{"id":2220919,"date":"2024-04-14T19:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T23:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-warns-canada-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-u-s-were-diving-off-a-cliff\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T19:22:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T23:22:11","slug":"bill-maher-warns-canada-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-u-s-were-diving-off-a-cliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-warns-canada-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-u-s-were-diving-off-a-cliff\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher cautions that Canada serves as a warning for the U.S., stating, &#8220;We&#8217;re headed off a cliff."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-maher-warns-canada-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-u-s-were-diving-off-a-cliff%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2220919&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Comedian Bill Maher cautioned Americans on the consequences of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dr-ben-carson-explains-where-wokeness-came-from\/\" title=\"WATCH: Dr. Ben Carson Explains Where \u2018Wokeness\u2019 Came From\">extreme wokeness<\/a>,\u200b proposing Canada as a cautionary example during a recent &#8220;Real Time&#8221; episode on HBO. Maher highlighted the importance of learning \u200cfrom other \u200ccountries&#8217; success while also acknowledging their shortcomings, citing disparities in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-governor-breaks-his-own-covid-rules-to-eat-fancy-french-food\/\" title=\"Ca. Governor Breaks His Own COVID Rules To Eat Fancy French Food\">unemployment rates<\/a> and air quality between the U.S. and Canada. Your summary effectively captures Bill Maher&#8217;s warning regarding extreme wokeness,\u2062 using\u2062 Canada as an example, and emphasizes the importance of learning from other countries&#8217; strengths \u200band weaknesses. It highlights Maher&#8217;s comparison of unemployment rates and air quality between\u200b the \u2062U.S. and Canada.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Comedian Bill Maher said over the weekend that if Americans wanted to see what would happen to the United States if it continued down the path to \u201cextreme wokeness,\u201d they should look no further than their neighbors to the north.<\/p>\n<p>Maher argued \u2014 during Friday\u2019s broadcast of \u201cReal Time\u201d on HBO \u2014 that Canada should serve as a \u201ccautionary tale\u201d for Americans who wanted the progressive utopian ideal and thought that they could see it just across the border.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They say in politics, liberals are the gas pedal, and conservatives are the brakes, and I&#8217;m generally with the gas pedal, but not if we&#8217;re driving off a cliff. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hutj3OUVQi\">pic.twitter.com\/hutj3OUVQi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Maher (@billmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billmaher\/status\/1778989085362987082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maher began by saying that he agreed with those who said American liberals should learn from \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-gender-option-appears-on-u-s-passports\/\" title=\"New gender option appears on U.S. passports\">progressive countries<\/a> that were getting things right \u2014 but then he pointed out that it was equally important to recognize and acknowledge flaws when they were present.<\/p>\n<p>Giving two examples, Maher noted that unemployment in the United States was 3.8% compared to Canada\u2019s 6.1% \u2014 and that air quality in Canada was measurably worse than in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey say in politics liberals are the gas pedal and conservatives are the brakes. And I\u2019m generally with the gas pedal. But not if we\u2019re driving off a cliff,\u201d Maher said, adding, \u201cCanada was where every woke White college kid wearing pajama pants outdoors who had it up to here with America\u2019s racist patriarchy dreamt of living someday. I mean, besides Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s only one problem with thinking everything\u2019s better in Canada: It\u2019s not. Not anymore, anyway,\u201d Maher said, arguing that the housing crisis in American cities was nothing compared to what was happening to the north. \u201cThe median price of a home here is $346,000. In Canada converted to US dollars, it\u2019s 487. If Barbie moved to Winnipeg, she wouldn\u2019t be able to afford her dream house and Ken would be working at Tim Hortons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher went on to note that the liberal dream of single-payer health care \u2014 which Canada has \u2014 is also not living up to its promise: \u201cTheir vaunted health care system, which ranks dead last among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-who-director-general-say-covid-19-vaccine-boosters-are-being-used-to-kill-children\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did The WHO Director-General Say COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Are Being \u2018Used To Kill Children\u2019?\">high income countries<\/a>, and access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pictures-nigeria-destroys-one-million-expired-coronavirus-vaccines-donated-by-west\/\" title=\"Pictures: Nigeria Destroys One Million Expired Coronavirus Vaccines Donated by West\">primary health care<\/a>, and the ability to see a doctor in a day or two. And it\u2019s not for lack of spending. Of the 30 countries with universal coverage, Canada spends over 13% of its economy on it, which is a lot of money for free health care. Look, I\u2019m not saying Canada still isn\u2019t a great country, it is, but those aren\u2019t paradise numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Canada was an apartment, the lead feature might be America adjacent. And if America was a rental car, Canada would be America or similar,\u201d Maher concluded. \u201cAnd again, honestly, Canada, I\u2019m not saying any of this because I enjoy it. I don\u2019t because I\u2019ve always enjoyed you, but I need to cite you as a cautionary tale to help my country. And the moral of that tale is \u2018yes, you can move too far left, and when you do, you wind up pushing the people in the middle to the right.\u2019 At its worst. Canada is what American voters think happens when there\u2019s no one putting a check on extreme wokeness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, comedian Bill Maher highlighted the potential consequences of extreme wokeness by urging Americans to observe Canada. On HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Real Time&#8221; last Friday, Maher emphasized that Canada could serve as a compelling case study for the U.S. if it continues down that path<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2220920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-77442893.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-77442893.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2220920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}