It was comedy,he never did anything about it,he never grabbed a gun and fought against the things he complained about,talk,talk. Talk is cheap and fixes nothing,but the man did make money with this comedy.
@@hlessiavedon I’ve helped pay for food for people who couldn’t. I worked as a volunteer in a food bank, I’ve picked up trash of my own volition wherever I went.
The only way this stuff won’t be relevant is when the American people stop fighting each other and ban together to stop these rich assholes. We are going to have to burn it down like they do in France. Only then will we have a government working for us.
And this was in 2008 right in the heart of the dogmatically patriotic Iraq war era. Listen to the awkwardness of the crowd when he starts talking about freedom of choice in this country.
End of overtime? And it’s just doomerism. Average full time worker salary as of this comment is 55k which can buy a 300k home. If you make more than 35k you’re a top 1% earner in the world, congrats you’re the privileged ahole to 99% of the human population
Government is NOT a monolithic entity. What he is talking about is WHO is invested with political power to determine the actions of your government...be it in the county, state, or the federal level...the patrician donor class. There is no lobby for the poor in DC, hence the half-century of neoliberal deregulatory, union-busting, and special-interest peddling policymaking. All of which has given rise to a new populism, which knows no party, in reaction to the loss of social mobility, financial security, and peace of mind. Sadly, there is only one form of populism that has achieved political power today...the sort that vilifies the most vulnerable members of American society...be it welfare recipients or immigrants as an invasive other, with all of its faux, performative patriotism, folk devilry, conspiratorial narratives, hyperbole, vitriol, mendacity, falsehoods, and yes, a newfound advocacy of authoritarianism. These poor people have been commodified as voters to shift tax burdens from the wealthy onto themselves, dismantle their public education system for charters, vouchers, and private schools, and lavish every tartuffe with idolatry in believing that a criminal charlatan and wannabe strongman is an agent of a God. These Americans are a generation lost and Carlin is fortunate enough not to have seen this fascism come to fruition with their threats of civil strife and political violence at a time when the world needs American leadership most against a new axis of illiberal autocratic powers utilizing our tribalistic polarization for their gain.
It's even more relevant now. I think this doesn't come across as one of his funnier bits because the audience realizes he's talking about them. It hits a little too close to home.
He died almost 14 years ago. Before the financial crisis hit, and he had them all figured out. It's almost like they looked around the corner. "Is he gone?? Carlin's dead? OK, full speed ahead fuckers! Let's fuck the world with that blue, white and red dick!"
He has material from the 90's about humans being an invasive species with no natural predators and that earth would muster some defence, like a hornet colony protecting itself, and wipe us out with a pandemic.
100% and people don’t want to believe it. THE POTUS CANT READ, TALK, WALK AND HAS TO BE GIVEN LINES TO READ SO HE DOESN’T GET IN TROUBLE but nobody seems to notice nobody seems to care….
Mr. Carlin is at his most honest, observant and critical here. Not his funniest bit, but there are a few laughs from the audience, probably laughter to relieve discomfort. I love this bit because George Carlin was not only funny, but crucial to our culture. We need someone like George to carry the torch for continued enlightenment.
Many truths are said in jest. I've noticed this trait amongst modern stand-upcomedian-critics too. At least four comes to mind immediately. Bill Maher, John Oliver, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert. Way to go 👍. There are more of them getting the message out there!
@@RapunzelSA You are kidding right? Those are some of the biggest lying propagandists out there. The best on your list is Maher who is right about half the time, and the other half is either lying or willfully ignorant. He frames himself as balanced while blatantly lying in his criticisms of always one side while softballing the other. Dude is either a stooge, or a willing puppet that sold his soul for the benefits that come with being the mouthpiece for more powerful interests. The one good quality he has is that he does seem to have a baseline of real liberal principles that causes him to call out the MOST obscene or ridiculous stuff from "his team." But that's the best I can say for any of them. It all goes rapidly down hill from there. These voices ARE the controlled media of the oligarchs Carlin is talking about, and you only need to see a few examples of them wildly editing people out of context to smear them with the opposite of reality to see just how truly evil the rest of those pieces of s*** really are, as they pretend that their lies and life destroying slander are "just jokes bro" whenever they get caught. Seriously f'ing evil most of those people.
As long as this bit is still relevant, the world hasn’t been fixed. We need to strive for a future where this legendary bit will make people think “what is he even talking about?”
Jammin' in New York has some neat stuff about how before we can really destroy planet Earth it will come up with a way to control our numbers, perhaps with some sort of a virus...
@@billbeliakoff5589 because of one thing and one thing only ,one of the oldest saying in the book, “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” these elites have made so much fucking money off of us working class why would they regulate and expand the wealth to the whole country when they could just say “fuck em” and take all the money. It’s how its always has been and never will change.
No comedian before or since has ever had a better parting shot. On his way out of this world. He spoke the truth all of us are feeling. God bless you Sir. You were an inspiration to countless comedians and to the American people in general. RIP.
He called it, nearly 20 years ago and still true to this very moment. People think this election is going to solve our problems guess what? You will never vote your way out of this mess, its over.
@@RYMAN1321 yup. Now all immigrants wanna come here even if it'll cost their life trying. To work some frozen fruit warehouse under the table or under a temp agency who takes $5/hour from their pay.
This is growing more and more relevant. it's never been left vs right, it's rich vs poor. Edit: Two years later, guy below me is right. To be more accurate it's good vs evil
"More and more relevant?" My brother, this dude is wizened and dead, and he was still saying it as a matter of course. It's ALWAYS been relevant, we just hear it, say: "Man, he's right! Anyway..." and forget it. It's never NOT been relevant. It's the entire US system for decades back!
I first watched George Carlin on Shining Time Station. Loved that show as a kid. His stand up opened my eyes and my mind so i could eventually learn the real facts. Thank you, George.
Every mounth i need to come by and listen this again. "Its called the american dream, because you have to be sleep to belive it"... People keep sleeping but the alarm is on guys.
When I show this to my family and friends I’m called a conspiracy theorist. ‘We live in a Democracy’ I hear them cry. Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.
This is the most honest and accurate speech about USA politics that has ever been made. Should be required listening and learning from and debated in college politics.
RIP Genius of a comedian, wish you were here today. I saw Mr. CARLIN way back 1971 at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY. He was incredibly gifted at telling the Truth but with sardonic humor. Today he'd be cancelled by the haters that dispose the Truth. Rock up there with your fellow comedians Mr. Carlin. Thank you for your insight!
Well back then he did fake weather reports in funny voices. It wasn't very cancel-worthy, and even his "7 words" controversy didn't ruin him. He did his real-world stuff in more recent years and never got cancelled. And I think he would have kept evolving with time, and just kept saying true stuff that everyone can relate to and agree on. He would have been nice to have around in this time of need.
George Carlin was right back then and he’s even more correct now. He’s looking down on all this mess thinking I told ya so! We need more people like him call out all the bullshit for what it is.
2005-2023= Here we have a man who was 18 years ahead of his time. What is more admirable is that in 2023 he is STILL ahead of his time. The most profound prophets come from the most distant places.
For years and years and years I tried to get people to listen to George, saying this guy knows the truth and he's telling it. No one listened. Fucking no one. Today? Everything he said has come true. Miss you so much, George.
My dad was in the Air Force when I was young. We left Italy in 1981. My dad told me and my two siblings "Understand one thing about the world kids... American big business controls the world." This is 1981 and my dad knew the truth.
They don’t want to face it. It’s too painful. My friends want to be entertained and call me a downer. But I’m funny. I can make them laugh, but I’m not laughing. Glad I’m the age that I am, because one lie we have been told. The truth will set you free. No, it won’t. Blinded by the light. It means the truth will break you. People can’t handle it. That’s why people love fairy tales and things like video games, movies, shopping, believing their lives and the lives of the babies they bring into the world will be fine. It won’t.
This man is a true genius. I listen to this when people fight amongst themselves when people back one of the two parties. Especially around elections. This man is generational scholar disguised as a comedian
How well and accurate has this aged!? The irony, is anyone in the audience who is laughing is laughing at their own impotence. Carlin was brilliant...truth by way of "comedy", that always makes the messaging palatable...otherwise you get tossed into the "conspiracy theory heap". But here we are decades later and the "club" is more powerful than ever. 1984 was "fiction" & Carlin was a "comedian".
I watch George a few times weekly, especially his later more cynical stuff 👍 by far the best comedian/philosopher EVER, I love Pryor, hicks , Dangerfield, hedberg, gallagher etc, nobody is on the same level as Mr Carlin, we miss you George.
@@snelgrave101 this vid. here, and his vid. on Voting- shows how his intellect and honesty was on another level. He was truth telling here. So brave, so aware and perceptive. His 'Modern Man' vid. also is pretty impressive. His words/message are timeless. But oh, if he seen all that is happening today....... 😉🤔😖🤯🙄😖
I don't think he wanted people to laugh at this. I genuinely think that here he wasn't even trying to be funny anymore. He was using his last days/moments to get us to wake the hell up
This man didn't do stand up comedy, he did stand up truth
It was comedy,he never did anything about it,he never grabbed a gun and fought against the things he complained about,talk,talk.
Talk is cheap and fixes nothing,but the man did make money with this comedy.
@@giovannisocci8793 haha. And the fuck have you done?
What exactly have YOU DONE about the problems of this nation?
@@hlessiavedon whine and complain like this man did,only I chose not to profit.
@@hlessiavedon I’ve helped pay for food for people who couldn’t. I worked as a volunteer in a food bank, I’ve picked up trash of my own volition wherever I went.
Once again George Carlin is proven right
If he was alive today, he would have said "I told you so."
Kev Smith Silent Bob?
I do wish he were alive for all this. He'd have soo much to say.
If he was still around today, he would let everybody have it.
he didn't have to say "I told you so"
we already knew
Imagine how long he would last saying this in China?! Or Russia? I love this, so right
American dream is going into debt to buy things you can't afford just to impress people you dont like
Agree
That reminds me of another similar quote, "Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need."
@@ProBoltForever456fight club (1999)
Democrat voters need to watch this
It’s hedonism
“Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care “ this sentence tells everything about us.
And those that do notice and care are called conspiracy theorists
This tells everything about why I finally got out of the united states
@@IAMNOTBLACK-eo2yx its worse everywhere else mahn
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Maybe you should go after the real problems then the fake ones
Carlin has been gone 15 years, yet this is still 100% accurate today, and still will be 15 years from now.
The only way this stuff won’t be relevant is when the American people stop fighting each other and ban together to stop these rich assholes. We are going to have to burn it down like they do in France. Only then will we have a government working for us.
EXACTLY
Not 100% but Nowadays 1000% and rising.!
The things he would say about todays society man I wish he was here still I can hear him now haha
MORE accurate !
It's called the "American Dream" because you have to be asleep to believe it. BRILLIANT!
Truth and brilliance!☮️🌈🙏😎🦄🤟🎉❤🆗💙💚🧡💜
This is the greatest 5 minute segment in history. EVERYTHING he says, is true.
every. fucking. word.
Every single bit
In history or in television history?
And this was in 2008 right in the heart of the dogmatically patriotic Iraq war era. Listen to the awkwardness of the crowd when he starts talking about freedom of choice in this country.
End of overtime? And it’s just doomerism. Average full time worker salary as of this comment is 55k which can buy a 300k home. If you make more than 35k you’re a top 1% earner in the world, congrats you’re the privileged ahole to 99% of the human population
When he repeats himself that the government “doesn’t care about you” that is incredibly powerful because of how true it is.
And how serious he was.
Government is NOT a monolithic entity. What he is talking about is WHO is invested with political power to determine the actions of your government...be it in the county, state, or the federal level...the patrician donor class. There is no lobby for the poor in DC, hence the half-century of neoliberal deregulatory, union-busting, and special-interest peddling policymaking. All of which has given rise to a new populism, which knows no party, in reaction to the loss of social mobility, financial security, and peace of mind. Sadly, there is only one form of populism that has achieved political power today...the sort that vilifies the most vulnerable members of American society...be it welfare recipients or immigrants as an invasive other, with all of its faux, performative patriotism, folk devilry, conspiratorial narratives, hyperbole, vitriol, mendacity, falsehoods, and yes, a newfound advocacy of authoritarianism. These poor people have been commodified as voters to shift tax burdens from the wealthy onto themselves, dismantle their public education system for charters, vouchers, and private schools, and lavish every tartuffe with idolatry in believing that a criminal charlatan and wannabe strongman is an agent of a God. These Americans are a generation lost and Carlin is fortunate enough not to have seen this fascism come to fruition with their threats of civil strife and political violence at a time when the world needs American leadership most against a new axis of illiberal autocratic powers utilizing our tribalistic polarization for their gain.
I replayed that part, I loved it so much.
George Carlin hit the nail on the head and it's about to get worse for us Americans, there's no going back we're done
He was a poet, a philosopher, a comedian and an inspiration.
A linguist
Socio Political Commentary
This is perfect. George Carlin was a genius
He was spot on years ago.
Almost 20 years later and this man's message is more relevant now than it was then. God bless Carlin.
He is an atheist so no need to say "God bless carlin"
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@@life-sf1oz As an atheist too, I think he'd appreciate the sentiment. He'd certainly appreciate the irony, at the very least.
you mean Joe Pesci hahaha
Schools out, folks. Legendary.
If he was alive today, not a single word from this would be changed.
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It's more relevant now than when he said it. Things have gotten worse, not better.
It's even more relevant now. I think this doesn't come across as one of his funnier bits because the audience realizes he's talking about them. It hits a little too close to home.
He died almost 14 years ago. Before the financial crisis hit, and he had them all figured out.
It's almost like they looked around the corner. "Is he gone?? Carlin's dead? OK, full speed ahead fuckers! Let's fuck the world with that blue, white and red dick!"
He has material from the 90's about humans being an invasive species with no natural predators and that earth would muster some defence, like a hornet colony protecting itself, and wipe us out with a pandemic.
Damn this hasn't aged at all & i love that Quote "It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to belive it" -George Carlin.
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*believe
"The flag is a symbol. And I leave symbols to the symbol-minded." - George Carlin
I argue it aged just fine.
One of my absolute favorite quotes.
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.”
Spending money you don‘t have on things you don‘t need … to impress people you don‘t like.
I am a consumer, I am a baby boomer🙋🏼♀️
Sounds like christmas to me 😮
Fight Club
This rings true to this day
5 minutes of Gospel
George Carlin, America's Philosopher King.
Everything George said in this clip is absolutely 100% True!!!
100% and people don’t want to believe it. THE POTUS CANT READ, TALK, WALK AND HAS TO BE GIVEN LINES TO READ SO HE DOESN’T GET IN TROUBLE but nobody seems to notice nobody seems to care….
Mr. Carlin is at his most honest, observant and critical here. Not his funniest bit, but there are a few laughs from the audience, probably laughter to relieve discomfort. I love this bit because George Carlin was not only funny, but crucial to our culture. We need someone like George to carry the torch for continued enlightenment.
He called out alot of the terrible American Culture. It still holds up today!
YES
he definitely is woke.
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We have someone. His name is Bill Burr
This will go down in history as one of the greatest speeches ever. 😢
The American Dream vs I Have a Dream 😢😔😞😕🤔
This should be viewed by 340 million people
More relevant now than ever.
News flash folks. He's not lying.
He sounds like a prophet now.
He is.
His finest hour.
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George left us 15 years ago today. He's more relevant than ever. R.I.P. George Carlin (May 12, 1937-June 22, 2008).
Amidst the financial crisis of 08
He knew what’s coming so he hauled ass! Thank you and RIP!🙏🙏thanks
If only he was alive today to see the chaos today. Years later and still relevant. Quite sad.
This man speaks the truth.....❤❤❤
He would have loved this past 15 months.
GEORGE CARLIN DEAD AT 84 DUE TO COVID-19-RELATED MYDIOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Rest in peace George Carlin
The older I get, the more I realize that he wasn't telling jokes. Truth seems funny when you aren't used to hearing it.
Many truths are said in jest. I've noticed this trait amongst modern stand-upcomedian-critics too. At least four comes to mind immediately. Bill Maher, John Oliver, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert. Way to go 👍. There are more of them getting the message out there!
@@RapunzelSA You are kidding right? Those are some of the biggest lying propagandists out there. The best on your list is Maher who is right about half the time, and the other half is either lying or willfully ignorant. He frames himself as balanced while blatantly lying in his criticisms of always one side while softballing the other. Dude is either a stooge, or a willing puppet that sold his soul for the benefits that come with being the mouthpiece for more powerful interests. The one good quality he has is that he does seem to have a baseline of real liberal principles that causes him to call out the MOST obscene or ridiculous stuff from "his team." But that's the best I can say for any of them. It all goes rapidly down hill from there. These voices ARE the controlled media of the oligarchs Carlin is talking about, and you only need to see a few examples of them wildly editing people out of context to smear them with the opposite of reality to see just how truly evil the rest of those pieces of s*** really are, as they pretend that their lies and life destroying slander are "just jokes bro" whenever they get caught. Seriously f'ing evil most of those people.
@@RapunzelSA oh good grief you really still listen to those liberal comics? 🤦♂️
Carlin was way different than those sellouts
George was a master of words and thoughts and what was said back then is still true today
As long as this bit is still relevant, the world hasn’t been fixed.
We need to strive for a future where this legendary bit will make people think “what is he even talking about?”
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Jammin' in New York has some neat stuff about how before we can really destroy planet Earth it will come up with a way to control our numbers, perhaps with some sort of a virus...
Well, America anyway.
@@mckavitt13 that problem is everywhere, not just america. But the US is much more extreme yeah
Why does this only have 36k views??? Should be around 3M.
It’s just like Carlin said they control the media and dangle distractions in front of your face so you ignore the important things.
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People don't like the truth
@@brucenyakundi8594 The truth hurts
Seen him live 22 years ago and changed my life forever. RIP Georgy
i like how blunt he is. one of my favorite stand up comedians, r.i.p.
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He’s not blunt. He’s old school youngster. I was raised by depression era Grandparents. He’s as real as you’ll ever see. Listen and learn.
Each of Carlin's bits continues to age like fine wine - the older it gets, the better
There was that stuff about eating disorders ("Rich c*** don't wanna eat? F*** her...") that didn't age particularly well. But otherwise you're right.
And it, amazingly, remains relevant.
@@billbeliakoff5589 because of one thing and one thing only ,one of the oldest saying in the book, “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” these elites have made so much fucking money off of us working class why would they regulate and expand the wealth to the whole country when they could just say “fuck em” and take all the money. It’s how its always has been and never will change.
No comedian before or since has ever had a better parting shot. On his way out of this world. He spoke the truth all of us are feeling. God bless you Sir. You were an inspiration to countless comedians and to the American people in general. RIP.
Probably killed for his message
Especially relevant today!
This man predicted the future, unintentionally.
He called it, nearly 20 years ago and still true to this very moment.
People think this election is going to solve our problems guess what?
You will never vote your way out of this mess, its over.
"The American dream: because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin
Our corporations sold the American Dream overseas beginning in the 70’s and 80’s for cheap labor, at least that’s what I’ve always heard
@@RYMAN1321 yup. Now all immigrants wanna come here even if it'll cost their life trying. To work some frozen fruit warehouse under the table or under a temp agency who takes $5/hour from their pay.
George always nailed it!
Most American still believe in it🤔
@@FrancoisPerez-tm8ym most Americans are stupid
We need George Carlin now more than ever. Watching George Carlin's comedy should be a college subject.
I never get sick of Carlin. 🐐🐐🐐
He was definitely sick of us the American people for allowing to get screwed...
Same
This is growing more and more relevant. it's never been left vs right, it's rich vs poor.
Edit: Two years later, guy below me is right. To be more accurate it's good vs evil
class warfare
"More and more relevant?" My brother, this dude is wizened and dead, and he was still saying it as a matter of course.
It's ALWAYS been relevant, we just hear it, say: "Man, he's right! Anyway..." and forget it. It's never NOT been relevant. It's the entire US system for decades back!
Good vs evil sleepy head
Viewing reality that way is marxist in nature which is sure as hell left vs right.
Facts
Fast forward 2024, if he was still alive now, the ‘comedy free speech absolutists’ would call Carlin a ‘woke idiot’.
"It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it" George nailed it.
Even in his grave he still speak the truth.
I first watched George Carlin on Shining Time Station. Loved that show as a kid. His stand up opened my eyes and my mind so i could eventually learn the real facts. Thank you, George.
Every mounth i need to come by and listen this again. "Its called the american dream, because you have to be sleep to belive it"... People keep sleeping but the alarm is on guys.
We just keep hitting the snooze button 😔🤔😕🙏
@corabernal6432 Damn true.
George is the grandfather I never had! Spoke what was on his mind and didnt give a damn as to what ppl thought of him. RIP my dude =)
He's the mentor every young man needs, no b.s. from him.
This man would be getting so much hate these days from the rich.
Because he’s right.
Fuck the rich. May they rot in hell
True, funny, & sad all at the same time. My all time favorite comedian George Carlin. Thank you George. Rip.
He's the best comedian/philosopher that lived in the 20th/21st century.
Absolutely miss this man. What an incredible mind masquerading as a comic.
He is a philosopher
They’re world wide owners not only in the US
this should have 8 billion views
There Is No escape unless you're financially free
When I show this to my family and friends I’m called a conspiracy theorist. ‘We live in a Democracy’ I hear them cry. Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.
The most brilliant 5 minutes of comedy ever?
I prefer Adam Sandler poop and dick jokes
Comedy ? It's more truth bombs lmao
This is the most honest and accurate speech about USA politics that has ever been made. Should be required listening and learning from and debated in college politics.
This speech got him killed. Just like JFK’s speech about secret societies.
We need George more now than ever
Every word this man just said has already happened . He was a great visionary RIP George Carlin ...
He sure called it.
Sadly missed, RIP George, more relevant than ever now.
He is spot on, especially starting at 1:45…He couldn’t be more correct. It’s as if he said this today.
The relevance of this clip is almost surreal.
The most meaningful commentary on american life.
"They got you by the balls"
People: * clap *
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RIP Genius of a comedian, wish you were here today.
I saw Mr. CARLIN way back 1971 at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY. He was incredibly gifted at telling the Truth but with sardonic humor.
Today he'd be cancelled by the haters that dispose the Truth.
Rock up there with your fellow comedians Mr. Carlin. Thank you for your insight!
Well back then he did fake weather reports in funny voices. It wasn't very cancel-worthy, and even his "7 words" controversy didn't ruin him. He did his real-world stuff in more recent years and never got cancelled. And I think he would have kept evolving with time, and just kept saying true stuff that everyone can relate to and agree on. He would have been nice to have around in this time of need.
George Carlin was right back then and he’s even more correct now. He’s looking down on all this mess thinking I told ya so! We need more people like him call out all the bullshit for what it is.
Oh what now he’s an invisible man in the sky !
Check out Awakening with JP Sears. Totally different style, funny but impactful.
2005-2023= Here we have a man who was 18 years ahead of his time. What is more admirable is that in 2023 he is STILL ahead of his time. The most profound prophets come from the most distant places.
He was ON time all the time . 😢
Who is here in 2024
Me
Yo. San Antonio Texas
I've been here the whole time bro
Yup
meee
If he was still around today, he'd be having a whole ass field day with everyone, no one would be safe.
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He could single handedly bomb America and I’d congratulate him from the grave! 🇺🇸
For years and years and years I tried to get people to listen to George, saying this guy knows the truth and he's telling it. No one listened. Fucking no one. Today? Everything he said has come true. Miss you so much, George.
So true
Words to live by
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This is aging like wine now
YOU WERE SO RIGHT ABOUT IT ALL GEORGE! WE NEED YOU HERE TODAY MORE THAN EVER.
Spot on, then and now. Few people in the public eye used their platform to present such blunt, unflinching honesty.
George Carlin, my favorite comedian of all time! 🎉
We're beyond comedian, but you're sporting that avatar so I get why you have to make that kind of comment.
Carlin, Hicks, and Stanhope...the three best of the best for hard truths in a fun package.
"They sell you the American dream, because you need to be asleep to believe it". Priceless words!
My dad was in the Air Force when I was young. We left Italy in 1981. My dad told me and my two siblings "Understand one thing about the world kids... American big business controls the world." This is 1981 and my dad knew the truth.
This is more relevant now than in anytime in history.
Geez I miss this bloke !! He’s magic and very clever !
They don’t want to face it. It’s too painful. My friends want to be entertained and call me a downer. But I’m funny. I can make them laugh, but I’m not laughing. Glad I’m the age that I am, because one lie we have been told. The truth will set you free. No, it won’t. Blinded by the light. It means the truth will break you. People can’t handle it. That’s why people love fairy tales and things like video games, movies, shopping, believing their lives and the lives of the babies they bring into the world will be fine. It won’t.
Brilliant
It's like having the sand shift beneath your feet everytime I come back and have a listen or a ponder. It becomes clearer and more true.
This man is a true genius. I listen to this when people fight amongst themselves when people back one of the two parties. Especially around elections. This man is generational scholar disguised as a comedian
How well and accurate has this aged!? The irony, is anyone in the audience who is laughing is laughing at their own impotence. Carlin was brilliant...truth by way of "comedy", that always makes the messaging palatable...otherwise you get tossed into the "conspiracy theory heap". But here we are decades later and the "club" is more powerful than ever. 1984 was "fiction" & Carlin was a "comedian".
Who is still watching 2024
Right here. America is slavery
I'll never forget this man
It still relevant today. Its happening now......still.
I watch George a few times weekly, especially his later more cynical stuff 👍 by far the best comedian/philosopher EVER, I love Pryor, hicks , Dangerfield, hedberg, gallagher etc, nobody is on the same level as Mr Carlin, we miss you George.
@@snelgrave101 this vid. here, and his vid. on Voting- shows how his intellect and honesty was on another level. He was truth telling here. So brave, so aware and perceptive. His 'Modern Man' vid. also is pretty impressive. His words/message are timeless. But oh, if he seen all that is happening today....... 😉🤔😖🤯🙄😖
Carlin is the real deal and tells it like it really is....
This was 15 years ago, and now it's becoming more obvious, yet most still don't see it.
He was definitely ahead of his time
Even more true today than it was back in 2005.
I don't think he wanted people to laugh at this. I genuinely think that here he wasn't even trying to be funny anymore. He was using his last days/moments to get us to wake the hell up
Absolutely.
Imagine if they played this on the Fourth of July, uncensored, instead of the fireworks...
That's a wonderfully compelling idea
@@anothenymously7054 Thanks, Anotheny.