Comedy and Reality Break: Bill Hicks Classic on War, Taxes, Media and Freedom - WhoWhatWhy Comedy and Reality Break: Bill Hicks Classic on War, Taxes, Media and Freedom - WhoWhatWhy

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“You are free to do as we tell you”

In this bit, from the early 90s, the comedian/commentator Bill Hicks takes on George HW Bush, the first Gulf War, manipulating the masses, public attitudes toward war, popular indifference, and more. Funny and brutally direct, with some profanity.

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    Russ Baker is Editor-in-Chief of WhoWhatWhy. He is an award-winning investigative journalist who specializes in exploring power dynamics behind major events.

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