Comedian Ronny Chieng shares humorous insights on topics like IVF, online discourse, politics, and generational divides during a sold-out, multi-night show.
For example, MAGA. Make America Great Again. They have a point. America’s not doing so great right now. Right? Our kids’ math scores are down.nn[crowd laughing]nnOur children’s science scores are down. When judged according to international metrics, uh, healthcare systems not doing so great. Wealth gap disparities increasing exponentially. There was an implied promise to a generation of Americans that if you do certain things, work hard, go to college, be a good person, you would have certain outcomes. And those outcomes didn’t materialize for the majority of people because baby boomers entrenched in decision-making positions lowered the capital gains tax…nn[crowd laughing]nn…so that their net worth essentially compounds year after year. In post-World War II, US leadership traded the domestic manufacturing industry for National Security by making the US dollar the default international trade currency, which gave America the ability to impose economic sanctions on foreign countries to a US financial banking system, but consequently increased the value of the US dollar astronomically, which made it impossible for anyone to manufacture anything in America. [inhales deeply] Although the logic at the time…nn[crowd laughing]nn…was that Americans were supposed to upskill en masse, away from the menial manufacturing jobs, but everyone here’s too much of a dumbass to stay school, so we just traded domestic manufacturing to Asia and the rest of the world at the expense of working-class families. But if you don’t read enough… [crowd laughing] …it comes out as, “Let’s go, Brandon!”
For example, MAGA. Make America Great Again. They have a point. America’s not doing so great right now. Right? Our kids’ math scores are down.nn[crowd laughing]nnOur children’s science scores are down. When judged according to international metrics, uh, healthcare systems not doing so great. Wealth gap disparities increasing exponentially. There was an implied promise to a generation of Americans that if you do certain things, work hard, go to college, be a good person, you would have certain outcomes. And those outcomes didn’t materialize for the majority of people because baby boomers entrenched in decision-making positions lowered the capital gains tax…nn[crowd laughing]nn…so that their net worth essentially compounds year after year. In post-World War II, US leadership traded the domestic manufacturing industry for National Security by making the US dollar the default international trade currency, which gave America the ability to impose economic sanctions on foreign countries to a US financial banking system, but consequently increased the value of the US dollar astronomically, which made it impossible for anyone to manufacture anything in America. [inhales deeply] Although the logic at the time…nn[crowd laughing]nn…was that Americans were supposed to upskill en masse, away from the menial manufacturing jobs, but everyone here’s too much of a dumbass to stay school, so we just traded domestic manufacturing to Asia and the rest of the world at the expense of working-class families. But if you don’t read enough… [crowd laughing] …it comes out as, “Let’s go, Brandon!”
例如，“MAGA（让美国再次伟大）”。他们是有一定道理的。现在的美国表现得并不是那么好，对吧？我们孩子的数学成绩下降了。nn[观众笑声]nn我们孩子的科学成绩也下降了。从国际标准来看，嗯，美国的医疗系统表现也不好。财富差距在呈指数级增长。曾经对一代美国人有一个隐含的承诺：如果你做某些事情，比如努力工作，上大学，成为一个好人，你就会有某些结果。但对于大多数人来说，这些结果并没有实现，因为那些在决策职位上的婴儿潮一代通过降低资本利得税……nn[观众笑声]nn……让他们的净资产基本上每年都在增长。二战后，美国的领导层为了国家安全，用国内制造业换取了美元成为国际贸易的默认货币。这使得美国能够通过金融系统对外国实施经济制裁，但也导致美元的价值急剧上升，结果使得在美国制造任何东西都变得不可能。[深吸一口气] 尽管当时的逻辑……nn[观众笑声]nn……是美国人应该大规模提升技能，从低端制造业工作转向其他领域，但这里的每个人都太笨了，根本不愿意待在学校。所以我们就把国内制造业拱手让给了亚洲和世界其他地方，代价是牺牲了工人阶级家庭。但如果你读书不够多…… [观众笑声] ……这就变成了“加油，布兰登！”nnnn