Samantha Bee Wants To “Save Democracy”… With An APP

Nevermind that this will probably rake in some bucks.

THAT’S NOT THE POINT.

The point is that she’s a “Resistance HERO” …or something.

Samantha Bee is trying to save democracy with an app: https://t.co/G0th2rzL2c pic.twitter.com/TpoY6PtYzH

— Slate (@Slate) September 13, 2018

(So um, that’s the picture you went with? Really?)

Upon realizing that a staggering 54 percent of those who watch her show, Full Frontal, aren’t registered to vote, Samantha Bee decided to do something to entice her audience and others to get to the polls. And she did so in “the most 2018 way” possible: with an app. This Is Not a Game is, in fact, a game, consisting of daily political trivia challenges played live, HQ Trivia-style. It turns political awareness into a social activity with a cash prize incentive.

Is anyone surprised Samantha Bee’s viewers aren’t registered to vote?

I’d be surprised if more than 54% of her viewers know how to READ.

And um…By “cash prize incentive” they mean someone gets a couple of bucks and she keeps a whole SH*T TON of money, right?

The idea, Bee said on Wednesday night, was born out of frustration with the current political climate and feeling forced to unload her frustration by hurling shoes, office supplies, and even a crossbow at her television. “I’m depressed, I’m out of ideas, and Americans never vote. And frankly they probably won’t unless we pay them,” says Bee. That’s when she had the lightbulb moment to turn midterm elections into a game. “I want to dangle a treat over America and be like, look, you could vote, you might win something.”

PLEASE.

Take political advice from someone who hurls crossbows at televisions.

BY ALL MEANS.

According to this, the app includes IMPORTANT trivia questions like “What is Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s astrological sign?”

This will OBVIOUSLY save Democracy.

So um… what’s the verdict?

Samantha Bee is trying to make money with an app*

#FIFY https://t.co/6l89GrPbgf

— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) September 13, 2018

I would have gone with “maintain relevancy” but that works too.

— Dan Roth (@Dan12R) September 13, 2018

Both work.

Capitalism always wins

— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) September 13, 2018

She’s Capitalism-ing SO HARD right now, you guys.