Can anyone point me to the episode or a YouTube clip of Mike going over Perry Farrell punching Dave Navarro at a Jane's Addiction concert, and using this as an argument for keeping up with new music (as opposed to sticking with gen X/millennial music)?
Can anyone find the clip of Mike saying he used to get in trouble for making fun of classmates, and he would defend his actions by pointing out that he was bringing joy to all the people laughing at the victim--and isn't it worth sacrificing one person's wellbeing to increase ten people's?
What he's saying there is a variation on a common objection to consequentualist moral philosophy, which is basically the idea that the ends always justify the means. Most people think it's wrong to sacrifice an individual to benefit the group, and so reject consequentialism, but Mike bites the bullet on this one. The more common versions of the objection are more far-fetched; Mike's would probably be more interesting to more people, since many of us enjoy seeing others getting humiliated, at least some of the time. Think of Jerry Springer, Dr. Phil, Maury Povich, people following celebrity meltdowns, etc.