For non-US readers, and those unfamiliar with him, Stephen Colbert's persona on this show is a parody of a corporatist talk show host.
In times of general deceit, the truths are told in cabarets and comedy.
"Where such a shift in power is in favor of the governing elite, Power will achieve its murderous potential. It simply waits for an excuse, an event of some sort, an assassination, a massacre in a neighboring country, an attempted coup, a famine, or a natural disaster, to justify the beginning of murder en masse. Most state sponsored murder occurs under the cover of war, revolution, or guerrilla war, or in their aftermath."
R. J. Rummel