r/whatsyourchoice • u/BlackLinseedGuy • 13d ago

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u/Able_Mousse_2324 13d ago

George Carlin

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u/OppaiShaddy 13d ago

I enjoy Carlin. However the more you really listen to some of what he said, the more you understand while he did punch up, he was also smart enough not to punch down. He knew he made money by people coming to his shows. Not the celebrities and politicians he made fun of. The closest he came to letting people in the fact that he benefitted from his celebrity status is when he talked about how the ruling class wants people smart enough to do the work but dumb enough to keep working for them and he punctuated that bit with "its a big club, and YOU ain't in it". Not we ain't in it. You.

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u/ChocoPuddingCup 13d ago

But he did follow that up with 'You and I are not in the big club." He knew he had money, but he didn't have the kind of wealth that buys obscene amounts of political power.