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George Carlin Doesn't vote

BankOFganja · 3.7M views · 2008-08-29 · 4:20

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A four-minute clip of George Carlin arguing that voting is a way of keeping people in a distracted bubble, and that non-voters have as much right to complain as anyone.

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Mostly dropped in as a quip or reference in threads about politics and cynicism, not recommended as something to watch.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2010–2024

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banish-m4 · 2024-04 · Joke / meme

That's the rule rather than the exception in the US as politicians go. Campaign finance reform failed because most (not all) politicians are indeed crooks who accept gold bars from foreign governments, embezzle from their campaign to buy luxury goods, or pay hush money to porn stars. Let me refer you to George Carlin's approach: [VIDEO]

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pengaru · 2022-02 · Joke / meme

GIGO or, if that's too short a TL;DR, I'll let Carlin explain: [VIDEO] Politicians, dating pool, same mess. Also relevant: [LINK]

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chiefofgxbxl · 2018-08 · Reference

Blaming people who didn't vote is a strange thing. For one, it ignores any practical barriers to voting. Maybe someone was working an hourly job with no flexibility to make it to the polls that particular day. Also, the status-quo of our political system is also in play. What about someone living outside of one of the 6 swing states and their vote wouldn't have likely made a difference. Consider New York State: a Democratic voter may skip with the knowledge that the state will absolutely go blue, and a Republican voter may feel their vote is in vain because the state will go blue anyway. Shouldn't it be the people who cast their votes who are held accountable for the individuals they put in office? For this I leave you with George Carlin's explanation on the matter [0] [0] [VIDEO]

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