“They" hate us because they feel--and "they" are not wrong--that it is within our power to do so much more, and that we practice a kind of passive-aggressive violence on the Third World. We do this by, for example, demonizing tobacco as poison here while promoting cigarettes in Asia; inflating produce prices by paying farmers not to grow food as millions go hungry worldwide; skimping on quality and then imposing tariffs on foreign products made better or cheaper than our own; padding corporate profits through Third World sweatshops; letting drug companies stand by as millions die of AIDS in Africa to keep prices up on lifesaving drugs; and on and on. We do, upon reaching a very high comfort level, mostly choose to go from ten to eleven instead of helping another guy far away go from zero to”

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About Bill Maher

American television host, comedian, actor and political commentator

Bill Maher is an American television host, comedian, actor, and political commentator. Born in 1956, he is best known for his political satire and for hosting television and podcast programs that focus on current affairs and public debate. He has hosted HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher since 2003 and the podcast Club Random since 2022. Earlier, he hosted Politically Incorrect on ABC and Comedy Central from 1993 to 2002. His work is closely tied to satire, politics, and pointed commentary on contemporary issues.

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