Speaker 1: You're listening to Comedy Central.
Speaker 2: YEW the midterm elections then now just a few weeks away,
Speaker 2: and because of that, we're starting to see more and
Speaker 2: more news stories about who's gonna vote, who's not gonna vote,
Speaker 2: and why we.
Speaker 3: Headed to the local University of California campus Democrats hopes
Speaker 3: of winning here hinges at least in part on turning
Speaker 3: out people of color and young voters. Sorry not to
Speaker 3: be annoying, but we're with NBC News and I'm just
Speaker 3: trying to figure out anybody you're gonna vote an election
Speaker 3: on November sixth, anybody, anybody, Nobody's gonna vote.
Speaker 2: Okay. I don't know if that proves nobody's gonna vote
Speaker 2: so much as it proves people don't want to talk
Speaker 2: to some random creepo at the bus stop. Like if anything,
Speaker 2: all we've learned is that twenty years of teaching kids
Speaker 2: about strange and danger has paid off.
Speaker 1: That's it.
Speaker 2: But but I will say this, this Democracy pickup ardicies
Speaker 2: he's actually getting at something important, right, This guy's he's
Speaker 2: onto something. When it comes to voting, one crucial demographic
Speaker 2: is unenthusiastic af.
Speaker 4: We always talk about who's going to come out and vote.
Speaker 5: You know what, demographic what group? Young people? Usually, Historically
Speaker 5: they don't show up.
Speaker 1: Young people are the least likely to vote.
Speaker 3: Young people as a group don't vote in the numbers
Speaker 3: that older folks do.
Speaker 6: Turnout among younger voters is often below thirty percent in
Speaker 6: an election where people in their fifties and sixties turn
Speaker 6: out at fifty to sixty percent turnout.
Speaker 2: Right, old people vote twice as much as young people.
Speaker 2: To me, that makes no sense because young people have
Speaker 2: to live with the effects way longer. Like if I
Speaker 2: was old, I wouldn't care. I'd be gangster about my votes. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I'll just be like, well, let's see what this Jill
Speaker 2: Stein is about. Who gives it down? I've got five
Speaker 2: years at best? Yeah, three years if I drink lacroix.
Speaker 1: Let's do it.
Speaker 2: So the question is why don't young people want to
Speaker 2: go to the polls? Well, to help us get our
Speaker 2: heads around this, we're proud to announce our newest show addition,
Speaker 2: senior youth corresponding Chibuoki Young whites. Everybody welcome, so great
Speaker 2: to how.
Speaker 7: Do you get CHIBOOKI? Welcome to the show.
Speaker 1: All right, let's get into it.
Speaker 8: Man.
Speaker 2: As young people, we know that we should be voting,
Speaker 2: but we don't seem to be enthusiastic enough. So what
Speaker 2: can we do to increase the turnouts?
Speaker 1: Okay, well, first of all, Trevor, we're gonna need to
Speaker 1: stop saying we because you're old.
Speaker 2: Okay, no, no, hold up, no no, no, no, don't kind
Speaker 2: to tie fool you. I'm absolely the youth.
Speaker 1: I was born in nineteen eighty four. Oh, nineteen eighty four, Okay,
Speaker 1: vintage millennial?
Speaker 7: Nice?
Speaker 1: Nice, see, Trevor, I'm a young young you know, you're
Speaker 1: old young kind of like Nick Cannon, you know, like
Speaker 1: how old is he? Thirty fifty? Like I can't really
Speaker 1: like I have young in my name literally right there,
Speaker 1: and your name is Noah, like that creepy old guy
Speaker 1: who made those animals gonna boat, you know, but it wasn't.
Speaker 2: It wasn't a boat. It was an awc But whatever,
Speaker 2: let's let's move on. Like I'm trying to get to
Speaker 2: the bottom of this. Why aren't more young people excited
Speaker 2: about voting?
Speaker 1: Why aren't more young people excited about voting? What you
Speaker 1: should be asking is why the youth vote is being suppressed?
Speaker 2: Oh of course, voter is suppression is a big issue
Speaker 2: in America. I mean we show the Supreme Court routing
Speaker 2: about North Dakota di France.
Speaker 1: No, no, no, you're talking about old people. Shit again, driver, No,
Speaker 1: I'm talking about how voting is designed for old people.
Speaker 1: Like why do we still use paper to vote? Paper
Speaker 1: is over? I don't even wipe my ass with paper,
Speaker 1: you know, I use a bideta, And like why do
Speaker 1: I have to go out to vote? Can't you just
Speaker 1: postmates the election to me? You know, like, oh, Tony
Speaker 1: will be here in twenty minutes with my ballot and
Speaker 1: my seaweed sell it dope? Okay. Plus, now they want
Speaker 1: to require an ID. Where am I about to get
Speaker 1: an ID?
Speaker 5: Wait?
Speaker 2: Wait, wait, you don't have a driver's license.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, Trevor, you are as funny as my
Speaker 1: mom said, Like, look, I don't need a driver's license.
Speaker 1: My Uber driver needs a driver's line. In fact, if
Speaker 1: you want my ID, my Uber is the best ID
Speaker 1: there is. It's got my face, it's got my rating
Speaker 1: four point a, and all my drives. All my driver's
Speaker 1: license will tell you is where I once live. My
Speaker 1: Uber tells you where I'm trying to be. You know, like,
Speaker 1: right now, I can take any of your phones and
Speaker 1: be like, oh, they went there, there, and there, and
Speaker 1: they took a pool. They're going to vote for Bernie,
Speaker 1: you know.
Speaker 2: Okay, But but that doesn't explain the lack of enthusiasm, right,
Speaker 2: fifty seven percent of older people are very excited to
Speaker 2: go vote.
Speaker 1: Yeah, of course they are, because fifty seven percent of
Speaker 1: their life is just time off. When you're old, you
Speaker 1: have the luxury of free time. You know, who else
Speaker 1: can play chess in a park at four pm? And
Speaker 1: why is voting on a Tuesday? That's the hardest day
Speaker 1: to take off, which reminds me, can I take off
Speaker 1: next Tuesday?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 7: Dude, No, you just started.
Speaker 1: That's what I'm talking about. That's that shit, Trevor.
Speaker 2: There's no les next Tuesday.
Speaker 7: What are you talking about?
Speaker 1: Look, that's not the point. That's not the point. You
Speaker 1: want young people to vote. Make election Day a national holiday?
Speaker 1: You know?
Speaker 5: Yes? Why?
Speaker 1: Yes, like President's Day or Toyota Thimes.
Speaker 2: Okay, So let me get this right. If America adopts
Speaker 2: digital voting, yes, and if they allow people to do
Speaker 2: it from home, and they make election Day national holidays,
Speaker 2: then young people will definitely vote.
Speaker 1: No, why would I spend my day off voting. I'm
Speaker 1: trying to see what this park test is all about,
Speaker 1: Jabooki Young White. Everybody will be right back.
Speaker 2: American school children today will have to fix many of
Speaker 2: society's problems tomorrow. But is the education giving them the
Speaker 2: tools they'll need to fight for change? Well, Jabuki Young
Speaker 2: Whites went to find out.
Speaker 1: As the Daily Show's youngest course respondent, I'm most qualified
Speaker 1: to report on the fact that Civics education in America sucks.
Speaker 1: It's so bad only one in nine schools require a
Speaker 1: year of Civics classes. But young activists like members of
Speaker 1: the Providence Student Union are demanding higher standards, which is
Speaker 1: why I'm here in a small Rhode Island school to
Speaker 1: interview students who are fighting to fix their education and
Speaker 1: their futures. After school spech, what's lip bam?
Speaker 6: Who are you?
Speaker 1: I'm the new transfer student. My name is Chad. I
Speaker 1: am seventeen. Yeah, no, I'm not, you smell. After some convincing,
Speaker 1: I gained the trust of Ahmed and Alita, the student
Speaker 1: organizers asking for better Civics education in Rhode Island.
Speaker 4: So this is important to me because I still see
Speaker 4: that there are people that are like, voting isn't important,
Speaker 4: And I think that young people especially should also understand
Speaker 4: and like the way how systems were built and how
Speaker 4: the world works.
Speaker 8: Like how can you go about life not knowing your
Speaker 8: rights or how to pay taxes or anything like that.
Speaker 1: Okay, but you don't actually have to pay taxes. That's
Speaker 1: a myth.
Speaker 8: No, you you you have to pay taxes, like you have.
Speaker 1: To pay taxes? Is this real?
Speaker 8: That's why we need civics class in high school.
Speaker 1: But I mean I do. I do civics all the time.
Speaker 1: I'm like constantly sending out civic tweets. I'm like hashtag
Speaker 1: green new deal, hashtag twenty twenty twenty. Sometimes if I
Speaker 1: just need to get all my civics in one tweet,
Speaker 1: I'll just say like hashtag woke and then boom, civics.
Speaker 8: That's not even close. Why you basically just talk about
Speaker 8: social media.
Speaker 1: I mean, let's face it, we're teens. There's nothing that
Speaker 1: we can do to make our school teach a civics.
Speaker 8: I go out to disagree with you on that one meano,
Speaker 8: I'm in our teens.
Speaker 4: The street's not full of anyone.
Speaker 8: Two mean hominissuing the Unitas State's government for civil in
Speaker 8: all schools.
Speaker 1: Wow, you heard that right, My same aged friends, we're
Speaker 1: suing the government for civics education in schools. Alita and
Speaker 1: Akmed are making their case with the help of Columbia
Speaker 1: professor and oldest person I know, Michael Rebell, who's been
Speaker 1: fighting for education equity most of his career.
Speaker 7: The US Supreme Court said, every child in this country
Speaker 7: has a right to an equal educational opportunity, but kids
Speaker 7: who come from low income backgrounds, many kids of color,
Speaker 7: don't have meaningful opportunities.
Speaker 1: So why did you decide to sue Rhode Island and
Speaker 1: not a state that everyone hates like New Jersey.
Speaker 7: We looked at what states have the worst education system
Speaker 7: when it comes to civics and also where would the
Speaker 7: community be supportive. If we get the Supreme Court to
Speaker 7: declare that there's a national rights education, state legislatures and
Speaker 7: school systems will act on it. It'll make a huge difference.
Speaker 7: You know, fifty percent of the American public cannot name
Speaker 7: the three branches government? Can you do it?
Speaker 1: Federal executive and the Supreme Court notorious RGB.
Speaker 7: She's one of nine justices.
Speaker 1: Yeah, nine. Yeah, there's RGB, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, scarlettle Hanson.
Speaker 7: Wait a minute, you're mentioning all the actors and the Avengers.
Speaker 7: They are not Supreme Court justices.
Speaker 1: I left one off the Hulk.
Speaker 7: Do you even know who you're representative in Congress?
Speaker 4: Is?
Speaker 1: It doesn't really matter about my representative because I know
Speaker 1: who my senator is. It's Bernie.
Speaker 7: Senators, I don't think Chuck Schumer is gonna like that answer.
Speaker 1: Who the fuck is Chuck Schumer?
Speaker 7: He's your singing from New York. I think you've got
Speaker 7: a long ways to go on civic knowledge. I'm sorry
Speaker 7: to say.
Speaker 1: Did I not get an education?
Speaker 7: That's the kind of unfortunate reality that we're trying to
Speaker 7: grapple with.
Speaker 1: Thank you for teaching me that I'm dumb.
Speaker 7: Wait a minute, that is not the message I'm trying
Speaker 7: to get across.
Speaker 1: Are you loud and clear? I'm a dumbo. I'm dumb.
Speaker 1: I'm dumb. I'm a dumb head.
Speaker 7: You're obviously very smart from our conversation.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, they're right, boys, do go to Jupiter
Speaker 1: and get more stupider. I'm gonna be right now. Okay,
Speaker 1: this wise old man made me realize, how do you
Speaker 1: have a hall pass?
Speaker 7: We're not in the school building? Right?
Speaker 1: Okay, well then can I go to the bedroom?
Speaker 7: You can go to the bedroom?
Speaker 1: Sorry, may I go to the bedroom? Worse? So, maybe
Speaker 1: us teens do need better civics education, and though this
Speaker 1: case still has a long way to go, it success
Speaker 1: will ensure future generations the education Alita and Ahmed missed out.
Speaker 9: On the ultimate goal for me is that people are
Speaker 9: more civically engaged. And you know, we have government representation
Speaker 9: that reflects the population.
Speaker 8: Wow.
Speaker 1: I learned so much today, and I hope you did too,
Speaker 1: teach out.
Speaker 7: I thought you were a team class dismissed.
Speaker 9: Shit.
Speaker 1: It's safe to say.
Speaker 2: That socialism is having a moment in American politics right now, and.
Speaker 7: That's freaking a lot of people out.
Speaker 2: So we sent out a news correspondent, Jabuki Young White
Speaker 2: to find out why.
Speaker 1: For years, grumpy old white dudes have been telling us
Speaker 1: that socialism is total bullshit. Socialism leads to decline and ruin.
Speaker 5: This system crushes human souls.
Speaker 1: But as The Daily Show's new senior youth corresponding, I
Speaker 1: know that millennials right now think socialism is totally on trend.
Speaker 1: I popped Somali and hit the street to find out
Speaker 1: why even though the olds hated, the kids love socialism.
Speaker 1: I think socialism is great.
Speaker 4: I think you should and may help whoever you could
Speaker 4: at any situation.
Speaker 8: With socialism, just because I hear anything that's helping black
Speaker 8: people out.
Speaker 1: Okay, so you're socialism curious. Yeah, well I'm in college, right.
Speaker 1: Do you hate billionaires? Low key?
Speaker 8: Yeah?
Speaker 4: You look at Jeff Bezos.
Speaker 10: He doesn't look human.
Speaker 6: I mean, I think the idea of socialism is.
Speaker 1: On point.
Speaker 3: I mean, I don't really know what socialism is.
Speaker 2: He's a pro.
Speaker 1: It's okay, we're all confused. If there are only someone
Speaker 1: we could talk to, someone with some deep experience on
Speaker 1: the subject. But when I started doing this sort of
Speaker 1: piece on socialism, I knew that there was really only
Speaker 1: one politician who I can talk to about it. So
Speaker 1: I guess my question is do you know aocure and
Speaker 1: what's her there? They like, if you could put us anytime.
Speaker 10: Maybe, but you want to speak to her?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 8: Maybe?
Speaker 1: I just figured, you know, seriously, you can't talk socialism
Speaker 1: in America without going to the OG. Senator Bernie Sanders.
Speaker 10: I believe in a society where all peoples go. Well,
Speaker 10: Doc Jucks, I have folks a brilliant as.
Speaker 1: Did he be the oldest millennial in America. I know
Speaker 1: that capitalism has given us a bunch of really dope things, right, iPhones, cars, Hamburgers,
Speaker 1: the Avengers, movies, the opioid crisis. So why are young
Speaker 1: people like myself very open and socialism.
Speaker 10: Your generation, the younger generation, will in all likelihood have
Speaker 10: a lower standard of living than your parents. Your generation
Speaker 10: is leaving school, more deeply in debt, having a much
Speaker 10: harder time finding affordable housing. The jobs that you get
Speaker 10: will pay less. So the idea of creating a society
Speaker 10: with more egalitarianism. So I think it's very appealing to
Speaker 10: younger people.
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, yeah, I feel the burn. I see what
Speaker 1: you're talking about. Now, I admit it. Democratic socialism looks
Speaker 1: pretty fine on his Tinder profile. But are we gonna
Speaker 1: vibe when we meet? Irl?
Speaker 10: If you go to countries like Denmark or Swede, you're
Speaker 10: gonna see very little poverty. You could leave your job,
Speaker 10: you could start a new business. You and your family
Speaker 10: still have healthcare as a right.
Speaker 1: So I could quit the Daily Show and be fine, absolutely, well,
Speaker 1: it was great meeting with you. So under President Bernie,
Speaker 1: we'd be more European, like or Narnia. But try telling
Speaker 1: that to the haters.
Speaker 6: It's a terrible system. It's never worked, and in order
Speaker 6: for it to work at all, you got to kill
Speaker 6: several million people to make it work.
Speaker 1: Carol Markwitz has written on why socialism needs to be
Speaker 1: canceled forever period.
Speaker 5: Millennials have been raised in such prosperous times, they just
Speaker 5: think that, oh, we can make it even better with
Speaker 5: this insane plan to share the resources.
Speaker 1: You know, I would love capitalism if it just weren't
Speaker 1: for all the sick people and all the poor people
Speaker 1: who can't afford healthcare. Is there a way for me
Speaker 1: to enjoy capitalism without those things?
Speaker 5: If the solution is socialism, it's going to make us
Speaker 5: all equal in our poverty.
Speaker 1: But if everyone is poor, isn't that kind of cool
Speaker 1: because we're all experiencing the same things. It'll be like, hey,
Speaker 1: like the breadline was extra along today, and I'd be like,
Speaker 1: oh my god, yeah it was. That guy is super
Speaker 1: observant and like funny not so much now.
Speaker 5: I was born in the Soviet Union. My great grandfather
Speaker 5: was killed in a gulag because he owned a business
Speaker 5: and socialists decided that was no longer legal.
Speaker 1: That's truly horrific. Would Bernie be sending small business owners
Speaker 1: to forced labor camps?
Speaker 10: Obviously, Soviet Union was an authoritarian society with no democratic rights,
Speaker 10: and I think if you know history, you'll know that
Speaker 10: democratic socialists stood up and fought against that. You could
Speaker 10: look about what existed in the Soviet Union or in Venezuela.
Speaker 10: That is not what I'm talking about at.
Speaker 1: So no one's going to the gulag, well except okay,
Speaker 1: fact check. The examples of failed socialism that critics used
Speaker 1: are not socialist democracies, but authoritarian states led by corrupt, ruthless,
Speaker 1: and paranoid dictators. That I do have one real problem
Speaker 1: with socialism. I like money. You know, TV is going
Speaker 1: kind of good for me right now, and I'm thinking
Speaker 1: of writing a successful book, and socialism still for me.
Speaker 1: If I'm a millennial millionaire, maybe.
Speaker 10: It depends on what's your heart. If what you say
Speaker 10: in your life is all I want to do is
Speaker 10: make as much money as I possibly can, screw everything else.
Speaker 1: I don't give a damn.
Speaker 10: Yeah, no, I don't think democratic socialism is your cup
Speaker 10: of tea. But if you have a decent heart and
Speaker 10: you say, look, I'm doing really well. But you know what,
Speaker 10: I also want to be a contributor to the well
Speaker 10: being of society, so I'm gonna pay my fair share
Speaker 10: of tax system.
Speaker 1: Wow, I could have my CBD infused gluten free cake
Speaker 1: and eat it too. I'm liking a socialism thing more
Speaker 1: and more, and Bernie made me feel so good. I
Speaker 1: decided to share something. I brought you a present. That's cool.
Speaker 10: So all right, anticipating, Oh that's beautiful.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you are not in my fat when
Speaker 1: you're elected president, when do you think you're going to
Speaker 1: focus in all have? I love some person.
Speaker 10: I don't know the exact room, but it's beautiful and
Speaker 10: I thank you for it.
Speaker 1: You're welcome, Marty. Enjoy chibookie White.
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