“They want obedient workers. Obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork, and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs ...

George Carlin’s warnings about America sounded exaggerated years ago, yet they ended up describing the country with unsettling accuracy. He spoke about a system designed to create obedient workers, ...

George Carlin never presented himself as a prophet, but his observations aged uncomfortably well. He argued that America’s obsession with consumption, entertainment, and comfort was producing a ...