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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.92,0:00:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh hello, sorry. War! We love it, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.07,0:00:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blowing stuff up, watching people suffer and die, it's exciting!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.77,0:00:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Violence, domination, retribution and other attributes of this competitive
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.21,0:00:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,warring fascination clearly dominates our media
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.31,0:00:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with films, television and other expressions constantly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.68,0:00:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,glorifying and reinforcing this gesture of conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.50,0:00:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it has been found that by the time an average kid
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.12,0:00:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reaches the age of 14 in the West,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.66,0:00:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he or she has visually witnessed over 8,000 depicted acts of murder.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.12,0:00:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given all of this, it might make you wonder:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.64,0:00:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.02,0:00:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Likewise, isn't it interesting how most of us in America sleep quite well at night
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.71,0:01:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while our military forces routinely invade,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.39,0:01:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slaughter and steal from other nations at will;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.13,0:01:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as, of course, all global empires have done historically,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.80,0:01:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with, this time, a global civilian death toll well over 1 million
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.88,0:01:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the past decade alone, many of them women and children.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.55,0:01:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, the same American culture shudders in horror and confusion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.28,0:01:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when some dude stumbles into an American schoolyard and randomly wipes out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.96,0:01:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a couple dozen or so kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.06,0:01:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask you, by what measure do we differentiate importance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.19,0:01:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to the death of different groups of people?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.95,0:01:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes us so special?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.60,0:01:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While history is certainly full of xenophobic, racist, religious
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.59,0:01:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nationalist conceits which have served as convenient justifications for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.42,0:01:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,external dehumanization, subjugation and imperial power abuse,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.91,0:01:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a rather unnoticed yet profound scientific truth has also emerged:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.50,0:01:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, every person on Earth can trace his or her lineage
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.38,0:02:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to a single common female ancestor who lived about 200,000 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.92,0:02:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Mitochondrial Eve', she is now called,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.85,0:02:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proving indeed that we are truly one family.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.67,0:02:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Likewise, the planet Earth, the habitat this family shares, it knows no division.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.87,0:02:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a unified, synergistic system at every turn, fully connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.64,0:02:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has no idea what a nation, a politician or a racist is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.73,0:02:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has no notion of any such human conceit, for that matter;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.25,0:02:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for division simply doesn't exist
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.86,0:02:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the order of nature by which we're all invariably subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.11,0:02:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark Twain once wrote
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.55,0:02:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his country,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.62,0:02:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under his own flag, and sneers at the other nations,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.84,0:02:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keeps multitudinous uniformed assassins on hand at heavy expense
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.35,0:02:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grab slices of other people's countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.89,0:02:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keep them from grabbing slices of his.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.90,0:03:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.77,0:03:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and works for 'the universal brotherhood of man'- with his mouth."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.92,0:03:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While we all love to give lip service to the idea of peace and collaboration,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.30,0:03:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holding up icons such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.46,0:03:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something underneath the surface is clearly holding us back.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.58,0:03:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, we know for a fact
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.73,0:03:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if we took the total war budgets of all the nations on Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.51,0:03:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(tens of trillions of dollars over the past quarter century alone)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.66,0:03:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and applied that energy-producing capital towards creating
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.75,0:03:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an advanced, intelligent, efficient system of Earth/Human management,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.08,0:03:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only would poverty and most deprivation be removed from our lives on the global scale
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.48,0:03:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our progressive capacity to create, build and improve
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.99,0:03:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than pillage, seek and destroy
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.80,0:03:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could catapult the human family into an age of prosperity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.54,0:03:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never before seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.62,0:04:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just imagine. If we took America's Pentagon or Britain's Northwood
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.03,0:04:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with all the world's advanced military centers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.41,0:04:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kicked all the army freaks out...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.17,0:04:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be harsh.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.48,0:04:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess we have to do something with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.56,0:04:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we can just take them all and place them in the Grand Canyon
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.75,0:04:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just let them beat the piss out of each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.54,0:04:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hopefully they'll get it out of their systems and move on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.48,0:04:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know, we'll figure that out later.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.05,0:04:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we, as the intelligent, mature human family
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.38,0:04:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now interested in improving the lives of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.97,0:04:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we use that incredible technology to help assist true developmental progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.12,0:04:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if the Manhattan Project, which harnessed about 130,000 people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.92,0:04:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly scientists and technicians, was dedicated not
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.68,0:04:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to building a bomb that could destroy on a scale never before seen;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.66,0:04:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather, utilizing that collaborative drive to solve true global problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.07,0:04:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps those very problems
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.30,0:04:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are causing the interest in war to begin with.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.39,0:05:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, the hyper-glorified, romanticized obsession with competition,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.04,0:05:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advantage and conflict has made it into almost every facet of our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.49,0:05:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only do we declare war against virtually everything that annoys us:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.27,0:05:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'the war on drugs', 'the war on poverty', 'the war on crime',
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.100,0:05:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'the war on terrorism', 'the war on cancer', you name it;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.97,0:05:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we also, apart from the near constant nationalist wars,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.52,0:05:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live in a perpetual state of common war or 'class war'
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.56,0:05:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we battle each other on a daily basis
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.47,0:05:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for unnecessary economic survival and delusions of status.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.42,0:05:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is, something has been set in motion
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.17,0:05:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that keeps us all on a multilevel war path.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.10,0:05:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something in our psychology and, hence, sociology is constantly pushing us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.69,0:05:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into justifications of these patterns, and as this episode will argue
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.05,0:05:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that something appears to reside at the very foundation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.50,0:05:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the socioeconomic condition itself:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.15,0:06:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a foundation which has given rise to an ever-expanding destructive neurosis
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.35,0:06:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a neurosis clearly characteristic of a culture in decline.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.75,0:06:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the creator of the Zeitgeist film trilogy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.44,0:06:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes the worst reality show of all time
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.37,0:06:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the real one
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.63,0:06:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GMP Films presents
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.14,0:06:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Culture In Decline
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.34,0:06:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with your guide, Peter Joseph.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.77,0:06:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breaking news
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.18,0:06:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This just in: The President has finished an emergency session at the White House
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.08,0:06:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he announced that the security focus of his administration
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.95,0:06:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be moving away from the global war on terror,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.37,0:06:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead, focusing all available resources against something the administration
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.47,0:06:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has deemed a larger threat to US and international security
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.44,0:07:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than anything recognized before: Nature itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.79,0:07:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's right, Dodge, the newly declared war against Nature
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.15,0:07:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be usurping funds from the Department of Homeland Security
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.54,0:07:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effectively replacing it with a new department, the Department of...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.55,0:07:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I'm reading this right:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.94,0:07:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Fuck The Earth And The Science It Rode In On."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.52,0:07:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's correct, Summer, the administration has already appointed a head
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.78,0:07:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this new department, the CEO of Monsanto Corporation, Satan himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.46,0:07:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When questioned regarding concerns about a possible conflict of interest
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.44,0:07:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the new appointee, the Obama administration responded:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.74,0:07:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Monsanto's reputation of challenging the vast power of this intolerant,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.36,0:07:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bullying force that goes by the terrorist name 'Natural Science'
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.02,0:07:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holds great potential for our victory.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.27,0:07:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We feel if anyone can take down these insurgent laws
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.89,0:07:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which restrict our God-given freedom, it is the professional experience
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.31,0:07:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our true lord and master: the Prince of Darkness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.55,0:07:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've just been informed that a press conference is now underway
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.00,0:07:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Pentagon's spokesperson answering questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.84,0:08:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We now go live to the White House.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.93,0:08:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the President said earlier, the greatest barrier to US interests
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.08,0:08:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been a constant state of offensive interference by this rogue network.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.02,0:08:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature has been forcing its will against our freedom for long enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.29,0:08:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our economy, our values, the American way of life, it's not negotiable.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.50,0:08:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either Nature concedes to our interests and stops terrorizing us
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.52,0:08:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with its hatred of our liberty,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.79,0:08:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we will be forced to destroy it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.93,0:08:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next question.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.74,0:08:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi. Joe, from L.A. Times:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.100,0:08:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you feel it could be a bad idea to move against
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.89,0:08:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a force which has historically never been overcome
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.97,0:08:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even phased by human action?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.38,0:08:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, I understand Nature has given a set of demands which, if met,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.80,0:08:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would cease many of its counterattacks.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.27,0:08:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Has the administration considered just meeting these demands?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.76,0:08:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen Joe, we don't negotiate with terrorists, and I've seen Nature's demands,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.22,0:08:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full of queer Communist propaganda such a balance and sustainability.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.30,0:09:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It even demands that we shut down our infinite growth consumption economy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.26,0:09:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make way for something where we are to be slaves to some oppressive
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.98,0:09:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,natural regeneration respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.53,0:09:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, I didn't spend 35 years defending this country
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.70,0:09:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have some metaphysical terrorist group with science on its side
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.84,0:09:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ruin what has made this nation great.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.60,0:09:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No further questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.58,0:09:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(P. Joseph) When we think of war, we usually think about gun-wielding soldiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.27,0:09:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tanks, flame throwers, fancy metal honors and other theatrics.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.77,0:09:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, when we step outside the theater,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.13,0:09:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,digging deeper in our examination of the world around us
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.28,0:09:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find that war is actually a state of mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.19,0:09:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a reaction, driven by some type of competitive condition.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.39,0:09:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we had to classify the different levels of large scale competition,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.29,0:09:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we might end up with two broad categories:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.99,0:09:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imperial war and class war.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.98,0:09:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imperial war, otherwise known as national war,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.59,0:09:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when an aggressor nation decides to invade some other nation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.98,0:10:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,justified by some form of perceived threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.21,0:10:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in the day, this threat often appeared as purely ideological with
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.94,0:10:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,religious groups battling it out to make sure they were in good with God,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.13,0:10:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while in a mildly more literate scientific world today,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.25,0:10:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the threat is more often than not pitched as direct to each of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.27,0:10:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such as, a rogue nation getting a nuclear weapon
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.30,0:10:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to blow up your grandmother's bingo tournament
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.50,0:10:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or perhaps a crazed state-funded hijacker crashing a plane
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.81,0:10:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into your favorite taco stand (bastards!).
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.50,0:10:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regardless, in virtually every historical case, the justification for war
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.71,0:10:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put forward for public digestion has always been far from the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.22,0:10:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, there is indeed always a true threat,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.76,0:10:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that threat has little to do with the vast majority of the population.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.77,0:10:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, it is a threat that bothers only the highest echelons
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.58,0:10:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of social hierarchy, an elitist upper class self-preservation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.75,0:10:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based around a loss of broad power and control.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.03,0:10:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When was the last time the citizenry actually cried out for war?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.88,0:11:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't happen, only the politicians go for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.60,0:11:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since the establishment would be hard-pressed to explain to their citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.78,0:11:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are going to invade some nation for its natural resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.38,0:11:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maintain currency domination, enable freedom for transnational corporations,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.44,0:11:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with other generally economic concerns
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.63,0:11:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to secure the interests of the upper 1%,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.36,0:11:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,various superficial, psychological ploys are used instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.40,0:11:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most common today is the moral crusade:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.18,0:11:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must not tolerate this regime using military force against its own people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.92,0:11:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(P. Joseph) coupled with some basic yet irrational threat of attack.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.28,0:11:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.70,0:11:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just to the US, but to Iran's neighbors and our allies.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.96,0:11:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(P. Joseph) In the words of famed sociologist Thorstein Veblen, writing from 1917:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.32,0:11:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Any warlike enterprise that is hopeful to be entered on
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.56,0:11:55.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must have the moral sanction of the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.14,0:12:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It consequently becomes the first concern of the warlike statesman
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.16,0:12:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put this moral force in train for the adventure on which he is bent."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.08,0:12:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, a large part of the imperial war is the psychological war
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.00,0:12:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the domestic citizenry itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.37,0:12:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US government spends billions of dollars every year
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.52,0:12:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on public relations and recruitment alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.48,0:12:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,producing signs like this one:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.98,0:12:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For our nation, for us all."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.76,0:12:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it me, or does that sound like Orwellian doublespeak?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.26,0:12:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's 'for our nation', then it clearly isn't 'for us all', as the human species
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.71,0:12:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the closest thing we have to 'all'. If it's referring to all of us in the nation
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.69,0:12:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would be hideously redundant, right? I think what they mean to say
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.66,0:12:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this warm, loving community slogan is:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.02,0:12:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For our nation, screw the rest."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.74,0:12:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cooking with Pepé
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.32,0:12:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello! Welcome to the show! My name is Pepé.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.49,0:12:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I've got something very special for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.84,0:13:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a true international delicacy:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.38,0:13:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,War!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.61,0:13:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To prepare for war is a very delicate matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.52,0:13:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing we need to do is create some spicy tension
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.49,0:13:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put fire in your belly.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.40,0:13:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first ingredient we need is a well-tempered provocation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.06,0:13:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Provocations are, of course, seasonal and subject to personal taste.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.86,0:13:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So may I suggest something along the lines [of]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.11,0:13:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very nice Gulf of Tonkin,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.09,0:13:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a robust Pearl Harbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.06,0:13:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you're feeling bored, a bustling 9/11.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.65,0:13:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, we let that cook for a bit and prepare our second ingredient,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.73,0:13:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a special sauté to give life to our fiery dish:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.84,0:13:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mainstream media.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.30,0:14:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you just smell the propaganda and delectable ignorance?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.12,0:14:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After we get a nice sizzle going,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.69,0:14:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we now add our final, most important ingredient:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.17,0:14:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the delicious soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.35,0:14:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most ripe soldiers tend to grow in the more poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.94,0:14:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rural areas of the world, often with limited literacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.60,0:14:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to pick them around
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.35,0:14:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,18, 19, because their brains are very immature and quite yummy,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.51,0:14:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perfect for participation in our war meal.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.68,0:14:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We mix it all together.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.18,0:14:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps add a few, some preservatives like patriotism
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.46,0:14:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(not too much)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.52,0:14:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jingoism,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.37,0:15:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, of course, our very special secret sauce.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.99,0:15:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK! And we are ready! The moment you have all been waiting for.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.43,0:15:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I present to you the greatest international delicacy of all time: War.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.29,0:15:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bon appétit.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.56,0:15:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(P. Joseph) Perhaps one of the most amusing aspects of national war
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.06,0:15:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the circus-like pageantry and ceremonialism.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.50,0:15:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cute costumes, little hats, shiny pieces of metal,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.98,0:15:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,various parades and official posturing
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.40,0:15:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all adornments and theatrics that give this air of honor and authority.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.07,0:15:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, this is not to dismiss the true sacrifice
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.85,0:15:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those who have given their lives in war, as there are always two sides.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.90,0:16:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This true honor comes from a position of working to help others,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.89,0:16:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not exploit them. Just as we hold the bravery of a firefighter
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.51,0:16:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who enters a burning building to save a child in high regard,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.17,0:16:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the intention to help society through military service is indeed a noble gesture.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.57,0:16:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though, sadly enough, 99% of those who enter the military
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.84,0:16:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with such noble intentions are more often than not being exploited
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.27,0:16:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the criminal purposes of the corporate state.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.78,0:16:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, you have to be impressed by the skill to give credence to an idea
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.35,0:16:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,merely because of the nature of its presentation.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.32,0:16:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, whether it's academia, the news media, government itself
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.18,0:16:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the military or anything else in society, our culture tends to believe
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.35,0:16:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and respect people merely because of their presentation, confidence and rhetoric,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.12,0:16:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the actual meaning or reasoning of the communication itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.93,0:17:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know that the first television sets of the 1950s
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.01,0:17:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were actually supposed to be used as prosthetic replacement heads
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.32,0:17:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give new hope for those who had been tragically decapitated?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.43,0:17:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, technology, weight and
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.65,0:17:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cord length being what they were at the time, it failed.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.96,0:17:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luckily, they could play other things besides the faces of the deceased
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.71,0:17:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and TV sets sold nationwide, and it's all true!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.96,0:17:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know why? Because you heard it from some guy in a tie.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.89,0:17:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, once the traditional, propagandized illusions in defense
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.60,0:17:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the act of organized human murder and resource theft have been overridden,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.86,0:17:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dismissing such shallow justifications as paternalism, honor and protectionism,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.25,0:17:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we realize that war today is actually an inherent characteristic
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.01,0:17:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the propertied, scarcity-driven business system.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.35,0:17:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Major General Smedley D. Butler,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.60,0:17:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the most notable and decorated officers in US history
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.04,0:18:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stated the following with respect to the business of war in 1935:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.38,0:18:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I spent 33 years and 4 months in active military service and during that period
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.15,0:18:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for big business,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.27,0:18:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Wall Street and the bankers.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.42,0:18:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.80,0:18:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.26,0:18:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.76,0:18:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a decent place for the National City boys to collect revenues in.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.57,0:18:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I helped in the raping of a half a dozen Central American republics
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.04,0:18:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.18,0:18:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902 -1912.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.12,0:18:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.83,0:18:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.43,0:18:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In China in 1927, I helped see to it that
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.34,0:18:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Standard Oil went on its way unmolested.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.68,0:18:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.63,0:19:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best he could do was operate his racket in three districts.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.81,0:19:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I operated on three continents." -Major General Smedley D. Butler
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.08,0:19:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given all of this, it's unique how the general public tends to separate
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.01,0:19:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the day-to-day competitive business acumen
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.08,0:19:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the severe form of competitive violent warfare,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.20,0:19:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there is very good evidence to show that they are deeply intermeshed.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.09,0:19:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To gain some perspective on this, we now welcome back our resident guru,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.20,0:19:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Louie the Logic Gremlin.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.82,0:19:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah! Before we get into the questions, I do have a letter here
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.40,0:19:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I would like to read to you and get your opinion on.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.64,0:19:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It reads: "Dear Peter, I really enjoy the new show.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.20,0:19:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it is helping get these important messages across.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.47,0:19:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, I am disappointed with the crude Louie the Logic Gremlin character,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.95,0:19:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it is just irritating and hideously stupid.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.57,0:19:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, would you please stop eating when you are speaking in the show.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.29,0:19:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really disgusting and annoying.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.40,0:19:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rock on. Joe."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.40,0:20:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sorry, Joe. Louie, what do you think about that?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.15,0:20:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aesthetic orientation is largely a cultural phenomenon.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.91,0:20:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your decision to directly agitate your audience is odd,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.64,0:20:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not without its communicative merit.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.98,0:20:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Toats! [Totally] Sorry, Joe, shit stays.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.27,0:20:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, so what's the skinny on war, man?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.34,0:20:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aren't we just crazy animals that have to be in endless conflict
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.48,0:20:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with each other due to our biology or something?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.50,0:20:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the conflict reaction is predictable in our evolutionary psychology,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.64,0:20:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the assumption of inevitably is absurdly false.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.90,0:20:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human nature exists as a propensity of interaction with conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.88,0:20:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you reward competition and produce scarcity
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.26,0:20:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we do today, you will perpetuate a conflict propensity.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.08,0:20:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you work to ease stress and reward balance,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.37,0:20:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will generate a collaborative propensity. - OK, I see what you're saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.74,0:20:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're saying that war is actually a system consequence?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.24,0:20:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Correct. The real underlying conflict is the war against social balance itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.94,0:20:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,National war is really a form of class war.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.14,0:21:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as we have an economic hierarchy from lower to upper classes in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.58,0:21:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world is stratified in the same way, for the same reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.43,0:21:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this case with terms such as
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.27,0:21:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"super-powers", "sub-powers" and "vassal states". - Interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.14,0:21:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how do we resolve this war tendency then?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.31,0:21:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remove the social reinforcements of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.50,0:21:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If society shifts to rewarding balance, abundance and collaboration,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.58,0:21:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then your species may have a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.44,0:21:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise, you people are likely fucked, as you are
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.91,0:21:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too immature right now to handle your own technological power. - Gotcha
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.21,0:21:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, thank you for your time, Louie.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.96,0:21:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To gain some public consensus on the issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.38,0:21:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we now turn live to our east coast 'Culture in Decline' correspondent,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.59,0:21:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big Scottie D, who's live in New York City
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.29,0:21:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk with people about what they think of war.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.27,0:21:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, thank you, Peter. I am here in New York City
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.84,0:21:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a beautiful cold day and
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.59,0:21:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to try to find some people to maybe talk to.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.00,0:21:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Excuse me, excuse me, Ma'am, would you like to...
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.44,0:21:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Excuse me, Sir... Sir, would you like to talk about the war?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.11,0:21:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What? - Would you like to talk about the war, Sir? - No.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.79,0:21:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Would you like to talk about the war today?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.12,0:22:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,War? No?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.31,0:22:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sir, would you like to talk about the war? - God bless.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.86,0:22:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- No? The war? Please? The war?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.25,0:22:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone who would like to talk about the war?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.44,0:22:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am just sick of this, Peter. You're sending me on these assignments.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.67,0:22:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's freaking freezing out here!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.02,0:22:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd rather be in a bar getting drunk and then maybe I can do this, all right?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.04,0:22:23.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's a bar up here.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.14,0:22:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me just grab my shit.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.05,0:22:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I'm just sick of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.39,0:22:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Goddammit!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.69,0:22:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said I am done, man! I am done!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.32,0:22:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get some other monkey, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.13,0:22:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's trash and shit all over the place!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.93,0:22:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does Peter wants to know about? He wants to know about the war!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.30,0:22:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I am sick of it, man!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.06,0:22:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got to calm down. I just need a drink.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.81,0:22:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Any of you are Occupy Wall Street types?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.67,0:22:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Praise. Applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.61,0:22:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Oooh it's not about money, except when you can't eat ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.09,0:23:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ and it's not about foreclosures except when you've got nowhere to sleep ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.26,0:23:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It's not about elections except when they can be bought ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.87,0:23:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ and it's not about the wars except when they're fought. ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.51,0:23:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It's not about the environment except if we're running out of time ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.23,0:23:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It's not about my choices, except when they're not mine ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.89,0:23:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It's not the lack of justice, except when you can't fight back ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.06,0:23:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ and it's not about the police, unless, umm, your black! ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.30,0:23:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Fuck this shit! Fuck this shit! ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.94,0:23:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Come on, you want to say it, fuck this shit! Everybody ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.72,0:23:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ fuck this shit! fuck this shit! ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.69,0:23:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Don't worry, none of these people are going to be at work tomorrow ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.44,0:23:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Fuck this shit, oooh ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.18,0:23:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're so totally ruled by the 1%, which is basically all the corporations.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.81,0:23:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wanting to sell us shit, influence us, influence our culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.99,0:23:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can't even think for ourselves and we're...
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.56,0:23:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our sense of self is altered and even our sense of health.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.89,0:23:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even fucking smoke! I don't know where this comes from? Jesus!
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.72,0:24:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter Joseph has asked us to stand out here in the freezing cold
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.29,0:24:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talk about the difference of classes here, but
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.29,0:24:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is sitting in his LA loft, relaxing
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.58,0:24:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with his big flat screen TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.34,0:24:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New video message!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.04,0:24:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yeah, fuck him!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.68,0:24:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Fuck Peter Joseph!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.39,0:24:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only thing that we don't have a war on, is a war on war,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.18,0:24:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that, as peace activists,we don't want to fight;
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.49,0:24:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, we are going to end up loosing, due to irony!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.35,0:24:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Final thoughts:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.25,0:25:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we think about resolution of something as detrimental as national war,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.43,0:25:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when, on the micro level, we in society actually praise, reward
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.88,0:25:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reinforce the same basic underlying competitive drive?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.78,0:25:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Generally, when faced with such a question, people tend to play the morality card,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.57,0:25:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though a matter of degree is what's relevant
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.64,0:25:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the philosophical basis itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.39,0:25:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually this vague distinction is gestured to the effect that
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.24,0:25:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,competition is good, but we should never go too far and be violent in any way.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.50,0:25:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, of course, the question becomes "What constitutes violence?"
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.05,0:25:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if, instead of physically attacking you directly,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.73,0:25:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put you into a subtle yet deeply toxic condition,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.90,0:25:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where your life is shorten by decades via heart disease, cancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.14,0:25:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mental illness, and other such consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.74,0:25:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would that be considered violent?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.83,0:25:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what if such intentions were not even directly malicious,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.24,0:25:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as a lower class, desperate single mother
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.32,0:25:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forced to work three jobs to keep up,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.65,0:25:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who fails one night to provide proper supervision for her child,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.07,0:26:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resulting in the death of her child?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.80,0:26:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask you "What is the true origin of the resulting death,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.44,0:26:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and does that qualify as violent?"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.75,0:26:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To paraphrase Mahatma Gandhi
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.05,0:26:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Poverty is the worst form of violence."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.65,0:26:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the real war going on is not as obvious as many think.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.54,0:26:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real war exists in the very structure of our society itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.21,0:26:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something public health officials have now termed
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.79,0:26:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Structural Violence':
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.69,0:26:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a war, in fact, against public health and balance itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.80,0:26:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantly producing casualty after casualty in its hidden oppression;
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.64,0:26:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this form of violence today kills more people
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.81,0:26:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than every type of direct behavioral violence put together.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.02,0:26:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its origin? A social system
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.26,0:26:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally built upon competition and exploitation itself
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.100,0:26:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for all you noble activists out there, for all of you
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.84,0:26:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who pile into protest zones each time a new national war emerges
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.65,0:27:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yell at the top of your lungs, keep in mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.64,0:27:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are only targeting a symptom of a larger sociological problem
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.44,0:27:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and until the activist community realizes this, I am sorry to say:
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.29,0:27:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your protests have no long-term consequence,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.14,0:27:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they do not address the root problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.34,0:27:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, on the bright side, it's still great entertainment, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.56,0:27:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so let's keep watching this bizarre human experiment,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.09,0:27:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certainly the greatest, yet worst reality show of all time, for sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.91,0:27:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am Peter Joseph, and yes I, like you,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.88,0:27:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,am an agent and victim of a culture in decline.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.69,0:27:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is the credit scene?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.96,0:27:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What? What do you mean "Bob didn't get hurt"?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.63,0:27:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sorry, Bob.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.45,0:27:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the format of the show.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.12,0:27:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Neither the great political and financial power structures of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.66,0:27:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor the specialization-blinded professionals nor the population in general
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.26,0:28:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realizes that... it is now highly feasible to take care of everyone on earth
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.89,0:28:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a higher standard of living than they have ever known.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.78,0:28:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.79,0:28:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and henceforth unrationalizable as mandated by survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.68,0:28:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,War is obsolete." - R. Buckminster Fuller
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.33,0:28:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Written and edited by Peter Joseph while severely constipated
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.38,0:28:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Culture in Decline
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.84,0:28:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if what I'm about to tell you makes you question 'what is what'?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.01,0:28:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I propose a 'what if' scenario?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.14,0:28:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I were to take up precious time in your busy life
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.29,0:28:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just spinning you on a soul-dulling spiral with meaningless double-talk?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.82,0:29:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time, what if I kept you distracted with flashy graphics?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.08,0:29:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you notice? Or for that matter, would you care?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.43,0:29:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Naah. You're too busy, listening to some guy in a tie.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.27,0:29:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sleep. (Snap!)