P J O'Rourke: The Funniest Man in America
b'P.J. O\'Rourke is America\'s premier political satirist and has more citations in \'The Penguin Dictionary of Humorous Quotations\' than any other living writer. In this live appearance for Intelligence Squared in 2010, he discussed his new book, \'Don\'t Vote \\u2014 It Just Encourages the Bastards\', a brilliant, hilarious and ultimately sobering look at why politics and politicians are a necessary evil \\u2014 but only just barely necessary. Moving from Adam Smith to Milton Friedman to a late-night girls\' boarding school game called Kill-F*@k-Marry, O\'Rourke explored the nature of the social contract. For him the essential elements are power, freedom and responsibility: the people like the freedom part, politicians like the power part, and hardly anyone wants to hear the responsibility part. This leads him to postulate the "Death, Sex and Boredom Theory of Politics."\\nSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared.\\n\\nSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'