The political satire commentaries - Bill Hicks

Let me preface this post by explaining my main sources of political inspiration:

The people that have influenced my political thoughts are, for the most part, not actual politicians (although some have become public servants after some time). No, the people I really admired for their political ideas were artist, writers and performers. I found that above all, comedians were the best analysts of American society. They were able to often focused on the nation's faults, but do so in such a skillful way they made me laugh. No one was better than this than Bill Hicks.

Bill's thoughts on his place on the political spectrum, "People often ask me where I stand politically. It's not that I disagree with Bush's economic policy or his foreign policy, it's that I believe he was a child of Satan sent here to destroy the planet Earth. Little to the left."

Hicks died of cancer in 1994 at the age of 32. He was far too raw and controversial for mainstream America because of his vitriolic rants on religion, but he had a dedicated following in the US and England for his views on politics, drugs and war. The BBC ran a story nearly ten years after his death because his act was almost prophetic during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Hicks was far ahead of his time. I am confident he will be posthumously recognized as one of greatest American philosophers of the 20th century. He fought aggressively to get people to question the answers that are lobbed up by the authorities. His favorite topic was the Kennedy assassination. It shocked him how implausible the explanation of events was and how readily the public accepted the official line. Hicks wanted people to ask more questions. If this advice were to be heeded, 99% of the population would be much better off.

Read Bill Hicks. Listen to his routine. Laugh and think. Some of his material is meant just to shock or said for throwaway laughs, but at the core of his beliefs and philosophy was a search for truth and determination to appeal to the audience's intellect.

Long live Bill Hicks.