers.
Loved this... a great synopsis of the disfunction of it all. So much has happened the last couple administrations, it's important to see it all summed up in a clean and relevant way. I think everyone needs to take a deep breath and watch this.
It seems that the entire point of this special was missed by all the angry partisans making these comments
It really is sad, clearly the larger theme of this documentary is both sides have some shit to work out amongst themselves. And I'm really starting to think that if we don't start learning how to friggin talk to each other like human beings, something that should be fairly basic amongst adults then America is going to become either an ineffective failed republic or get run over by some of the worst fascists the world has ever seen. I don't think that will be Trump, I don't think he's got the wits to make that happen, but he is certainly opening doors for the next far right candidate who's more capable to go the whole way into authoritarianism and once that happens it's over, we aren't coming back to the America we know and love after that. We're all to blame here, myself included, get over it, accept you've fucked up and help fix this country together with your fellow American.
A house divided cannot stand.
Right, houses of god delusion cannot stand because it is divided but houses of human consciousness still stands. Irony about sinking sands the religious organizations found on that, not the bedrock. Our secular houses found on the bedrock of human consciousness. Just go PROGRESSIVE through Democracy. Your VOTE is your POWER to CAST on the RIGHT candidate to run our country.
What was the point of this special?
Who's "we"?
It’s early 2021, and we are so divided it feels like a civil war is lingering in the future
Here I sit through isolation and riots and I wonder what the documentary of the hopefully only term for President Trump will look like.
me too until then.. go watch some train wrecks, some planes crashing, sub marines blowing up, kids saying they didnt eat the cookies with crumbs and chocolate all over their faces. and throw in some racist videos from the 60's and women talking about sexual harassment and that should about wrap it up until the documentary comes out... seriously
There’s gonna be so much material it’ll be a series lasting several seasons. A complete 💩 show
Move to New Zealand!? Damn that was my back up plan for when the shit hits the fan.
29:40 Sen McCain and Graham look to be very proud of their obstructionism. With Sen McCain seeing his twilight quickly approaching I wonder how proud he is to look back on his actions now???
McCain has not been genuinely proud of anything in his entire life since helping the Viet Cong produce propaganda, and the CIA turned him into a puppet using a tape of his voice hidden so deep in the Library of Congress that it wasn't discovered for nearly half-a-century. Fucking idiot crashed his plan after disobeying direct orders, aided the enemy in their campaign to make the Hanoi Hilton seem like a humanitarian POW camp, lived a lavish existence compared to his fellow prisoners many of whom stayed in tiger cages for years at a time, and then left his compatriots to rot in that jungle shit-hole after they only released half of the POWs because the government refused to send the remainder of the ransom. Trump will make sure that RINO swamp scum like John's cowardly ass will be properly addressed in the history books now that he showed his true colors by refusing to repeal 0bamacare even though it caused insurance premiums in his state to double.
y'all really had to put in ads every 3 minutes huh
Who else watching this now on 2020?
So this is how we go to this Kavenaugh Crisis! I'm with the New Zealand acres, He's so right.
Wow! New Zealand sounds nice after watching this.
Yeah, you wouldn't believe the difference between our elections and yours. No attack ads, all the parties committed to bringing down debt, all the parties in favour of keeping nationalised healthcare.
24mrdanny so what do you parties oppose about?
+JewsLikeFunk Well in NZ we have 6-7 parties with seats in parliament, so there's plenty of differences there. But the two mains ones are National (centre-right and currently in power) and Labour (centre-left), and they're actually pretty similar with the exception of a few issues. Labour want big increases to healthcare and education which they claim the National party has been underfunding. They also want 3 years of free university education, tax cuts for low middle class and poor ONLY, big action on climate change and environment, and cuts to low skilled immigration. National want to give tax breaks of up to $1,040 to everyone, with some extra money for the poor. They want to keep the current interest free student load scheme, continue to make small gradual progress on climate change and the environment, and continue the current immigration scheme. According to recent polls looks like Labour will overthrow National from power this election. Voting is happening on the 23 of September, so you might want to check out the result if you're interested :D
Especially after the kabob removal last year!
@@24mrdanny A Kiwi Tea Party that has infiltrated a social democratic party. Wow.
this has put where we are today into perspective much better than anything else I've watched or read. A follow up to this now would be perfect and helpful to fill in gaps that I probably don't even realize are there.
Exactly
I’ve never seen so many criminals in one documentary.
Very well put together, very troubling. Thank you for making this available to everyone.
I have new respect for speaker Boehner. He's not some unreasonable crazy person.
DiMario Bell agreed. Seemed he was backed into a corner on too many occasions. I can see why he stepped down.
Philly685 Exactly. and its sad our leaders are a bunch of middle schoolers.
Yeah I never thought of him as such. His friendship with Obama was super telling of how reasonable he can be with someone he disagrees with a lot.
Affan K I don't know if they disagreed that much about things.
But he still did whatever it took to prop HIM up into position, not the people that he was supposed to represent. I will still hold that against him. I think he realizes that now and resents a lot of the actions he took while he was Speaker of the House. All in all he is a reasonable person and I would rather listen to his logical, coherent thoughts, compared to that of the majority of the current elected officials.
Gréât content but thé Numbers of ads makes this unwatchable.
Mike pence is always in the background
if someone started a petition to put this man back in office, i'd sign that shit in a heartbeat
Shit man, you like John Boehner that much?
yeah, just has that patrick swayzee/cult leader kinda vibe. something everyone could get into
Evan Douglas You and me both my friend.
Sorry 2018 is on its way.
David Digi not overconfident at all! :D
i miss him
Makeda Phillips I would never miss a politician, I'm not a tool
Vincent Jones lol Vincent I see you commenting on alot of threads on here attacking people who like Obama, Why are you so butthurt by Obama? Lmao your conservative colleagues would consider you a "snowflake".
I don't good riddanc..Oh, someone with mainly the same agenda replaced him.
no
Why? Did he used to come over for dinner?
Vice I think this would be an interesting part 2!
7 years later a $3T stimulus is passed unanimously in less than a week
*Johnny Schmegma* That’s because Democrats are consistent and most Republican politicians don’t have any real principles
@@Kyle_Schaff Both sides flip flop when it's convenient, not just republicans. But they definitely changed their tune when they came into the white house for sure. though Trump isn't exactly a classic republican
*Johnny Schmegma* What have Democrats fundamentally changed their tune on in the last twenty or so years? I can’t think of anything. Not saying that they’re honest folks (they’re politicians lol), but that there’s at least some core principles they try to push towards which they’ve remained consistent about.
@@Kyle_Schaff Well just recently Biden had some allegation of sexual harassment against him but the democrats are all saying she's not credible, even though they all rallied behind the #believeWomen mantra when Trump was being accused of the same type of thing. Granted this isn't quite the same thing but it's an example of their hypocrisy nonetheless.
*Johnny Schmegma* Well, that’s because the Biden sexual assault allegation could not be substantiated. The NYTimes and WaPo reached out to a ton of people who either could or should have known something about this and nothing came out. Not to mention that Biden has faced A TON of pushback from Democrats over this. Trump literally admitted to sexual assault and has multiple substantiated accusations made against him, and that did not dissuade support from Republican voters or Congressmen. And this isn’t even a true point to begin with. For example, we had Democratic Senator Al Franken resign because of an inappropriate picture while we had pedophile and Republican Congressional candidate Roy Moore literally endorsed by Trump. I can find you a more substantial list of Democrats who’ve lost all credibility after sexual assault allegations while I can find you a ton of Republicans who’ve gotten away with it politically Scot-free.
A glance at the comment section is the perfect example of what this video has shown: *A House Divided* . This is what happens when Americans forget or refuse to learn the lessons in civics and let emotion guide our vote. By electing alt-right radicals we have effectively broken our system of government.
The *media* has effectively DIVIDED US, but okay keep making it about political sides that will solve it.
+mike We don't live in a country that blocks the free flow of information. Ultimately it's up to ourselves to seek out credible sources. So, the media can't take all the blame. In fact Republicans had a lot to do with discrediting to the media through conspiracy theories and anti-media propaganda. No, the media didn't divide us they've just become the convenient scapegoats.
Bullshit. MSM pushes the anti-right narrative constantly and has turned this country into a hostile political shitstorm. They turned us against each other.
Fox news, Breitbart, talk radio and other sources do the same on the right. Both sides do it, and both sides are responsible for it. Anyone that can't see that is a sheep.
+mike Not bullshit and you can't argue that "MSM pushes the anti-right narrative" when you have Fox News and the like. We have highly regarded, award winning, and long standing news organizations that are well known for their fact based reporting. You can look at the WSJ (regarded as a right leaning) and WaPo (regarded as left leaning), right now, and find reports of the same incidents with the same facts. They are the same, because they're just reporting and not giving their opinion.
50 minute period and we have to watch the whole thing to answer questions 👀
Damn. Say what you want about Obama but at least he was a decent human being
1:00:06 "I'm not kidding. I'm going in December." lol
this was really well done, and I don't always sat that about VICE docs, but it's definitely a cohesive look-back into how politics and country became so divided. I don't think the blame falls squarely on the right so much as on people becoming driven by reactive news media from all sorts of sources, really almost like an avalanche effect of our country losing its sense of rationale. I also blame both sides for resorting to all the fighting and name calling across aisles. How has the root of our country become like entitled babies? and then we voted for an entitled baby? And now government leaders, news panels, and even friends and family don't listen to each other. I agree with Frank Luntz saying "we f-cked up, we killed the goose that laid the golden egg". I hope this isn't the end of America's greatness.
Seeing this, I really have a new respect for john boehner. He seems like a very composed politician that's actually concerned with the state of the country
Ike Zhang He seemed a bit more party over country while he was Speaker though. Putting the US and the entire world at the edge of economic ruin for his own partisan gain. He may say what he wants now, but never forget what happened during the debt-ceiling crisis in 2013
Nothing ever trickles down, plz. It's called greed and lil guys are a waste.
56:39 Welp....this didn't age well
It’s the definition of hypocrisy
1:00:17 is a very scary but true reality
Did everyone even watch this? It was a brilliant piece that represented both sides, and both Democrats and Republicans who spoke made one thing clear: All americans, republicans and democrat alike, are suffering from this divide.
These ideologies from both parties were never meant to stand on their own. The country isn't being run the right way.
Um can we agree that we need to elimate the parties & go back to the drawing board? I mean it's really ok to acknowledge when something just isn't working & start again...
America was a one party system until 1870 when the Republican party was started by 120 black men and 25 white men. Go read a history book.
And The country is so divided bc half of the people are asleep to everything going on with the government and the half that is awake are fed up
This is so damn true.....and it’s gotten worse in just the last year amazingly
Both sides: Which half?
Kinda, but it's a 100 times more complicated than that, especially since there are divisions within those divisions and across those divisions. For starters, there's so much going on that it's hard to be 'awake' for all of it, and that can form some of those into 'distractions' from more important issues leading to some 'awake' people to 'sleep' on other things. More general, the nation is so divided because "anger drives out reason" (Charlie Munger)
This is still the attitude of each and every person belonging to either half, to this day. Take your average conservative rant, calling out dems. Replace the word "democrats" with "conservatives" and 9 times out of 10, it still makes sense. But it's like people don't see that in themselves. If so many on both sides are so willing to become ideological caricatures, and they can do that openly and still be taken seriously, maybe everyone is asleep? The issues rotate, but the fundamental roadblocks never change... they're never overcome. Just covered over by arguing and infighting. Ultimately people are just going to fixate on philosophy and rhetoric... talking so much the words lose meaning. Can anybody honestly say they know what is really going on at that point? Or is that just more empty rhetoric shot across echo park?
Very interesting and compelling interviews with leaders in American politics. Thanks, Vice, for helping me to understand the situation better.
Wow.... we were so naive in 2017. Look at this country now. My God, forgive us. 🙏🏼😩
Rewatching this now 2021, more now than ever does this trend show itself in our nation.
Especially after January 6th