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Some highlights from George Carlin's classic hbo special:

Education will never be fixed because the owners of our society don't want that.

I'm talking about the real owners, not the politicians. Forget the politicians - they are out there to give you the impression you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have owners. They own you, they own everything important, they own the land, corporations, the media. They spend billions lobbying to get what they want but we know what they want - more for them, less for everyone else.

I'll tell you what they don't want - a well-educated population capable of critical thinking. They don't want that. They don't want informed citizens. No they don't want that - it's not in their interest.

Obedient workers - that's what they want. Obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork, but dumb enough to accept the increasingly shittier jobs, and reduced benefits. And now they're coming for your social security - they want their money back....

https://youtu.be/H-PSCqhkWhg

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The 2006 movie idiocracy describes the America of George Carlin. It is produced and owned by Fox, and was taken off the market with the election of Trump. I have the CD

However via Prime Video you can watch it here $0.00 if you have Amazon Prime.

https://www.amazon.com/Idiocracy-Luke-Wilson/dp/B0040D4F1S/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=idiocracy&qid=1693410148&s=instant-video&sr=1-1

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George Carlin warned us about so many things and we laughed. The old adage "there is much truth in jest" has never been more true —now here we are!

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