Americans think the American dream is dying
Americans think the American dream is dying
Americans are increasingly unlikely to believe that those who work hard will get ahead and that their children will be better off than they are, according to two recent polls.
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"That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it."
- George Carlin
George Carlin was one of the greatest comedians ever.
a great philosopher. future humans, or maybe some alien race, will study the words of carlin the way we do socrates, plato, and aristotle.
I don't think so. Most popular culture gets utterly annihilated by history. It's a little unsettling how popular things can be and then absolutely forgotten.
Carlin had been pushed aside his entire career. That was what was so provocative about him. Someone who had a pulse on the heart beat of America but was operating completely in the background. He was so disillusioned by the end, an otherwise compassionate man, had basically decided that humanity was going to get what was coming to them and there was no amount of up front confrontation that could stop it.
I'd argue the random glimpses we see of Carlin online is the most notoriety Carlin has received in the last 20 years. Almost as like an, "I told you so" from beyond the grave.
The quote is accurate. But man am I tired of seeing it pop up in every thread related to American quality of living going down the shitter the past 30 years
I'm tired of its increasing relevance.
Fuck you got to it before me. I was gonna put that exact same quote.