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Interreflections

If it didn't repeatfast enough or slowed, the economy contracted

If it didn't repeat
fast enough or slowed, the economy contracted

Full Transcript

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If it didn't repeat fast enough or slowed,
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the economy contracted.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:48
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
Purchasing power wasn't circulating - Interreflections 00:06
Purchasing power wasn't circulating
A very unique historical moment occurred in the early 20th century - Interreflections 00:12
A very unique historical moment occurred in the early 20th c...
The problem was this newfound productive efficiency - Interreflections 00:07
The problem was this newfound productive efficiency
So two competing perspectives emerged: - Interreflections 00:07
So two competing perspectives emerged:
If we can produce an overall good surplus, - Interreflections 00:10
If we can produce an overall good surplus,
So you can now have say a person working only two days a week - Interreflections 00:11
So you can now have say a person working only two days a wee...
This logic makes perfect sense when it comes - Interreflections 00:06
This logic makes perfect sense when it comes
Suddenly people have more free time, not buried in debt. - Interreflections 00:04
Suddenly people have more free time, not buried in debt.
They can enrich their social life, family life, - Interreflections 00:06
They can enrich their social life, family life,
Well, that's not the way it played out - Interreflections 00:06
Well, that's not the way it played out
Which brings us to the system level perspective - Interreflections 00:09
Which brings us to the system level perspective
Market economics is predicated on a more is better ethic. - Interreflections 00:05
Market economics is predicated on a more is better ethic.
More growth, more sales, more employees, - Interreflections 00:09
More growth, more sales, more employees,
So what happened was to be expected, - Interreflections 00:06
So what happened was to be expected,
What was once a simple media service, - Interreflections 00:09
What was once a simple media service,
In the later stages, companies spent more money on advertising - Interreflections 00:07
In the later stages, companies spent more money on advertisi...
What advertising does is abuse our social nature - Interreflections 00:07
What advertising does is abuse our social nature
They're not good enough without this, - Interreflections 00:05
They're not good enough without this,
They feel excluded from others if they don't own something. - Interreflections 00:05
They feel excluded from others if they don't own someth...
And as pathetic as all that sounds it had - Interreflections 00:11
And as pathetic as all that sounds it had