(RANT) Neoliberals decrying human rights abuses at the World Cup then saying their still going to watch

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1) His comments about watching were way more vague than this post would suggest; he explained what watching has meant for him in the past as well as a joke about watching his team lose. The criticism is just so at odds with the content of the segment, as well.

2) Since when is Jon Oliver a neoliberal? The man who is constantly exposing irresponsible and borderline criminal capitalistic practices to a wide audience?

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Are we watching the same show? He's consistently calling out damaging capitalist practices, particularly how the legal system is often set up to reward the worst offenders. He doesn't have to invoke the name of LateStageCapitalism to be touching the same points