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But he was going to use
it to restore China's power. Deng Xiaoping knew that in the
19th century, the British had used drugs
to control the Chinese. They had brought opium to China. It led to what the Chinese called
the century of humiliation. Now, Deng was determined to reverse
that, to reassert China's power. You couldn't use drugs because the Americans already
had their own drugs. Instead, he was going to use
the mass mobilisation of the Chinese people to invent another force that would be
the equivalent of opium. A kind of mass consumerism never
seen before in the world - driven by goods so cheap that everyone in the West would
want them
it to restore China's power. Deng Xiaoping knew that in the
19th century, the British had used drugs
to control the Chinese. They had brought opium to China. It led to what the Chinese called
the century of humiliation. Now, Deng was determined to reverse
that, to reassert China's power. You couldn't use drugs because the Americans already
had their own drugs. Instead, he was going to use
the mass mobilisation of the Chinese people to invent another force that would be
the equivalent of opium. A kind of mass consumerism never
seen before in the world - driven by goods so cheap that everyone in the West would
want them
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But he was going to use
it to restore China's power.
00:00:07.016 --> 00:00:10.999
Deng Xiaoping knew that in the
19th century,
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the British had used drugs
to control the Chinese.
00:00:14.004 --> 00:00:16.092
They had brought opium to China.
00:00:16.092 --> 00:00:21.084
It led to what the Chinese called
the century of humiliation.
00:00:21.084 --> 00:00:27.004
Now, Deng was determined to reverse
that, to reassert China's power.
00:00:28.064 --> 00:00:30.006
You couldn't use drugs
00:00:30.006 --> 00:00:33.084
because the Americans already
had their own drugs.
00:00:33.084 --> 00:00:37.012
Instead, he was going to use
the mass mobilisation
00:00:37.012 --> 00:00:39.044
of the Chinese people to invent
00:00:39.044 --> 00:00:43.004
another force that would be
the equivalent of opium.
00:00:44.036 --> 00:00:48.092
A kind of mass consumerism never
seen before in the world -
00:00:48.092 --> 00:00:50.088
driven by goods so cheap that
00:00:50.088 --> 00:00:53.004
everyone in the West would
want them.
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Movie Summary
Love, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence and You. An emotional history of the modern world by Adam Curtis.
