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It's the masses themselves that push for this
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Interreflections

It's the masses themselvesthat push for this, willfully exchangingtheir freedom for...

It's the masses themselves
that push for this, willfully exchanging
their freedom for security

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It's the masses themselves that push for this,
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willfully exchanging their freedom for security.
Duration
7 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
01:17:25
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
So they can comfortably return to their workstations - Interreflections 00:14
So they can comfortably return to their workstations
In the end, it wasn't the so-called communist, - Interreflections 00:10
In the end, it wasn't the so-called communist,
One could debate the ins and outs of morality, - Interreflections 00:09
One could debate the ins and outs of morality,
And at the turn of the 21st century - Interreflections 00:07
And at the turn of the 21st century
With great inefficiency we were using - Interreflections 00:07
With great inefficiency we were using
Had destroyed vast realms of biodiversity, - Interreflections 00:13
Had destroyed vast realms of biodiversity,
The most common question I get when teaching this history is, - Interreflections 00:09
The most common question I get when teaching this history is...
How could everyone just keep blindly pulling levers - Interreflections 00:15
How could everyone just keep blindly pulling levers
The doctrine was that of universal scarcity. - Interreflections 00:05
The doctrine was that of universal scarcity.
People had been taught to believe that at no time, - Interreflections 00:07
People had been taught to believe that at no time,
The very idea an economy could be organized - Interreflections 00:11
The very idea an economy could be organized
The cult of scarcity and consumption wasn't having it. - Interreflections 00:04
The cult of scarcity and consumption wasn't having it.
Supporting the myth that people had infinite wants - Interreflections 00:07
Supporting the myth that people had infinite wants
Hence, the poor had to exist and if anything was the problem, - Interreflections 00:07
Hence, the poor had to exist and if anything was the problem...
That was the prevailing dogma. There must be too many people. - Interreflections 00:05
That was the prevailing dogma. There must be too many people...
You can't have ecological balance in a system - Interreflections 00:07
You can't have ecological balance in a system
It's another to consume because the system demands it. - Interreflections 00:04
It's another to consume because the system demands it.
And the market system of economics needed - Interreflections 00:15
And the market system of economics needed
If it didn't repeat fast enough or slowed, - Interreflections 00:05
If it didn't repeat fast enough or slowed,
Purchasing power wasn't circulating - Interreflections 00:06
Purchasing power wasn't circulating