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Attempts at social change
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Interreflections

Attempts at social change were deeply fragmented in focus because people's understanding...

Attempts at social change were deeply fragmented in focus because people's understanding of cause and effect
was so shallow

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Attempts at social change
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were deeply fragmented in focus
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because people's understanding
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of cause and effect was so shallow.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:00
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
fantasy, sci-fi
Production
Gentle Machine Productions LLC

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Movie Summary

In a quest for a new, more humane society, a counter-culture revolution takes the world by storm. In the first of the InterReflections Trilogy, we look back to the modern world and wonder how it was we managed to survive as long as w
Their so-called democratic process - Interreflections 00:10
Their so-called democratic process
A true democracy as we now know allows for public consensus - Interreflections 00:09
A true democracy as we now know allows for public consensus
That's simply a watered-down version of authoritarianism, - Interreflections 00:06
That's simply a watered-down version of authoritarianis...
And to add insult to injury, - Interreflections 00:09
And to add insult to injury,
People loved to argue about moral lines and ethics, - Interreflections 00:10
People loved to argue about moral lines and ethics,
So inevitably those who did end up with true social power - Interreflections 00:06
So inevitably those who did end up with true social power
That wasn't a corruption, - Interreflections 00:05
That wasn't a corruption,
And needless to say this business power subculture - Interreflections 00:09
And needless to say this business power subculture
And as science and technology increased efficiency - Interreflections 00:15
And as science and technology increased efficiency
People's dignity and integrity were bought off - Interreflections 00:07
People's dignity and integrity were bought off
Feeding a materialist fetish - Interreflections 00:06
Feeding a materialist fetish
And you know, I often ponder all this, - Interreflections 00:32
And you know, I often ponder all this,
If there's any historical through-line that reveals - Interreflections 00:13
If there's any historical through-line that reveals
You can't have a society that's based upon hierarchical power - Interreflections 00:15
You can't have a society that's based upon hierarc...
Consider the function of cost efficiency. - Interreflections 00:04
Consider the function of cost efficiency.
Cost efficiency is about trying to save money on production - Interreflections 00:07
Cost efficiency is about trying to save money on production
It's at the core of the basic gaming strategy - Interreflections 00:06
It's at the core of the basic gaming strategy
And that simple incentive, the principle of seeking to reduce - Interreflections 00:13
And that simple incentive, the principle of seeking to reduc...
Whether indentured servitude, bonded labor, - Interreflections 00:10
Whether indentured servitude, bonded labor,
And the point to make here is that this kind of framework - Interreflections 00:13
And the point to make here is that this kind of framework