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    Yeah bro, the anti war hippie who was challenging the FCC in the 70s would have totally been team corporatocracy. Carlin had several interviews where he talked about how the two party system in America is an illusion of choice and ragged on Bill Clinton for being phony, and that’s the farthest left liberal candidate in like 30 years, a fucking neoliberal.

    Yall sound exactly like the conservatives claiming MLK.

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      Like I said, if you can’t come up with anything except a comedy act, we have nothing to discuss.

      Here’s a clip from his early days, proof that he couldn’t possibly have ever changed his thoughts about anything.

      https://youtu.be/-sx-7NucjEk

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        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKO8qMJtbng this is from the 90s through the early 2000s, but I imagine you’ll find another reason to dismiss his words to pretend you know what was in his heart was different tho.

        For the record, I don’t agree with his defeatist outlook, I think there’s comedians with better takes on American politics, but to pretend Carlin would be blue MAGA just because you wish him to be is ridiculous.

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            Which begs the question, why fly the Hammer and Sickle at all?

            Politics is a game and if you want to win elections you should learn to play it.

            Nixon hid his anti-Black agenda behind phrases like ‘safe streets’ and ‘the War on Drugs.’

            Do you want to win elections or do you want to lose but be able to boast about how pure your intentions were?

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            They’ll co-opt you if you do too lmao, as long as you’re already dead. They been co-opting Tupac ffs.

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              Exactly. Ray Bradbury was angry that Obama never did any meaningful space exploration during his terms. After Bradbury died the Right tried to depict him as a life long GOP.