Wealth Control and Economic Manipulation Explained
Hardenberg:
That would collapse the world's financial system.
Jule:
You want them poor! It's the way to control them. Make them sell their raw goods at dirt cheap prices...
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Value of Relationships Over Material Ethics
Peter: [to Jan at the end of film]
Us three... That's more important than stuffy bourgeois ethics.
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Responsibility Over Invention and Action
Peter:
It's not who invented the gun, man. It's who pulls the trigger.
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Critique of Capitalism and Authority
Jan:
We live in a capitalist dictatorship.
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The Shift in Political Perspectives Over Time
Hardenberg:
One day, you want a car that doesn't break down and some other conveniences. Then you have children and want security for them. Then one day, to your surprise, you find yourself voting conservative.
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