George Carlin - On Why Our Species Is Failing (1992)
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- Classic insight from the late George Carlin. How do you feel about his philosophy? Please share your thoughts below.
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"Competition is everything, cooperation happens after a flood." ~ George Carlin
Actually cooperation is everything in nature, but humans have been drifted away from the harmony so much that everything has become competition to them because they are not harmonious: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖
This is why God flooded the Earth and told Noah to build an ark.
He's not celebrating the imbalance tho. He's saying this is the main reason our species is failing.
@@adampkalb You don't Really believe that....Do you?...If so, I have some magic beans I can sell you.
That quote was taken way out of context.
"Is everybody okay? Let's get something to eat." That showed so much of Carlin's humanity.
He knew the ways of Jesus well.
You're both wrong. This guy loved when a bunch of people would die. He's openly admitted that. Natural disasters are one of his favorites.
@@floppybeefcurtains7679 no. Still not wrong. You need to learn his history. He is also not his ACT....
@@residentgrey If you know that he is not his act, then you should *ALSO* know that while Carlin maybe be *_Aware_* of "The ways of Jesus"... he also knows that such ways are just humans trying to control other humans. I won't claim to know his internal thoughts, but he seemed very against "teams" and is a main part of why I am so individualistic. Which, in my opinion is one of the main things we're loosing. Everyone to far too comfortable *NOT* dealing with the *ACTUAL SPECIFICS* and are _More than happy_ to just generalize the problem and blame everyone who is even remotely related to cause, even if it's *JUST* skin color, like how Whoopi and other Critical Race Theorists think the holocaust "Wasn't racist.... it was just white people killing white people, nothing racist there."..... Fucking dumb shit.
I, like carlin, Love a person, hate *PEOPLE,* Love humanity, hate society.
And now we're all fat.
"When your born into this world, your born into a freak show, and in America, you get a front row seat." George Carlin
And he said this what - back in the late 90s? Imagine if he were alive today…
In Middle East you're one of the performers.
And Carlin was the main act.
Except Carlin would have spelled “you’re” correctly.
@@Me97202 No cares but you. If you don't like that. Then run to your mommy and daddy about your problems.
George was very savvy.....he understood how stuff really worked and wasn't afraid to say it.
He's one of the G.O.A.T. for a reason.
He’s ok. I like the words but I was always bothered how silent he was on racism/white supremacy.
@@Justiceisbest "silent he was on racism/white supremacy" what are you talking about he wasn't silent on these things.
BJAdamBarry maybe I haven’t watched much he was before my time truly. The standup I’ve seen he seemed to dance around it. I could be inaccurate tho
I’m not sure if he saw that as his role but search for his bit called Muhammad Ali. Even from this short clip here it’s evident he knew what was dividing people.
One of the GOATs. When some of my, understandably, angry brethren exclaim, "There are no good white folk." I remind them of Carlin. He hate ALL himan stupidity... equally. And rigorously tried to show us that WE could be more... TOGETHER.
I love Carlin but he had no economic power so of course we can love him .
What I love about Carlin's interviews is that you can see his intelligence is genuine (for those who like to argue that his comedy acts are just practiced memorizations). He's very well-spoken and his beliefs are shaped from decades of sharp observation.
What I hate is how completely rational and reasonable and common sense-ical this all is, and yet people still look at it like it's some kind of profound an uncommon revelation. Our societal paradigm is completely out of whack to the point that we see Carlin saying totally sensible things that we should all be saying, and think "That guy's a genius, he's got such great insight!"
@@rhettorical I couldn’t agree more!
@@rhettorical Nah, there are better Carlin quotes out there, this one was pretty bland imo. "Lack of compassion is a problem" -overly simplistic bs you could get from anyone who doesnt understand a thing about people or politics. Proceeds to go off about the shape of rockets and bullets and compares war to rape -gross Freudian over examination which is not at all appropriate though I do see where he was going with it and it is kinda funny.
I think I heard him say he dropped out of HS. So glad his mind didn't.
2020 would have been his year
Could listen to him, on repeat, tell it exactly like it is. No bullshitting.
Miss this dude. Carlin really told it like it is.
Why our species is failing? This documentary is the definite answer: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖
Iran here.
He was a gem. I wish we had freedom of speech and someone like him to talk about TRUTH
He’s probably the most intelligent and enlightened comedian we’ve ever had!
I need this whole interview
Why our species is failing? This documentary is the definite answer: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖
“Property rights over peoples rights” facts
George carlin also hated group identity. Which I agree with.
Me too. I don't even identify as "human" let alone some kind of group. Group thinkers are weak minded people.
Why our species is failing? This documentary is the definite answer: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖
He and Pryor are my favorite comedians.
Carlin was a sharp guy indeed. We lost him too soon!
Not comedians..just plain truth and facts
He was another TRUTH speaker. Probably the reason he is no longer with us
1937 - 2008 ! G.C. kept it Real yo !
@@OfficialLadyDarkSky And Tommy Cooper died on stage in front of a live audience.
@@OfficialLadyDarkSky He was an English comedian. Died of age related poor health. Just like the blessed and greatly missed George Carlin.
@@OfficialLadyDarkSky 71 year old men who suffer a 4th heart attack and subsequent heart failure aren't suspicious deaths. That's how people with bad heart related genetics and a decades plus long history of cocaine and alcohol addiction die. Unless you think it's suspicious that his own alcoholic father died of a heart attack at a much younger age than George did there's nothing strange about George's death.
Why do people always want to turn the death of any celebrity who criticizes the government into a conspiracy theory?
@@OfficialLadyDarkSky heart disease absolutely is genetic and arguing that it isn't is beyond stupid. Please read a health book, because you clearly don't understand genetics.
George Carlin The GOAT. Truly, We as a species are on the downhill. Respect from Asia.
Where in Asia? I spent 10 years in Taiwan.
no we're not
@@god-of-war-fan We are literally the most prosperous species to of ever existed that we know of yet they call us a failing species
@@aaronflynndevereux1832 ye fuck these doomers. carlin's charade of being a pessimistic idiot got old quite quick
@@god-of-war-fan I don't know much about him or hate him personally but he a miserable bastard. Maybe it's just a stage thing
Thousands of years from now, one way or another, Carlin will be remembered among humanities greatest philosophers
He didn’t believe that humanity will still be in existence thousands of years into the future
@@gregbors8364 he's probably right
Carlin would have a field day with what is going on today. I wish he was still here because I really would love to hear what he had to say
Me too
This is so profound!! George Carlin was such a great man!
George still had hope hear you can see it. A few years later every passing interview and monologue you can see all hope for humanity slip away. And it appears he was right. Robocop and The Terminator maybe seemed far fetched in some ways as 80s movies often were, but followed up with The Matrix it appears true. Computers(and greed) would be our downfall.
True indeed.
Technology (computers) steadily made greed, laziness and self consciousness grow exponentially and humanity die slowly with ways to often exponentially kill it.
Only helps and promote growth and development when you have balance. When you don’t, this world happens
The very essence of capitalist industrialism.
'Twas greed that done it."
-America's epitaph
So blessed to have seen him perform live. My seats were awful. But what stage presence. He was way ahead of his time and uses comedy to make you think and feel. I’ve read one of his books Braindroppiings and I was laughing so hard by myself just reading it. The epic baseball vs football. This guy was a good guy and a genius.
His point about demonstrating male sexual prowess through phallic weapons is true, and Dr. Frances Cress Welsing taught us this.
I swear those were my exact thoughts, then I see your comment.🤔
@@The_M0st_High Amen brethren. My thoughts also. Great to see we can relate to the legendary works of Dr Welsing, who now resides with the ancestors.
Salute.
Phallic weapons are more aerodynamic than vaginal shaped weapons.... even though the vagina is a super great weapon on it's own.
Yup. Very true. Her work including the Isis Papers is astounding.
Societies which value cooperation and civic duty are some of the safest places to live, like Japan. I happen to live in a country which does the exact opposite at every turn, and as a result, the society is hateful, vengeful, selfish, sexist, abusive. Fireworks wake up the whole neighborhood in the middle of the night because some drunk wants to celebrate his birthday. People cut in front of each other in line then start fighting. Men will not give way to anyone anywhere, lest their masculinity is questioned, so... everyone running into everyone and angry. Yelling, spitting in the elevator, hallways, sidewalks, homeless animals (estimated 85k) roam the streets. This is a country ruled by selfishness and ego. I hope the US will change for the better, or what I've described is its future.
I miss this guy all the time.
Sure wish he was here for these current events.
Same here, he would have a field day with all the crap that is happening and I would love to hear what he had to say
Why? So he could keep calling out the absurdity of our social system while we do nothing about it? He had to give up caring before he died. He couldn’t stand seeing humanity go down.
We have to save ourselves. We have to wake up, unite enough of us around a shared strategy to get off the competitive economic enslavement system of monetary-market capitalism to a society of abundance and prosperity that doesn’t need money!
We have blueprints from great minds, let’s not waste them. Like Peter Joseph of TZM and The New Human Rights Movement and Michael Tellinger of UBUNTU Contributionism and One Small Town.
@@carlosrubino6451 It's the same as it was hundreds of years ago. Nothing has changed. People have not changed. Technology has evolved, society has not. Remember that Galileo was put in jail for saying that the Earth revolves around the sun. Today, there are millions of people who want to lock up climate scientists for explaining basic science to the masses. It's the exact same scenario. Even recent history repeats itself. The same type of people who put Anne Frank in a concentration camp now want to ban her diary from being taught in public schools.
the fact that george says that if we can get these things in balance there's hope for humanity and by extension he would have hope for humanity shows how much weight that holds
This was 1992. You can see that he has a little idealism left. Ten years later his view was a lot different on our species. "If you scratch a cynic, underneath you'll find a disappointed idealist" - George Carlin
@@Alex-ry6cd He's being taken too literally now. It was just another vehicle to provoke thought.
He had a sharp mind.
Listening to his shows and interviews pretty much started that “woke” and “conspiracies” phase I went through during junior high. Lol
I hope it wasn't just a "phase".
Charlie Rose's grin at George's "sexual inadequacy" analogy.
never seen him do that. I think it hit something deep inside him
@@victorha9923 no homo
Oooof that slam on those who obsess over guns due to their own insecurities and inadequacy is pretty spot on.
I can image he wasn't the most liked back in the day.
Anyone who speaks from a place of pure truth will NEVER be liked by the masses. The truth is not marketable in a world founded on nothing but bullshit.
He had plenty of fans, but those in government sure didn't like him.... and the baby boomer Karens
It's funny, much of his audience probably doesn't realize they're in the groups he complains about.
"Easy to stand tall when you have your foot on someone's neck". Well, Mr. Carlin. If you didn't just predict the current times...
I love Irish Americans who empathize with Black People.
One thing for him is he grew up near Harlem when it was 99% Black People in the 1930's-1950's.
I am none of the above. But yeah. The Irish know about state oppression in similar ways.
@@MemoGrafix he literally grew up in Harlem. Called it White Harlem.
It's great, but we need people who will empathise with Natives of America the Red Indians, who's land was stolen and known as America. I don't care in Ideologies or in Religion, it's a human thing.
I'm only 19, but can sympathize with alot of George Carlin's standup material. I'm not 100% in agreement with him on religion, but I can see where a lot of his anger comes from in it. This guy was a prophet though, holy shit.
Edit: I can sympathize more with what he says on religion, guy was a genius.
_"If God exists, may he strike me dead!"_
~ *George Carlin*
Carlin was way ahead of his time.
Stupid comment, he was a man of his time !
Nah, his words ring true of all possible times.
He said it's easy to stand tall when you have your foot on some one else neck......its 2020.....never stopped !!!!!!!
@@JR3714Chauvin, that chauvinistic prick
Yep, Chuck, Nancy, Hilary, Gavin, Kamala, Joe, Barrack, AOC…..all of your liberal politicians fit that mold. Anyone who says “do what I say, not what I do”. They are the ones with the boot.
@@bobdaniel8000 This falls for all politicians btw Democrats and Republicans whatever... no politician in my eyes is trustworthy especially as long as corporate interests run the show.
1992. Was anyone else speaking like this at the time? Bill hicks of course. But who else had this holistic view of what George beautifully classified as entropy?
"it's easy to stand tall when you have your foot on someone's neck." Wow, if he could only see how far we've gone with this statement since he's been gone...
In the lockdown there was cooperation in my community
"It's easy to stand tall when you have your feet on someone's neck"
Bruh...
he has such a way with words, it's truly captivating and moves the imagination
This is what WIDE AWOKE sounds like.
Please, George Carlin would cringe at people who considered themselves woke
George Carlin spoke out against language that concealed reality. IMO “woke” is a perfect example of that. To me, woke hints at some kind of special, hidden knowledge, that only some people have access too. It’s total bullshit. Carlin would probably say “of course I’m awake ya fucking nimrod, we’re in the middle of a conversation”
On the block I live woke simply means aware. To be aware one must be awake. Mr. Carlin, RIP, helped awaken us to many truths. Not even claiming to be superman.
@@chazbono5991 thanks for consistently challenging me
As an angry black man who do consider my pro blackness to mean anti-white...(something that my family has battled with against me since 3rdgrade) I've always respected George Carlin from the level of a neophyte.
As a child he and Fred Rogers were the only two pilgrims that I could never bring myself to hate.
Rest in light Mr. Conductor.
I see ya, both of 'em were stand-up people.
@@Nghilifa They both should be given national holidays fam. And that's coming from one that abhors U.S. holidays. Much respect.
Think about it.. At least half the world population is intelligent enough to love and respect George Carlin. Think about it 🤔😉
I'm just having a mental image of you having a angel and a devil. The angel is the soft-spoken good-natured Fred Rogers; the devil is the dirty and pretty belligerent George Carlin. But they're both the same, as they do have a beleif in the goodness of humanity.
@@re1010 you are 100% accurate. So it's not to permit the inadvertent hate to overtake... they are who I force myself to judge pilg Society off of during the most difficult times of being black within this nation.
2:00 ‘It's easy to stand tall, when your foot is on someone's neck’ -- George Carlin.
I don't know how to respond to this. It's sad, but true.
As much as I like him and agree with many of what he says, I’m pretty sure weapons were designed that way to maximize aerodynamics 😂
The point about bullets and missiles, purely functional. If shaping bullets like cubes made them travel further, we should reshape them but alas, aerodynamics
Nice upload, reelblack. That was a very profound interview. George Carlin, keeping it REEL. Thank you.
@@Coynepurse I don't know where to start with you; either you're a very weak troll, or profoundly dense. Either way, I haven't the energy nor the inclination to explain my previous post, and the play on the word REAL. Keep being dense, and entertaining.
You're favorite Comedian Favorite Comedian
Down I wasn’t even alive yet and this dude already had it figured out
I’m preeeeety sure George wouldn’t like people and or comedians getting “canceled” over jokes.
And he was a fucking genius so …
He genuinely cares.
Look at those eyes 👀
George Carlin was truly one of the most prolific philosophers and thought-provoking influencers of the modern time
I miss u, George. Thank you for being you. ❤️
The only interviewer worse than one who interrupts their interviewee is an interviewer who mumbles while doing so.
Was waiting for this comment.
Brilliant comedian and also a keenly intelligent man with some very interesting political viewpoints. R. I. P George
Spot on as usual, George. Where are you when we need you? RIP.
I would rather listen to Goerge Carlin, then Jordan Peterson for advice.
I agree but JP is a very valid man, at least his old content was valid before the fame/wealth.
@@doublesushi5990JP was good back then, untill he stick to right wing, rather than considering ideas he started taking sides.
It's not that cooperation is falling away. People basically hate each other.
A Greek philosopher stuck in the wrong timeline.
Now I can see why George Carlin may have wanted to act in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. He believed in the positive message they had to offer humanity. "Be excellent to each other and party on, dudes!"
Pure genius.
Wish he was still here
What a gift to have George Carlin. What a hilarious, intelligent man he is was.
This photo here, it feels like he's looking at me😎
Every quote❤️
Just discovered who he was, rest in peace.
One word. Genius.
George spoke no lies.
I liked his view in the beginning about how the human species needs more cooperation when there isn't disasters or tragedies
"it's easy to stand tall when you have your foot on someone's neck"
Amen! Carlin is spot on!
If we all really want to cooperate, I say it is important to learn from King George and the Ducky: "Being selfish doesn't pay." We should also watch Lyle the Kindly Viking and Veggies in Space: The Fennel Frontier to learn about sharing.
itz easy to stand tall if u stand on someones neck damn that hit the nail on the head hard1
0:31 Carlin has been reading his Whitman, who was talking about our fellow planetary bedfellows, the animals:
*I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd/ I stand and look at them long and long/They do not sweat and whine about their condition/They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins/They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God/Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things/Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago/Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.* ☀️ The ‘mania of owning things’. Indeed.
Private property rights are human rights. No other rights are possible without it. Without a pen, paper, a computer, an apartment. You cant even have freedom of speech.
Pure Genius. His views on human nature have been proven to be extraordinarily prescient.
I was born in 1992 and everything I do isn't enough! 🤷♂️🥳
A Brilliant Man....
The first half of this video is just Peter Kropotkin’s writings on anarchism and mutual aid, one century later.
"Two wonderful qualities that made human species - cooperation and competition."
"It's easy to stand tall when you're standing on someone's neck."
Cooperation is what made our species so successful. We are one of the most cooperative species: language and culture are both a result of cooperation, as well as tools that aid and enhance cooperation.
Property rights are peoples' rights; the tragedy of the commons is not a lesson to be lost. Indeed, it is only through property rights that compassion can be effective and sustainable. George's heart was in the right place, and cooperation is essential for the respect of other's rights and support of those who are in trouble . . . But I won't be giving up my property, thank you very much. Still, he made a good point which needs to be considered, as George wasn't your run-of-the-mill thinker by any means.
The bombs and bullets thing is physics but I feel him
Where do u think "physics" derived from. He is Totally right. ISIS PAPERS.
THE M0ST HIGH ever heard of rifling on a gun? You want to guess why an American football isn’t square?
@@jxbane well Football Is a Sport Co-opted from Native Tribes and/or some type of Sexual ritual performed under the Cloak Of Sport.
@@The_M0st_High where can I get one of those shiny hats you're wearing?
@@jxbane the same place where u buy that k2 u love to smoke. They also have books at the Shiny Hat store. Pick some up..
He nailed that one
GC: less of a comedian and more of a philosopher…who just so happens to be funny.
Facts. We need to value communal prosperity over the individual attainment of success.
"They fight and show their sexual prowess with their guns and missiles. Those penis shaped weapons." - Carlin
"Yeah I'm pretty sure there are some physics and aerodynamics involved in the shape of a missile. Can't make a bomb a shape of a twat and expect it to make it to another country. Maybe if you frisbee it. Even then that gap is going to create some serious drag." - Bill Burr.
Yea but they purposely paint the top a different color than the rest. Like it’s the tip of a penis. Especially with rockets.
"If we ... ask Nature: 'who are the fittest: those who are continually at war with each other, or those who support one another?' we at once see that those animals which acquire habits of mutual aid are undoubtedly the fittest. They have more chances to survive, and they attain, in their respective classes, the highest development of intelligence and bodily organisation." - Peter Kropotkin
Three stages of life -
1. Birth
2. WTF
3. Death
Lmaooooo, #2.
on point mr carlin
0:01 note to self
The planet putting things into perspective reminds me of a quote by George Carlin
"Let's say there were only 10 of us, and we were dropped on this planet already formed. One of the first things we'd say would be 'is everybody OK? let's get something to eat'. And that should be the first thing any society says. But we don't. And I just think competition got the upper hand over cooperation."
love this guy so intelligent yet funny too :)
FEEL A SOULMATE OF SORTS...MISS HIM GREATLY....
One of my top comedians
Aww, man. I love George Carlin, and have "the arrogance of mankind" posted on my page. But this is why everyone must be taken with a grain of salt. Private property is one of the most important achievements in the history of mankind. We literally would not be watching this video had it never begun. Peace!
Mr. "Hippy Dippy Weatherman" stayed dropping INFO. 👏👏👏
forget color...dude was funny as fuck!
it is very interesting idea, i can relate to why so many people in the coop video game community (specifically) feel connected and spend most of their time in there. you can say they are addicted, but I personally want to look at this in a positive manner that they are just more connected than the nowadays real life. 👍 for example. we like to play survival games together. because thats when questions like “are you guys hungry, lets go get something to eat” emerge
The last "Great Philosopher" and teacher. Hope we survive long enough it to see someone like him again.
If only you were alive today sir...
The last sentence got me.
WAYYYYY! ahead of his time...a damn shame
Thanks, Reelblack. Guess some of your subscribers think you should remain mentally segregated, huh? I do not concur. And I enjoyed Carlin’s humor since I was a child & he was The Hippie Dippy Weatherman! 🖤🤍🖤
I liked the foot on the neck line. I thought it might trigger thought. We wouldn’t know we were Black if some white person didn’t tell us. I love my people but I’ll go crazy if I thought it was my responsibility to make everyone happy. I’m grateful people support us but again, I share things I feel are relevant to our mission. Occasionally I’ll mix things up as it introduces more people into the algorithm.
reelblack And why not? Love 💕 you for it!
PS: “There’s the one staying put in his proper place & the one with his foot in the other one’s face” is also a line from another Broadway show, but “foot-in-neck” IS an old saying. Great illustration of how even a subtle use of words can indirectly cause real harm to people.
@@reelblack thank you for making this channel and for being so unbias about what you upload #ALLPOWERTOTHEPEOPLE