Velshi: The Death of Shame | MSNBC

Everything is different now, and one thing with which we will struggle in this new day for America is the death of shame. In addition to the other norms the former president destroyed, he turned lying – deliberate, casual and often with the force of law – into an art form and, with that, contributed to the death of shame. If we as humans do not feel shame in doing something wrong, or in getting caught doing something wrong, what guardrails exist? When the powerful can’t be embarrassed by the bad choices they make, people suffer, democracy erodes, institutions crumble, justice is strangled and lies proliferate.» Subscribe to MSNBC:

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Velshi: The Death of Shame | MSNBC

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    1. And whats worse they are doing it simply because they can. Because in the eyes of the radical right anything that obstructs helping their fellow Americans is fighting what is “socialist/communist” . And because of a book that was translated 2000 yrs ago .

  1. Shame went out the door years ago. Corporations get away with poisoning, corruption, bankruptcy and no individual is held accountable. Think about it.

    1. Like with the housing bubble. Millions of people across the world lost everything, but there were no consequence for the criminals on Wall Street.

    1. Wow! ARLENE WUK actually breaks from the copy and paste on this thread. Someone must have pushed a special button here 🤖

    2. Must be a KAREN button. Oop.. Usurp…must respond…can’t leave with copy and paste of garbage video…must retaliate at liberal snowflakes…🤖

    3. ARLENE WUK
      This user has only existed on YT since the 2nd Jan 2021 – yes “it” is only 3 weeks old and trolling like a champion.

  2. YES! I watched, holding my breath. Their lies need to be addressed and accountability is in order for us to right our selves

  3. There’s *NOTHING* in American political history that *reeks of corruption* like *WHAT* #45✳’s *done* …even the infamous “Teapot Dome” scandal *DIDN’T* involve *selling out* American allies *TO* dictators. 😒

    1. ARLENE WUK is a bot copying and pasting the same garbage video under every “top comment” on this comment page. Doing its job to spread disinformation like the Qanon hack that it is.

    2. @Cat of the Castle I love informing people of the proper way of communicating so their comment is read correctly!

    3. *ARLENE WUK
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      This user has only existed on YT since the 2nd Jan 2021 – yes *”it”* is only 3 weeks old and trolling like a champion.

    1. I have to accept that several of you found this mixed play on the word to be something clever. WoW, on the one hand lie as in falsehood and the other meaning – to assume a prone position. Hilarious and genius summed perfectly!

    2. @Secarah it is. But I have seen it said since so either it’s occurred to others or I’ve been “plagiarized”.

  4. When all of us start prioritizing the greater good above narrow self-interest, we will be able to resolve conflicts/disagreements without dehumanizing or degrading each other.

    1. @BonerMaroner us ” room temp low IQ’s” don’t watch fox. We want low gas prices, quality health care with low health care costs, low interest rates, low taxes, freedom to start and run a business without government wanting a hand out at every turn, businesses not getting sued every time aome sensitive liberal gets their feelings hurt, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, women’s sports, the right to feel safe in our streets because America punishes criminals, no war, and free and fair trade. But I guess we are to stupid to think we are entitled to the free pursuit of happiness and success without being controlled by the government and idiotic liberals that think they know better how to live other people’s lives. I guess you baby killing child molesting liberals just have it all figured out. Shame on us.

  5. The GOP has no shame. They actually have to have consequences for 4 years of lying and lawlessness. Most of us want justice and we are looking at you Democrats to provide it. Show strength for once and go after all concerned.

    1. No doubt many are upset when police do bad things, but I believe at least $2 billion in property damage almost exclusively by the LEFT. In general what is the big destruction lie from Trump/Republicans. Trump did not expect the 2nd wave and put his foot in his mouth over this excessively as Nov 3 approached, but he was right about the vaccine pretty much from A to Z. Blue states had more regulations but did not do better on virus deaths than red states.

    2. @Gary Campbell Because they all believed a KNOWN LIFETIME PATHOLOGICAL LIAR trump and no one else that told the truth and facts! That is why.. Geeessssh HELLO???

    1. I feel the death of all American values can be attributed to the birth of bank balance values. Greed and power rule. Trump has shown the way. No values required to run the most powerful country on earth, except $$$. You can lie about everything, care about nothing and be worshipped as a god. He might be out of power, but so long as you all tolerate greed, the bubble won’t burst.

    2. exactly what the saul alinsky leftists say “by any means necessary”. You are a sociopath if you believe that.

  6. It is like what Laura Ingalls said: If you use profanity as an everyday language – the meaning becomes lost when the swearing is truly warranted .

  7. You’ve got Josh Hawley to a “T”… Ted Cruz does not even count.. a has been do nothing, Marco Rubio does not really know which wsy is up, but that Hawley nightmare… ambition on steroids without shame or remorse… Get rid of him now..

    1. But shining a big spotlight on it is a start. It is also all the pardons for political criminals that will poison the system again. 🤦‍♀️🤮

    2. You’re likely correct. Sadly, a functioning conscience has become a frighteningly rare part of far too many people’s makeup.

  8. Lying is the least of it, when those telling the truth are shouted down and stifled and “alternative reality” is force fed to us all.

    1. How can you force feed against mass media/apple/google/facebook/twitter? On the contrary you are force fed in places near one year of lockdown

    2. Using the word “truth” around politics is inexact. You can use “facts” and “opinions” but not “truth”. Truth strays into the realm of ideology, which is contested.

  9. Though shame has failed,
    Law may yet prevail,
    Balance be upon the justice scale
    & put shameless MF’s in jail.

    Thus Endeth this tale.

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