 xelous
Male, 18-29, Western US
 2535 Posts
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:09:32 PM
Isn't the speech longer than that |
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 chalket
Male, 50-59, Southern US
1575 Posts
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:31:20 AM
@AvatarJohn
"And corporations are just people who want to make something of themselves and contribute to society. But... brainwashed morons won't hear that."
Wait... what? Is that the height of ignorance or brilliant trolling? Methinks it is you who is the brainwashed moron. |
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 LordJim
Male, 50-59, Europe
2491 Posts
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:30:13 AM
@AvatarJohn
'And corporations are just people...'
Well, apparently that is the legal status in the US, but not really.
As William Hazlitt put it;
'Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals, because they have more power to do mischief, and are less amenable to disgrace or punishment. They feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor good-will. The principle of private or natural conscience is extinguished in each individual (we have no moral sense in the breasts of others), and nothing is considered but how the united efforts of the whole (released from idle scruples) may be best directed to the obtaining of political advantages and privileges to be shared as common spoil.'
1821
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 Vimto
Male, 40-49, Europe
2015 Posts
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:30:37 AM
tl;dr |
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 dm2754
Male, 30-39, Western US
2826 Posts
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 6:48:55 AM
all soldiers further evil. |
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 Tiredofnicks
Male, 30-39, Europe
3995 Posts
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 4:26:01 AM
AvatarJohn: The "benevolent corporation" is a myth. All corporations exist for one purpose; to generate profits for the shareholders. I'm not saying the system isn't working, it just bugs me when people try to romanticize it. |
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 sourkraut
Male, 40-49, Australia
313 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:51:57 PM
@Gerry: "Clearly, this moving speach given some 80 year ago has had zero impact on the world"
I saw that film for the first time when I was about ten, and that speech has been with me for the last thirty years. It's an essential truth. Zero impact? I beg to differ... |
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 AvatarJohn
Male, 30-39, Southern US
529 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:45:06 PM
Judging by the inane comments such as, "why are we any different than Hitler, Stalin, Khrushchev or Mao" and "smothered by the corporate sharks", I guess we all see what we want to see.
Hint: We are the good guys. They are the bad guys. And corporations are just people who want to make something of themselves and contribute to society. But... brainwashed morons won't hear that. Sigh... Is Jan. 20 here yet? |
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 ferdyfred
Male, 40-49, Europe
5940 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 9:36:37 PM
Its the working class speech
which is smothered by the corporate sharks |
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Andrew155
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1203 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:39:26 PM
The internet loves this speech.
Mervviscious - This speech is religious. You know, the one you're supporting. Hitler, however, was not really religious. He was more "Post-religious". This is rather established. Go read Hitler's table talks:
http://archive.org/details/HitlersTableTalk |
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 TheGuySmiley
Male, 18-29, Canada
1222 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:58:52 PM
Luke 17:20-21 |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
26248 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:04:40 PM
Clearly, this moving speach given some 80 year ago
has had zero impact on the world.
kinda sad really |
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 CaptKangaroo
Male, 50-59, Southern US
1198 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 5:55:01 PM
The first time I saw Chaplin do the speech, it was a few hours after seeing American troops dropping napalm on villages in Viet Nam- I was maybe 10. When, in school, I asked why we were any different than Hitler, Stalin, Khrushchev or Mao, I was sent to the principals office, given detention and my parents were called to report my 'disruptive behavior'. Crap really started to click into place for me. |
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 trickroom
Male, 18-29, Canada
277 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 5:10:12 PM
here's a great video to go along with it. Includes the extended speech...
The Greatest Speech Ever Made |
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 IRockYeah
Male, 30-39, Europe
2155 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 5:07:52 PM
Where's the rest of it? |
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 Quackor
Male, 18-29, S. America
2696 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:40:51 PM
ahhh IAB, the place where videos become pictures |
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 mervviscious
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
1795 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:10:10 PM
god is not real...and religion is funny until you start killing people over it.. and hitler was a christen.. |
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 soundman655
Male, 50-59, Canada
978 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:09:19 PM
Oh, what a happy litle world ;( |
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 HalfPintRoo
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2082 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:56:14 PM
LOVE this repost. It has so much meaning in it |
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 fancylad
Male, 30-39, Western US
2514 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:51:47 PM
Link: Charlie Chaplin's Speech: The Great Dictator [Pic] [Rate Link] - It's even more moving when you read it. It transcends time. |
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