Rutger Bregman - “Moral Ambition” | The Daily Show

Thank you so much for having me Jon! Enjoyed the conversation immensely. Like so many here, I've spent many hundreds (thousands?) of hours watching you & the Daily Show, so it was a great privilege (and quite surreal..!) to be on the show. And for anyone who's interested - join our global community of ambitious idealists! 🚀

Thank you for having Rutger as a guest. Will order his book right away. Loved his other two. I’m a 76 yo Aussie grandma who dreams of a better future for our young people

I can see why Jon Stewart had Mr. Bregman on his show. Those are interesting and appealing ideas.

Thanks Jon. Rutger Bregman became my hero during the Davos gathering a few years ago of billionaires in Switzerland every year to pat each other on the back for all their charity work when he looked around and called it a Fireman's convention where water was forbidden. His TAXES TAXES TAXES became the rallying cry for everyone who has suffered the consequence of living with the burden of being the only group paying them. Followed him through his important common sense Ted TALKS. I think Trump will be the tipping point where every country agrees that government should not be a fortune making operation for those who take an oath to serve the people and uphold the Constitution.

“Stop talking about your BS philanthropy and pay your taxes.” Beautiful!!! A human on the move, a human to join. Love it! 🤘🤘❤️

We need more voices like Rutger Bregman. Sidenote: the directness of the Dutch is delightfully refreshing.

The two who put tucker in his place.

Rutger Bregman is my grandfather reincarnate! Grandpa was a Dutch national and grandpa said no one should be allowed to be a millionaire (billionaire today 'cause Grandpa died many years ago....) I remember Rutger's speech in front of Davos many years ago. He was so right!

One of the most effective versions of this from recent history was "Nader's Raiders," a collective of ivey league lawyers, researchers, and activists who implemented most famously required seatbelts on cars, but also contributed to the founding of the EPA, and more. Apparently, at the time, about 25% of all graduates from these ivey league schools wanted to join and make a difference, so the talent pool Nader was able to pull from was huge. Nader will talk about this often, himself, how you only really need 3% of the population to enact systemic change. It's a lot, but not really.

This was an amazing guest. Thank you for bringing him to our attention