It's a cronyist scam almost as old as time. What is a king, really, if not a violent criminal, leading a gang into a land that was not his, and saying that it is now his, and anyone who argues will be killed? And what makes him a king instead of a dictator? Why, god does. The church. A bishop or pope who says "Ah, yes, you are indeed the rightful ruler of this land, which is conquered _most_ justly. So long as you help spread our faith, god's got your back, fam!" And thereafter, it's just "Well, my daddy was king, so I'm king."
@@hazukichanx408 Kings existed before being backed by religions. King comes from old english (aka Germanic) Kin and þeoden meaning CHIEF an even older word. It is nothing more than an expansion of a word that goes back before recorded history, the head of the tribe. The anarchist scam(read rebel without a CLUE) is the idea that land belongs to anyone.
The only lesson you can learn from the history is: "Nobody learns from the history". Carlin is relevant until things in US change.... he has a lot of years to be relevant in the future.
@@coldravioli7839 perhaps. But I still think 🍊🤡 is going to be worse. I was to young during Reagan to know the total details, and my parents were practically his fan club unfortunately
@@OfficialGeorgeCarlin Unfortunately, the second half of this hasn’t aged well. The internet being totally unregulated is proof of this. Conspiracy theories and propaganda have almost completely drowned out expert qualified information. Give a poorly educated population unfettered access to technology that allows them to say whatever they want to everyone and you’ll have your Idiocracy in no time. And here we are.
@@MrTroySinister Yeah, right! When you’ve been on the planet long enough, or you’re a history buff, you start to see the repetitive pattern, and it’s not a good thing imho.
This might be my most-quoted George Carlin rant. I will be 40 soon and this is from when I was 2, and yet we never learn a damn thing in this country apparently. Thank you for sharing it when it's more important than ever.
I was 17 years old when this was filmed. Wow we just keep chasing our tails.Those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it. And it's like a merry go round.
This performance was done in 1988 but it is just as relevant today. I swear this country has taken one step forward and three steps back over the last 30 or 40 years. How many times do we need to learn the same lessons? The fundamental problem with democracy is that it requires an intelligent and involved electorate.
Well, that _and_ the fact that one major political party in the US is only paying lip service to getting education where it needs to be, while the other major party actively dismantles education as much as it can. They both benefit from keeping people ignorant, and most of all keeping them from considering alternative political systems... like, say, banning _both_ of these fucking parties - the Do-Nothing Centrists and Malicious Right-Wingers alike. No Super PAC's gonna help you after that!
Trump's first term, and second-term campaign, sounded awfully 'familiar' to me. Not just with what ol' George was talking about, either. But also with something described in history books. A certain European country in the 1920s, 1930s, and early 1940s.... And one fellow in particular. Weird looking, excitable little dude, wild-eyed, funny haircut, funky mustache. Spoke lots of gibberish, surrouded himsel with loyalists, siezed 'absolute control', disregarded his country's constitution, directed insane amounts of hate toward a particular group, advocated for a 'final solution' just like Trump.... Oh, what was his name.....?
@@thomasjones4570 Go on 'believing' that. Just like religion, your 'beliefs' are more important to you than actual facts, logic, or reason. As somene who has actually studied history, I have basis for MY remarks. And you have no rational basis for YOURS. That's why you're mad. You got nothin.... And now WE BOTH KNOW IT. Go ahead. Say some MORE monumentally stupid shit. Trump DID say he loves the uneducated, after all. ' 'And you were one of those who cheered when he said that, right?
Well, it seems too many followed GC's advice not to vote because to him "it doesn't make a difference". That was the one point this otherwise smart man was utterly wrong. And this time it would have made the biggest difference possible.
Schools should be required to be shown George’s standup work. When I was in high school, my English teacher showed us some of his work and we were all shocked by the things he said but our teacher wanted us to learn about how society expects us to follow a certain agenda but he wanted us to follow our own agenda. Don’t follow this corrupt system, separate yourself. I’m very grateful I had a teacher like him for showing us George. He was a prophet ahead of his time.
@@jamesthomas3282aint it funny how conservatives talk about how the left cancels people. But all those people claiming to be cancelled ARE STILL F***ing talking on national media!!!!! Cancel culture was a conservative concept! (Refer to the satanic panic). Liberals don’t cancel people, they speak out. The people who supposedly got cancelled by liberals as just people who were losing popularity and tried being edgy to stir up a fanbase again. When it failed, they claimed they were cancelled. No, Roseanne, you just aren’t funny.
The very nature of prophecy is it's before it's time, but yes one of the most prescient people of our time. Can you imagine if he were around now. HOLY 💩!!!
@@dlewtweentorla1210 Trump supporters aren't capable of critical thinking. That's just fantasy. The Trump administration makes Nixon and Reagan look like saints. And Americans voted for this felon. Not looking good for America, when the worst conman of all time is able to fool 70 million people. Make America Educated Again.
Norm MacDonald is the best to ever do it. George and Bill should be your favorite comedians when you're 18. They're like the Beatles. OK pop with minimal replay value.
Those that attempt to erase history, want it repeated. there is a reason conservatives ban certain books in schools. the last thing they want is people smart enough not to vote for them. they call it being "woke".
Republicans being Republicans. Freedom and liberty for everyone that agrees with me. Restrictions for everyone else. Vote against your own interests, they're the party for you.
Freedom for business and the wealthy. They've successfully conned people into thinking that freedom for businesses to do as they please is the same thing as personal freedom.
we need a class at every level of the American educational system on The Satire of George Carlin. MAYBE we'd be prepared everytime our politicians pull the same scams on us?
Haven’t seen this one in a while. Even more relevant today than back then. George would have a field day with what’s about to happen in the next four years.
George is saying that if something on the radio or television offends you, you can always turn it off or change the channel. So what should be allowed? Everything? Where do you draw the line? Do you believe there should be standards? Television shows are produced as entertainment, true, but if they aren't making money they're cancelled. So if everything were allowed and making money was the primary objective, all networks would be porn channels. This is why we have standards.
Back when we used to actually censure and convict our politicians. Better times. I Miss George. I remember listening to his albums on the family stereo. My dad made me wear headphones when his mother was visiting. Something about dirty words. And smoking dope.
It’s always the 1% using Christian fanaticism to suppress everyday Americans. You got to ask how many times people are going to keep shooting themselves in the foot? Sadly, the political establishment is so deeply entrenched that it’s hard to vote for real change, and this next presidency will only rob people of more of their voice, to fund the coming oligarch / billionaire government.
When you have no common sense and know nothing about your historical roots, then you set yourself up to be manipulated and lied to by those who would not act on your behalf. People in this country are still too willing to accept the word on a con man, believe his concocted brew of spew because it plays to their fears and lack of information and then join his cultish, fervent band of followers. I don't think in general that people worldwide will ever learn. It's not just a problem with Americans, it's everywhere and gaining popularity because it's easier to abdicate your responsibility to others and then sit back and wonder why it doesn't work for you, rather than jumping into the fray and trying to make a difference.
Nothing new under the sun, is there? This bit is particularly mind-blowing to me, as it really drives home just how much his influence still lives in me. I would go so far as to say there are two great men who shaped my unashamedly liberal point of view, especially as a teenager/young man: George Carlin, and my Dad-born a scant nine months apart. RIP to them both. ☮💙
He tried. I never found him funny because what he was saying was true! He was using his wit and sarcasm to try and alert people to the absurdity of conformity and the delusion of religion. He would then demonstrate through his routines how they were applied to dupe and control people to act and vote against their own best self-interests. He would be doing a regular series on t.v. if he were alive today, because there is way too much material to work with now!
The level of accuracy is otherworldly. He's on the other side laughing at us followed by 'I told you so'. Mistakes will repeat until we get a hang of them a couple of generations down the line. Let's wait another 50 years; people are slow.
I hated Reagan as governor of California, and I sure as hell didn't vote for him as president. Reagan for all his chicanery is a version of Trump Lite. Reagan's greatest role was that of president. He lied to the American people to get into office and then he spent eight years setting the charges to the pillars of our democratic republic so that future sycophants could set them off one by one and begin the demolition process of our institutions and democratic way of life. Forty years later thanks to the help of the newly formed billionaire class and 24hr. misinformation news spewing their lies over and over again, until they morph into truisms, we now have a completely uninformed electorate that when presented the facts give you the middle finger and vote for a convicted felon and rapist! You're right that nothing has changed, it's been replaced with an even more cynical and destructive band of people. The crazies have taken over the asylum!!! Hang on to your hat!
I was a kid and purchased the album FM/AM. Within a couple of weeks was acting it out (as any kid would) and had it memorized word for word. Finally git tickets to see George LIVE eight years later and never laughed so hard in my life. At one point not being able to catch my breath from the hilarity of the most brilliant comedian ever! After that never missed a tour if he was anywhere within day's drive away. George Carlin was the greatest, always moving forward with the times and making us think about real issues and questioning everything. Truly wish George was living today, to hear his views on not only US politics but world affairs and how hed view how crazy the world has got with political correctness, free speech (not so free anymore) , social media and of course his take on pronouns (because ya know his breakdowns of the English language and how pronouns are used would be incredible).
I would like to thank George for teaching me to look beyond the bull to the true source of a problem or situation. It gets me in a lot of trouble so I sometimes remain quiet. It's better to be able to control the amount of lies and deceit they want to stack on us.
I had teachers back in the 70's and early 80's who basically taught what George was simply pointing out in his comedy routines. Paying attention to history and calling out political b.s. It's called "critical thinking." Most Americans, despite what the so-called news will tell you, are poorly educated and many today can't even answer the simplest of questions posed to them. They have been brainwashed by 40 years of right-wing disinformation with no one (the democratic party) calling out the fear mongering and the republicans immoral and unethical behavior. Money is now speech, and corporations are people. Everything is "breaking" news and full of speculation and sensationalism, but no evidence, no facts. Oh, and by the way the facts don't seem to matter on one side of the political aisle. I'll let you figure out for yourself which aisle that is. Reagan was the beginning of the end of this great experiment we call our democratic republic and laid the groundwork from which the uber wealthy and powerful in this country have built what we now see today-an oligarchy.
If I watched this video every time I felt frustrated at the Gov’t, it would be playing every day! What a joy to have his wisdom saved for (hopefully) posterity! Thank you George ☮️
@Dee-JayW no their whole point is that he was describing events of the time, and yet 30-40 years later things arent any different. Not prophecy at all, just disappointing reality
America wouldn’t be in the corporate / pseudo Christian takeover it’s about to go into if George were still with us. He woke the masses with his political humour, we need more like George.
Yep! And thanks to all of those again who bowed out and didn't even participate. A lot of no shows this time around, I guess no one knows enough to even care. They will though in just a few short months from now! We paid a hefty price for electing Reagan, but this one could end everything that we once held dear-our freedoms and liberties.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” Everyone thinks about historical stuff from hundreds of years ago, but no. Our memories are in fact much, much shorter.
it's genuinely amazing how history repeats itself, and we continue to let these things happen. i think George realized this and how stupid the average person is and it caused him to become a bit of an anarchist in his later performances.
Anyone who is a fan of George Carlin, should look up musician Jesse Welles. Jesse is very talented writer currently putting out incredibly witty songs on current events. Jesse has a way with words that puts me in the mind of George, Dylan, Prine, Silverstein, but in a way that is all his own. Im just a big fan who wants to spread his tunes to ears that are tuned in a way that will appreciate it. ⚡💗🎶🧬📻
"People are predictable. Unchanging. Monotonous. They use the same language, they offer the same excuses, they make the same mistakes. People, are endlessly disappointing. Because you hope they won't be."
George Carlin is, and was, one for the most astute political commentators of his, or any other generation. His commentary is as prevalent now, as it was when he was alive. Jon Stewart has the same perspective today.
George wasn't "ahead of his time". He was very much of his time; we just keep doing the same old shit. They never learn.
This.
No, one seems to pay attention to history. You are right.
The evangelicals learned; they stopped preaching about morals because it kept making them look hypocrytical. Now the preach "values".
He understood the nature of humanity and articulated its absurdity.
Best comment
"Organized religion and organized crime working together..." Rings true today.
Also rings true of corporate democrats and organized crime. basically everything in this bit other than the abortion part the Democrats are doing.
It's a cronyist scam almost as old as time. What is a king, really, if not a violent criminal, leading a gang into a land that was not his, and saying that it is now his, and anyone who argues will be killed? And what makes him a king instead of a dictator? Why, god does. The church. A bishop or pope who says "Ah, yes, you are indeed the rightful ruler of this land, which is conquered _most_ justly. So long as you help spread our faith, god's got your back, fam!" And thereafter, it's just "Well, my daddy was king, so I'm king."
@@hazukichanx408 Kings existed before being backed by religions. King comes from old english (aka Germanic) Kin and þeoden meaning CHIEF an even older word.
It is nothing more than an expansion of a word that goes back before recorded history, the head of the tribe.
The anarchist scam(read rebel without a CLUE) is the idea that land belongs to anyone.
How sad is it that this is still relevant almost forty years later?
He tried warning the people for decades. You guys didn’t listen.
Relevant? Relevant, you say??? Not relevant, this is down right accurate to the letter.
@@Dee-JayWJon Stewart listened. George will be my write-in candidate for President in 2028 with Jon as his VP.
@@mauallison7755Carlin's gone, you know that right? If you didnt i'm sorry you had to find out via a youtube comment.
The only lesson you can learn from the history is: "Nobody learns from the history". Carlin is relevant until things in US change.... he has a lot of years to be relevant in the future.
I miss you George. What you are describing in this show is exactly what is happening in the USA now.
Reagan didn't have sh*t on what we're about to get
Atleast r/LeopardsAteMyFace is gonna be fun to read for the next 4 years.
It never stopped happening.
@@revwillyg6450 I think you underestimate the monstrosity of the Reagan administration.
@@coldravioli7839 perhaps. But I still think 🍊🤡 is going to be worse. I was to young during Reagan to know the total details, and my parents were practically his fan club unfortunately
Holy crapola, and here we are again! We have got to stop going in circles! Thanks for the reminder.👍💕
You got it! Thanks for watching!
I wish you weren't so right, but you totally are. 😕🤦♀🤦♂
@@OfficialGeorgeCarlin Unfortunately, the second half of this hasn’t aged well. The internet being totally unregulated is proof of this. Conspiracy theories and propaganda have almost completely drowned out expert qualified information. Give a poorly educated population unfettered access to technology that allows them to say whatever they want to everyone and you’ll have your Idiocracy in no time. And here we are.
Yeah, right?
@@MrTroySinister Yeah, right! When you’ve been on the planet long enough, or you’re a history buff, you start to see the repetitive pattern, and it’s not a good thing imho.
This might be my most-quoted George Carlin rant. I will be 40 soon and this is from when I was 2, and yet we never learn a damn thing in this country apparently. Thank you for sharing it when it's more important than ever.
I was 17 years old when this was filmed. Wow we just keep chasing our tails.Those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it. And it's like a merry go round.
This performance was done in 1988 but it is just as relevant today. I swear this country has taken one step forward and three steps back over the last 30 or 40 years. How many times do we need to learn the same lessons? The fundamental problem with democracy is that it requires an intelligent and involved electorate.
Well, that _and_ the fact that one major political party in the US is only paying lip service to getting education where it needs to be, while the other major party actively dismantles education as much as it can. They both benefit from keeping people ignorant, and most of all keeping them from considering alternative political systems... like, say, banning _both_ of these fucking parties - the Do-Nothing Centrists and Malicious Right-Wingers alike. No Super PAC's gonna help you after that!
You may have just answered your own question.
Even though George is gone he is still teaching so many people.
Well, doesn't this sound familiar...
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Only most of it is Democrats doing it outside of the Abortion bit.
Trump's first term, and second-term campaign, sounded awfully 'familiar' to me.
Not just with what ol' George was talking about, either. But also with something described in history books. A certain European country in the 1920s, 1930s, and early 1940s.... And one fellow in particular. Weird looking, excitable little dude, wild-eyed, funny haircut, funky mustache. Spoke lots of gibberish, surrouded himsel with loyalists, siezed 'absolute control', disregarded his country's constitution, directed insane amounts of hate toward a particular group, advocated for a 'final solution' just like Trump....
Oh, what was his name.....?
@@xaenon Oh look, another delusional person...Carlin would be ripping you a new one for being so gullible.
@@thomasjones4570 Go on 'believing' that. Just like religion, your 'beliefs' are more important to you than actual facts, logic, or reason.
As somene who has actually studied history, I have basis for MY remarks. And you have no rational basis for YOURS.
That's why you're mad. You got nothin....
And now WE BOTH KNOW IT.
Go ahead. Say some MORE monumentally stupid shit. Trump DID say he loves the uneducated, after all.
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'And you were one of those who cheered when he said that, right?
Time is a flat circle.
And George will always remain timeless.
I feel like it's a forward moving spiral. In general things are advancing, but every rotation, we go a lot backwards.
36 yrs later and the exact same thing is going on and was voted for again
Simulated universe sounds more than just a theory now, doesn't it.
@batsman27 yes definitely more than a theory. He saw it coming
Well, it seems too many followed GC's advice not to vote because to him "it doesn't make a difference". That was the one point this otherwise smart man was utterly wrong. And this time it would have made the biggest difference possible.
@@einundsiebenziger5488 No it wouldn't
Didn't Age well GC Look what happened to your Democrats I know your Dead but hopefully you can see what happened
And to complete that thought: "And now they're thinking about banning toy guns - AND THEY'RE GONNA KEEP THE FUCKIN' *REAL ONES*!"
I was fortunate to see Carlin live in the late 80's. Heard a lot of these jokes back then. Hearing them again now feels like Groundhog Day.
One of my favorite bumper stickers back in the day was, "The Moral Majority is neither."
That’s great 👍
Wow.
Word for word it's our exact plight again.
If we can beat this round, Will we have to be here again in another thirty six years?
“Law and order! (but only against people we dislike)”
For my friends, anything. For my enemies, the law.
It's been happening since Rome and before
I'm frightened just how down to the details his commentary is perfectly describing our present malaise.
The more things change, the more they stay the same..
Schools should be required to be shown George’s standup work. When I was in high school, my English teacher showed us some of his work and we were all shocked by the things he said but our teacher wanted us to learn about how society expects us to follow a certain agenda but he wanted us to follow our own agenda. Don’t follow this corrupt system, separate yourself. I’m very grateful I had a teacher like him for showing us George. He was a prophet ahead of his time.
Growing up with George Carlin help me to see things clearly and that's why I'm not a blind follower of dumb s***
How fortunate that you had such a great high school teacher. Thanks for your comment.
You had a good teacher for sure!
I'm glad the teacher made a difference in you. I'm pretty that nowadays the teacher would be reported and fired
Wow! thank you and your awesome English teacher. both way ahead of your times.
Oh do I miss George! We need him now more than ever! We were lucky to have the privilege to listen to him.
Thanks for tuning in ✌️
The 'Left' would have canceled him by now.....
@@StudioDaVeed Dude can you hear ?
@@StudioDaVeedI'm on the left and I think he's funny. So you are wrong. Although maybe somebody should cancel you for saying such a stupid thing.
@@jamesthomas3282aint it funny how conservatives talk about how the left cancels people. But all those people claiming to be cancelled ARE STILL F***ing talking on national media!!!!! Cancel culture was a conservative concept! (Refer to the satanic panic). Liberals don’t cancel people, they speak out. The people who supposedly got cancelled by liberals as just people who were losing popularity and tried being edgy to stir up a fanbase again. When it failed, they claimed they were cancelled. No, Roseanne, you just aren’t funny.
With sets like these, it's baffling how the right ever thought they could co-opt this man's quotes and legacy.
This was the moment Carlin became late-stage Carlin. Legendary.
Man was a prophet before his time.
It's just that nothing has improved.
They have eyes but they don't see they have ears but they don't hear@@RobbyRaccoon
The very nature of prophecy is it's before it's time, but yes one of the most prescient people of our time. Can you imagine if he were around now. HOLY 💩!!!
@@jameswilliams3241Would be amazing to hear his take on today's politics. No matter what side of the fence folks are on, he'd make everyone think.
@@dlewtweentorla1210 Trump supporters aren't capable of critical thinking. That's just fantasy. The Trump administration makes Nixon and Reagan look like saints. And Americans voted for this felon. Not looking good for America, when the worst conman of all time is able to fool 70 million people. Make America Educated Again.
RIP George Carlin! George Carlin and Bill Hicks existing at all brings me hope. George the best to ever do it
Norm MacDonald is the best to ever do it. George and Bill should be your favorite comedians when you're 18. They're like the Beatles. OK pop with minimal replay value.
I’m glad this was brought back to UA-cam
The truth is stranger than fiction...way to go George!
36 years later & nothing has changed except the name of the Criminal in Chief!
Spot on
George, we miss you!!
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EVERYDAY!!!
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,"
History doesn't repeat but it rhymes?
Those that attempt to erase history, want it repeated. there is a reason conservatives ban certain books in schools. the last thing they want is people smart enough not to vote for them. they call it being "woke".
Republicans being Republicans. Freedom and liberty for everyone that agrees with me. Restrictions for everyone else. Vote against your own interests, they're the party for you.
Freedom and Liberty for capital, not for workers.
Freedom for business and the wealthy. They've successfully conned people into thinking that freedom for businesses to do as they please is the same thing as personal freedom.
A Brief History of the beginnings of, MAGA.....
U should probly check the scoreboard, and come to reality!😂
I was 2 years old when he did this set. 36 years later and it still rings true. Truly fucking sad.
Only even worse.
This should scare everyone as the past meets the present/present meets the past................George, thank you for sharing your wisdom!!! RIP
So Reagan had 225 criminals associated with his administration? Donald Trump says "Hold my beer..."
Biden said, he forgot
@@PowderKeg3838Why are you on a Carlin page?
@@PowderKeg3838deflection
@@ferox965Because Carlin was always topical. He was an equal opportunity attack dog and the left was not safe from him any more than the right was.
@@PowderKeg3838 We'll let you tell us. I'll wait..
Here I thought this was from last week...until he mentioned Reagan😅
Times haven't change much, Eh?
Miss you George.
Church is an entertainment venue and should be taxed extra for the damages it has done to society
Please keep the "Spirit of George Carlin" alive !
We need this man back in our lives.
George was a gem. He had it nailed back then and it just keeps getting worse and the UK is very close behind
With Australia and New Zealand not far behind U.K
we need a class at every level of the American educational system on The Satire of George Carlin. MAYBE we'd be prepared everytime our politicians pull the same scams on us?
This just shows that America does not learn from its mistakes! George was so ahead of his time, a brilliant and funny man!
Haven’t seen this one in a while. Even more relevant today than back then. George would have a field day with what’s about to happen in the next four years.
Wow, do we live in 1988 or was this recorded in 2024?
Obviously it’s 2024. No-one can convince me that in 1988 he could have known all this stuff.
@@andreatthenight3052but it was all true then too
"Reverend, are you aware that the radio has TWO knobs on it?" - Classic. And trenchant. Miss you, mofo!
George is saying that if something on the radio or television offends you, you can always turn it off or change the channel. So what should be allowed? Everything? Where do you draw the line? Do you believe there should be standards? Television shows are produced as entertainment, true, but if they aren't making money they're cancelled.
So if everything were allowed and making money was the primary objective, all networks would be porn channels.
This is why we have standards.
Excellent! George Carlin perfectly reminding us we have been here before.
Wow. Nothing changes ....
George is even more relevant today as he was 35 years ago.
Back when we used to actually censure and convict our politicians. Better times. I Miss George. I remember listening to his albums on the family stereo. My dad made me wear headphones when his mother was visiting. Something about dirty words. And smoking dope.
The law and order people. Pfffffbbbbtttttt!!😂
things come full circle. history repeats/rhymes, eh?
It’s always the 1% using Christian fanaticism to suppress everyday Americans. You got to ask how many times people are going to keep shooting themselves in the foot? Sadly, the political establishment is so deeply entrenched that it’s hard to vote for real change, and this next presidency will only rob people of more of their voice, to fund the coming oligarch / billionaire government.
When you have no common sense and know nothing about your historical roots, then you set yourself up to be manipulated and lied to by those who would not act on your behalf. People in this country are still too willing to accept the word on a con man, believe his concocted brew of spew because it plays to their fears and lack of information and then join his cultish, fervent band of followers. I don't think in general that people worldwide will ever learn. It's not just a problem with Americans, it's everywhere and gaining popularity because it's easier to abdicate your responsibility to others and then sit back and wonder why it doesn't work for you, rather than jumping into the fray and trying to make a difference.
Nothing new under the sun, is there?
This bit is particularly mind-blowing to me, as it really drives home just how much his influence still lives in me. I would go so far as to say there are two great men who shaped my unashamedly liberal point of view, especially as a teenager/young man: George Carlin, and my Dad-born a scant nine months apart. RIP to them both. ☮💙
Blessed are they that readeth the book of George Carlin
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Retired teacher ! Carlin had a teaching certificate for NYC public schools. He would have been an excellent teacher!🤗🥰🤗👩🏫👩🎓👩🎓👨🏫🧑🎓🧑🎓
What we need today is an informative political philosopher, Hmm? Anyone Come To Mind???...... George 🎤 R.I.P. 🙏
Sad that in 35 years we haven't changed as a country at all. George knew what was up.
He tried. I never found him funny because what he was saying was true! He was using his wit and sarcasm to try and alert people to the absurdity of conformity and the delusion of religion. He would then demonstrate through his routines how they were applied to dupe and control people to act and vote against their own best self-interests. He would be doing a regular series on t.v. if he were alive today, because there is way too much material to work with now!
God this REALLY COULD JUST BE A 2024 SPECIAL HOLY FUCK
George literally said “these cryptofascists” in 1988 - 6:11
36 years later and nothing had changed.
The level of accuracy is otherworldly. He's on the other side laughing at us followed by 'I told you so'. Mistakes will repeat until we get a hang of them a couple of generations down the line. Let's wait another 50 years; people are slow.
Replace "Reagan" with "Trump" and basically nothing has changed, it's kind of eerie 😂
Got worse with Trump. Trump is a raping felon.
I hated Reagan as governor of California, and I sure as hell didn't vote for him as president. Reagan for all his chicanery is a version of Trump Lite. Reagan's greatest role was that of president. He lied to the American people to get into office and then he spent eight years setting the charges to the pillars of our democratic republic so that future sycophants could set them off one by one and begin the demolition process of our institutions and democratic way of life. Forty years later thanks to the help of the newly formed billionaire class and 24hr. misinformation news spewing their lies over and over again, until they morph into truisms, we now have a completely uninformed electorate that when presented the facts give you the middle finger and vote for a convicted felon and rapist! You're right that nothing has changed, it's been replaced with an even more cynical and destructive band of people. The crazies have taken over the asylum!!! Hang on to your hat!
I was a kid and purchased the album FM/AM. Within a couple of weeks was acting it out (as any kid would) and had it memorized word for word. Finally git tickets to see George LIVE eight years later and never laughed so hard in my life. At one point not being able to catch my breath from the hilarity of the most brilliant comedian ever!
After that never missed a tour if he was anywhere within day's drive away.
George Carlin was the greatest, always moving forward with the times and making us think about real issues and questioning everything. Truly wish George was living today, to hear his views on not only US politics but world affairs and how hed view how crazy the world has got with political correctness, free speech (not so free anymore) , social media and of course his take on pronouns (because ya know his breakdowns of the English language and how pronouns are used would be incredible).
I would like to thank George for teaching me to look beyond the bull to the true source of a problem or situation. It gets me in a lot of trouble so I sometimes remain quiet. It's better to be able to control the amount of lies and deceit they want to stack on us.
George Carlin should be in all schools
I had teachers back in the 70's and early 80's who basically taught what George was simply pointing out in his comedy routines. Paying attention to history and calling out political b.s. It's called "critical thinking." Most Americans, despite what the so-called news will tell you, are poorly educated and many today can't even answer the simplest of questions posed to them. They have been brainwashed by 40 years of right-wing disinformation with no one (the democratic party) calling out the fear mongering and the republicans immoral and unethical behavior. Money is now speech, and corporations are people. Everything is "breaking" news and full of speculation and sensationalism, but no evidence, no facts. Oh, and by the way the facts don't seem to matter on one side of the political aisle. I'll let you figure out for yourself which aisle that is. Reagan was the beginning of the end of this great experiment we call our democratic republic and laid the groundwork from which the uber wealthy and powerful in this country have built what we now see today-an oligarchy.
Carlin nails it every time. I wish he was still with us, I’d love to hear his take on our current idiotic situation.
If I watched this video every time I felt frustrated at the Gov’t, it would be playing every day! What a joy to have his wisdom saved for (hopefully) posterity! Thank you George ☮️
The last line is my favorite.
And true!
CARLIN is needed today . 😁👍🏻
George Carlin is no more, but his stand up comedy is most relevant in today’s America .
True then, just a heck of a lot more relevant today!
I'd give anything to have him back and hear his take on the crap going on today. Absolutely anything.
The more things change, the more things stay the same. George sounds like a prophet.
He was!
@Dee-JayW no their whole point is that he was describing events of the time, and yet 30-40 years later things arent any different. Not prophecy at all, just disappointing reality
Incorrect. Everything has changed and is not the same at all, but you'd have to be red pilled to see it.
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Trump makes Reagan look decent.
Read about the hostages before he became president. But, yeah...
America wouldn’t be in the corporate / pseudo Christian takeover it’s about to go into if George were still with us. He woke the masses with his political humour, we need more like George.
And the masses ignored him. What a shame.
Events will overtake the propaganda of capital pretty soon. Will probably make the first half of last century look tame, but it will happen.
Trump sympathizers would be burning crosses on his lawn.
Kind of amazing how much didn't change
Carlin was one of the most intelligent comedians of our time. He was spot on with his commentary in all his shows. We could sure use him today.
We are entering Reagan 3.0 Reaganomics under 45 will set the country back another 20 years.
Yep! And thanks to all of those again who bowed out and didn't even participate. A lot of no shows this time around, I guess no one knows enough to even care. They will though in just a few short months from now! We paid a hefty price for electing Reagan, but this one could end everything that we once held dear-our freedoms and liberties.
George Carlin was an old time New York City kid, you ain't gonna pull the wool over his eyes. Humor was all around him.
We need him more today than ever. The legacy must live on.
Amazing how true his rhetoric holds even 36 years later
Every. Single. Thing. He. Said. Omg
Now we have police pulling residents over to ask if they're carrying a large amount of cash.
His head would literally explode under the current circumstances. Genius.
He said what he said. Miss this man so very much.
Absolutely FANTASTIC!!!
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
Everyone thinks about historical stuff from hundreds of years ago, but no. Our memories are in fact much, much shorter.
George was the best! I miss him so!
This men wake me up. Greetings from Holland. RIP George. Mis you.
The circle of life 🤣🤣😢🤔 Funny how nothing changes. 🤷 Thank you always for the laughs George. Truly missed. ☮️👍🕊️ Thank you officials for doing this 🙃🤭
it's genuinely amazing how history repeats itself, and we continue to let these things happen. i think George realized this and how stupid the average person is and it caused him to become a bit of an anarchist in his later performances.
Anyone who is a fan of George Carlin, should look up musician Jesse Welles. Jesse is very talented writer currently putting out incredibly witty songs on current events. Jesse has a way with words that puts me in the mind of George, Dylan, Prine, Silverstein, but in a way that is all his own. Im just a big fan who wants to spread his tunes to ears that are tuned in a way that will appreciate it. ⚡💗🎶🧬📻
I'm going to look him up!
I am going to check Jesse out! Thank you 👍☮️ My current obsession is a local band Dehd. They are sooooo talented 🎶🎵 🎸🥁🎤
This is going to be a traumatic roller-coaster year.
So much of what George came up with is SO prophetic. Things are playing out EXACTLY as he suggested.
The late Mr. Carlin gave me understanding of the phrase "Once I was amused, now I'm disgusted".
We're still fighting the same fight, George. Ain't shit changed in 36 years.
"People are predictable. Unchanging. Monotonous. They use the same language, they offer the same excuses, they make the same mistakes.
People, are endlessly disappointing. Because you hope they won't be."
Talk about standing up to the test of time.
Still rings true. That's when you know you struck comedy gold.
Reagan admin criminals: 225
Trump: “pfft those are rookie numbers.”
I saw Carlin live every single decade before he passed away! He was hysterical!
George Carlin is, and was, one for the most astute political commentators of his, or any other generation. His commentary is as prevalent now, as it was when he was alive. Jon Stewart has the same perspective today.
Almost 40 years later and not only current but it’s even worst. The forsight of that man was amazing.
Damn, this was so prescient!
A legend and prophet and timeless!
I am a firm believer in the Book of Carlin. Let us listen to and speak only of the truth.