George Carlin’s Last Words on the Death of the American Dream
August 2nd, 2010An excerpt from the video of George Carlin’s comedy routine called “Life Is Worth Losing.”
There’s a reason education sux and will never get better…
“Because the owners of this country don’t want that, the real owners, the big wealthy business owners who own everything and make all the important decisions.”
Key Line: “Forget the politicians. Politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners…”
“It’s called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
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August 3rd, 2010 at 10:16 am
George Carlin was, in my opinion, the late 20th century’s answer to Mark Twain. His shtick involved comedy, humor and a strong dose of “the Emperor has no clothes” social and political commentary.
Carlin realized in a profound way how incredibly distorted our social structures have become. He took every opportunity to point this out and, somehow, did not get marginalized or shut out of public view.
He will be greatly missed. Somewhere, at Eagle Peak or Vahalla, there’s a huge crowd listening to his raucous stories. And laughing along with him.
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Final thoughts on Carlin’s “Last Words on the Death of the American Dream”:
George nailed it in his own unique, compelling way, didn’t he? As a left-libertarian, I agree 100% with him. What we have now by way of political-social-economic structure in the US is a corporate state that works for the benefit, as Carlin says, of members of “The Club.”
“The Club” doesn’t just include Wall Street money merchants, incidentally, but a vast array of corporate, special interest, and government groups. Taken together, they likely represent less than 1/2 of 1 percent of the whole population, but either own or control nearly everything.
What can be done? Nothing until the essential condition Carlin named is changed: education, and by that I do not mean spending more money on public schools. Rather, I mean a movement among ordinary citizens to educate themselves about how things really are and how to empower themselves. No one is going to do it for us, it’s up to us.
Thanks, George Carlin and of course continuing thanks to Glynn and other folk in the webpress world.