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That's simply a watered-down version of authoritarianism
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Interreflections

That's simply a watered-downversion of authoritarianism, voting for kings and queens

That's simply a watered-down
version of authoritarianism, voting for kings and queens

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That's simply a watered-down version of authoritarianism,
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voting for kings and queens.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:31
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
fantasy, sci-fi
Production
Gentle Machine Productions LLC

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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
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
They had been conditioned by these mythical free market ideas - Interreflections 00:18
They had been conditioned by these mythical free market idea...
And any advanced technological society that evolves - Interreflections 00:23
And any advanced technological society that evolves
It's a system of violence and oppression - Interreflections 00:07
It's a system of violence and oppression