The U.S. and the Soviet Union were doing the same thing, under two very different systems. Also, I’m pretty sure the Germans were cooking the books.

Where has it worked? You know that stuff about the trains running on time is a myth, right?

Here’s some good information about the ways that the Nazis skewed the bookkeeping to give an impression of a working economy. Data neatly ignores women, Jews, military conscripts, etc. etc. As I noted earlier, the German economy only managed to stay afloat through annexing other, healthy economies into itself. The…

Hitler did a grandstanding farce that pretended to revitalise the economy. He forced every industry to use manual labour where it was remotely applicable to do so to give Germany total employment, he raised the wages of the workers even though the state couldn’t actually afford it. He then looted the wealth from the…

The problem with Fascism is that it has never actually worked. It’s a painfully inefficient system of government prone of corruption, infighting and continuous pursuit of conflict to justify its existence. Mussolini never got the trains run on time and Hitler single-handedly destroyed Germany’s economy. The idea that…

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

They were technologically advanced blankets developed to help the individuals raise their core body temperatures with particularly virulent germs they had no resistances against so they would be warmer, before they died from fever.

Who are you going to believe: A host of highly educated scientists who have spent their lives studying these things, or some dude on the internet with the persuasive argument of: “Nu-uh!”

I believe this is actually the Scottish national anthem.

Right, that is what I said......

“I finished out the half. The pain was alright “

Comrade Putin, is that you?

Exit strategy?

Well this is 9 kinds of shady. Still, it would have been hilarious if they had made it to Portland.

There’s another aspect which Oliver did not really touch on in his - characteristically hyperbolic - segment: iPhones are used everywhere.

This is true, I read it on the Internet.

I agree, he’s probably a full blown fascist at this point. I regret the error.

Johnny just needs to turn over a new Leaf.