Bill Maher roasts ‘corporatist nincompoop' Nikki Haley as the reason 'we can’t have nice things’ in America
Maher's segment featured an impassioned defense of democratic socialism.
He began by noting the results of the UN's world happiness report, which found the happiest people live in Finland, followed by Denmark and Norway.
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Bill Maher explaining the results of the UN's happiness report (screengrab)[/caption]
"Socialism, as an economic model replacing capitalism is bad. But socialism as a supplement to capitalism, good," he argued. "Kind of like how gin and tonic are terrible by themselves, but mixed together, delightful."
Maher focused on Haley, the former South Carolina governor who served as President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations.
Maher detailed the epic Twitter scolding Haley received after inaccurate claims about maternity health care in Finland being inferior to America.
"It's almost as if our system kind of sucks," Maher noted.
"You know why we can't have nice things like Finland has? Because we're ruled by corporatist nincompoops like Nikki Haley who write books like 'Can't Is Not an Option' when in America can't is not only an option, it's usually the only option," he continued.
"Does pure, unbridled capitalism work?" he asked. "I guess that depends whether are on the board of Boeing -- or on board a Boeing," he concluded.
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