"It's called the American dream, because you need to be asleep to believe it."

Harsh but insightful.

I can't watch these clips where George is ill, because it clearly takes him off his game.

He's not funny here, he's preaching.

Carlin is a "bleeding ponytail" who must regard himself very highly, since he beat The System with his schtick over decades.

Theo is right, where before Carlin was delivering The Funny, now the old man's just preaching, sounding like any number of guys complaining at the bar.

If all the rich are so evil, then why did Andrew Carnegie build all those libraries? Bill Gates' Foundation giving his fortune away to worthy causes?

I'm not saying give yourself a Pollyanna enema, but there's too much good in the world you have to to ignore to become as bitter as (wealthy) George C.

Bleed it out George, bitter is the righteous rage never satisfied, personified here in a one-man show with his captives...

The architect sums it up pretty well with, "Denial is the most predictable of all human responses."(for all you who think that Rome dissappeared)

You two are sounding like each other more and more every day.

Let's be clear - I love George Carlin;
he just came back from his illness too soon.

He's preaching because obviously because the majority of the population doesn't understand satire, they laugh at it but don't really think about it. So Carlin has to preach.

There was Lenny Bruce before him, Carlin himself, Bill Hicks... clearly everything they said fell on quiet deaf ears.

So maybe it's good that is he preaching. His occupation is the only one that allows for a person to talk about things in society that one usually can't talk about.

And the criticism that he has done well? His arguement isn't the deconstruction of American society but a return to equality between all. Something especially relevant given the gradual decline of the Middle Class.

If all the rich are so evil, then why did Andrew Carnegie build all those libraries? Bill Gates' Foundation giving his fortune away to worthy causes?

You have completely misunderstood the whole point. The rich are not evil as such, its simple survival.. Most rich people, and not least most big corporations got to where they are today for a reason: they are some badass MF business people, they have worked hard, they they never cave in, they never waste money, and, ultimately they will walk over dead bodies to get where they are. Thats why they are there. if youre the quiet, well-meaning worker-bie around the office, the one that never complains and never ask for a raise etc. you wont get anywhere.

My point is, for a tobacco company, media company, steel armor company, fastfood company or whatever, only one thing counts. More profit than last year. thats their only policy. And when they have most of the market, when they've bought most of their rivals, theres one thing left: Politics. dont like the law? change it. dont like the politicians?, spend millions on getting that other guy elected.

By the way these individuals you mention are people who basically came from nothing, and got ridiculously rich in a relative short time. And they both got to a point I guess where they just thought "well, that was that, I made all the money anyone can make, maybe I should try something different now, like being remembered for something good.."

What BicycleRepairMan isn't telling you about The Golden Rule ("Whoever has the gold makes the rules") is how rigged the game is for the very rich, never more so than the last 6 years.

If you were already rich, living off your investments has never been sweeter. If you're one of the people trying to start a business, "work hard, never cave in" - it's never been harder.

Fact, BRM: the majority of wealth comes from wealth.
The American Dream is a great motivator, but it doesn't mesh with reality the way it used to.

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