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George Carlin - The big club

Name: George Carlin - The big club
Description: A short George Carlin routine in which he says the owners of the country run a big club and ordinary people are not in it.

Gábor Hényel

Comedy

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Cited on HN 4 times, 2017–2025, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Quoted whenever commenters want to express that wealth and power are rigged against ordinary people, as in Robinhood or big-tech threads.

A short George Carlin routine in which he says the owners of the country run a big club and ordinary people are not in it.

“Its a big club and you ain't in it" - George Carlin” (HN, 2021)

4 citations · Comedy

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@tomjakubowski Jun 2017 Cites it

on HN thread Amazon has a patent to keep people from comparison shopping in stores

Not to be confused with Groucho Marx's joke about belonging to clubs. :-) Carlin's bit, for reference. [this video]

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@jsm386 Jan 2018 Cites it

on HN thread What it’s like to be on the board of a Fortune 500 company

> To put it in Bill Burr's words,"It's a big CLUB. And YOU AIN'T IN IT." Pretty sure that's actually a George Carlin line, from a relatively famous routine of his. Many, many clips, but here's a random one: [this video]

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@fireeyed Jan 2021 Cites it

on HN thread Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 180K in few hours

"Its a big club and you ain't in it" - George Carlin Politicians + Government Lackeys, Media Hacks + Corrupt Wall Street + Think Tanks + 'not for profits' [this video]

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@wnevets May 2025 Cites it

on HN thread OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

> It’s mind boggling how much money is floating around once you are part of the insider circle. it's a big club and you ain't in it [1] [1] [this video]

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