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Interreflections

People had been taughtto believe that at no time, under no circumstance,can economic...

People had been taught
to believe that at no time, under no circumstance,
can economic balance exist

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People had been taught to believe that at no time,
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under no circumstance, can economic balance exist.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
01:22:44
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
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
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