Carlin has a lot of bangers, but this isn’t one of them and doesn’t sound like something he would say. It completely trivializes the struggle of the lower class.
You’re incorrect. He said it in interviews constantly, and in one of his books (which he narrated the audio book for so he said it there too).
“Don’t confuse me with those who cling to hope. I enjoy describing how things are, I have no interest in how they ‘ought to be.’ And I certainly have no interest in fixing them. I sincerely believe that if you think there’s a solution, you’re part of the problem. My motto: Fuck Hope!”
-George Carlin, excerpt from his book Brain Droppings
Yeah, and that’s the problem with quoting part of what someone says.
Without the context of the entire statement, it looks different than with the entirety. It switches from a statement about his own cynicism and outlook are, with the out of context part being a explanation of detail behind “fuck hope” to just a blanket statement that anyone with hope is the problem.
It’s also important to realize that brain droppings is not a serious screed. The guy was a comedian first, and very often wrapped his beliefs in exaggerations to emphasize the absurd in life. He even explained exactly that during his routine about rape jokes. It’s all about the exaggeration, the twisting of things to turn an idea on its head.
Taking the entire quote as 100% serious is as much a mistake as only quoting part of it.
Reads like something a boomer would say. With a mindset like this you’re definitely part of the problem.
