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Michael X was an ambitious man who had badly wanted
political power. I don't see anything to be terrified
about, about powerful black people. I'm a pretty powerful black man. I'm the most powerful black man
in Europe. But now he saw that
he was never going to get it. So he decided that he, too,
would revert to the old forms of power
that he knew well - extortion and violence
political power. I don't see anything to be terrified
about, about powerful black people. I'm a pretty powerful black man. I'm the most powerful black man
in Europe. But now he saw that
he was never going to get it. So he decided that he, too,
would revert to the old forms of power
that he knew well - extortion and violence
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Michael X was an ambitious man
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who had badly wanted
political power.
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I don't see anything to be terrified
about, about powerful black people.
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I'm a pretty powerful black man.
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I'm the most powerful black man
in Europe.
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But now he saw that
he was never going to get it.
00:00:22.084 --> 00:00:26.999
So he decided that he, too,
would revert
00:00:26.999 --> 00:00:29.056
to the old forms of power
that he knew well -
00:00:29.056 --> 00:00:31.052
extortion and violence.
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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.
