EPISODE · Mar 15, 2020 · 20 MIN
George Carlin and the Corona Virus; The Failure of Governance, Donald Trump style.
from Cultural Elites · host Alison Sinclair
George Carlin to me was a great thinker who just happened to have the comedic gene. He was meant to make us laugh but keep us thinking. I draw on one of his best bits ever made, to raise the question about whether this COVID19 pandemic proves that the state structure, how we dedicate too much authority to others in order to have them "protect" us only for them to have them fail us over and over again. Government, the one thing the people MUST take over, and take political action before incompetence become political normalcy. As far as I am concerned, the U.S government has broken the social contract and must be held politically accountable, not just the President... No, the entire state structure of the U.S, all of them who are failing us now.
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George Carlin to me was a great thinker who just happened to have the comedic gene. He was meant to make us laugh but keep us thinking. I draw on one of his best bits ever made, to raise the question about whether this COVID19 pandemic proves that the state structure, how we dedicate too much authority to others in order to have them "protect" us only for them to have them fail us over and over again. Government, the one thing the people MUST take over, and take political action before incompetence become political normalcy. As far as I am concerned, the U.S government has broken the social contract and must be held politically accountable, not just the President... No, the entire state structure of the U.S, all of them who are failing us now.
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