They do fine when mocking mindlessly obvious issues, but the second they hit something complex or political, logic goes off the rails:

"Drug laws in this country are crazy! We're locking up people for life-sentences for harmless, non-addictive marijuana!.....
....And just how retarded are laws keeping kids from buying cigarettes and alcohol!"

"These energy crystals and homeopathic medicines are complete scams! Look how stupid this woman is trying to explain them!...
...And that's why we need to deregulate the drug industry! They know science and are smart!"

"These products labeled organic and green are actually just marketing terms. Companies have figured out how to trick consumers into feeling less guilty....
....The solution is to not give a crap about the environment. Toxic waste and air quality laws must also equally be a scam!"

"Most people drive above the speed limit....
....so why bother having traffic laws at all!"

It's a common libertarian tactic to wrap up their completely wrong beliefs in common-sense statements like this.

There needs to be a word that saves 19th century social minded libertarianism from their grasp. Like.... blobbertarianism.

They're Objectivists, what more do you expect?

This show, South Park and King of the Hill are the poster children for a television phenomenon known as "Asshole libertarian syndrome" in which a show with decent humor or premise is ruined by the angry political ramblings of its writers.

I know a lot of people who have been dragged into the CutCo scam thinking they could use it to pay for college or whatever, and in the end they ended up alienating all their friends (who got sick of getting their incessant BUY THESE KNIVES!!! pitches) and barely breaking even on their original "investment." Some of them did like the knives and continued to swear by them years later, even though those knives are pretty much shit designed very specifically to work well for a few demo purposes but are pretty horrible for real uses.

my girlfriend used to sell cutco knives in college and made pretty good money doing it (got paid to go to some big convention), but she was a rare case, although I got a sweet fillet knife/ fish hook remover/ descaler/ hook sharpener.

and non-magic P&T is always 1 star.

Many years ago, I sold CutCo for about half a year. I did well enough until I ran out of people well-off enough to spend money on fancy cutlary, at which point I just quit. I don't remember them trying to trick me into building a team of salespeople, but maybe I skipped that part of the orientation. God help anyone who hitched their wagon to CutCo expecting to make a long-term living.

Some of my old friends will still make fun of me on account of me looking like a dork when I sold knives.

I had a similar "interview" with Vector Marketing in the pre-internet days for a job description that did not even hint about direct-selling knives; ended up walking out once I figured out it was the same as CutCo. Oh, and they also wanted to collect an "application fee" from me... how sleazy is that?

It makes stupid people feel safer to blame the victims. "If only amoral morons an be taken in by these schemes then OBVIOUSLY I have nothing to worry about."

FINE I WILL ONE-STAR YOUR STUPID SHIT VIDEO!!!

Hey, your cousins and friends' credit scores probably aren't good enough to get real jobs, and they're trying to make money instead of sucking from the welfare teat. You should be happy :)

I was thinking this was a dupe, but anyway, most people here will one star Penn and Teller out of pure libertarian hate, without even bothering to watch the whole thing. Yes, i hate when they go on libertarian rants, but sadly nobody else has gone to tackle some of the subjects they take, at least not on tv. Just because we already know this is bullshit doesn't mean there's no point in examining how some people fall into this crap.

No, I'm pretty positive that at least MLMs have been picked apart in the press, on TV, in books, etc. (albeit in a less abrasive and therefore potentially less interesting manner to some people). But people are stupid and will continue to fall for them for all of eternity.

True, but for good or bad people prefer a more condensed version of things. A tv show that goes straight to the point will attract more attention to the subject than dozens of books, or news articles. Also, once more, i think people here just focus on who is saying what instead of what are they saying. P&T giving their take on the subject shouldn't be ignored just because it has been already discussed. You could say the same thing for dozens of topics.

So Enjoy, how does it feel to hate capitalism? Unnatural but strangely arousing?