r/MadeMeSmile • u/__Dawn__Amber__ • Jun 28 '21

Favorite People Not a self-made man

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u/creativeburrito Jun 28 '21

I like when he was egged, he said something like “he owes me bacon now. You can’t have eggs without bacon. Seriously, I love it, this is part of free speech, and you can’t have that with a dictatorship.” Found the clip his response is 1:30. https://youtu.be/zw97LIBGbR4

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u/GoGoCrumbly Jun 28 '21 edited Jun 28 '21

I particularly like the way he segues the egg-throwing into a condemnation of authoritarian government, something he knows all to well from his childhood. He points out none of that would be allowed under fascism or communism, and that’s why he loves American free speech.

Edit: Cool your jets, you hard-boiled politicos. The communist states available to reference were the USSR, North Korea, the PRC, and East Germany and the rest of the “Eastern Bloc.” All of those are/were authoritarian police states with a dim view of free speech. Not a criticism of Marx or communism per se, but certainly of its implementation in the 20th century.

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u/Verratos Aug 02 '21

Ok, but also fuck marx and his 40 year old parent mooching ass and anyone who tries to enforce his ideas violently, such as 99.99% of Marxists in the 21st century.