In this season of rampant, ruthless consumption, keep in mind this message from the late, great Bill Hicks:

Bill Hicks - Corporate Shills

I watched American: The Bill Hicks Story this weekend, which covers the life and career of this eminent philosopher comedian. His insights continue to be profound, relevant, and poignant to contemporary times, especially:

Folks: It's time to evolve ideas. You know, evolution didn't end with us growing thumbs. You do know that, right? Didn't end there. We're at the point, now, where we're going to have to evolve ideas. The reason the world is so fucked up is we're undergoing evolution. And the reason our institutions, our traditional religions, are all crumbling, is because... they're no longer relevant. They're no longer relevant. So it's time for us to create a new philosophy and perhaps even a new religion, you see. And that's OK 'cause that's our right, 'cause we are free children of God with minds who can imagine anything, and that's kind of our role.

 - 1993.

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