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Let your life be a friction to stop the machine (Original Post)
Mr_Jefferson_24
Feb 2012
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polly7
(20,582 posts)1. Kick. Powerful video.
canoeist52
(2,282 posts)2. 22 minutes of truth - all in one video.
Didn't see or hear anything that I don't believe to be true.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)3. That pretty much sums it up.
BrendaBrick
(1,296 posts)4. k&r wow.
powerful & moving. thanks for posting this.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)5. This is a phenomenal video. It has to go to the front page.
I hope transcripts become available. I just jotted down a few quotes.
At about 3:08 minutes in
"A national myth that binds the loyalty of its people to its government must be a subtle and powerful elixir that elevates and aggrandizes the peoples' self-regard."
13:40 paraphrased
'Unfortunately the identities of a majority of Americans are so fused with the myth that to disbelieve it would be to disbelieve in themselves...'
1790
We must end the abject submission to out ruling class...We must confront with calm courage this tyrannical system
Mr_Jefferson_24
(8,559 posts)6. There is some great composition in this video...
... I'd like to see the transcripts too.