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Subliminal Messages and the Call to Awaken
Graffiti
They live, we sleep
Subliminal Messages on Billboards and Magazines
OBEY“, "MARRY AND REPRODUCE“, "NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT", "NO THOUGHT", "CONSUME“, "CONFORM", "SUBMIT", "STAY ASLEEP", "BUY", "WATCH TV", "NO IMAGINATION", "DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY", "SLEEP", "WORK 8 HOURS", "SLEEP 8 HOURS", "PLAY 8 HOURS", "HONOR APATHY", "NO IDEAS", "FOLLOW", "SURRENDER", "COOPERATE", "DOUBT HUMANITY", "REWARD INDIFFERENT
Subliminal Message on US Currency
THIS IS YOUR GOD
Gilbert
The world needs a wake-up call. We're going to phone it in.
Drifter
You still don't get it, do you, boys? There ain't no countries anymore, no more good guys. They're running the whole show! They own everything, the whole god-damn planet. They can do whatever they want!
Announcer
Attention: Your wristwatch has malfunctioned. This entryway is temporary and will disappear in 10 seconds.
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A humorous observation on appearance
John Nada
You know, you look like your head fell in the cheese dip back in 1957.
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Society and the Dehumanization of the Middle Class
Bearded Man on TV
They are dismantling the sleeping middle class. More and more people are becoming poor. We are their ]. We are being bred for ]. We could be pets, we could be food, but all we really are is livestock.
[[cattle; [slavery]
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Identity and Intentions of the Unknown
Taglines
Who are they? And what do they want?
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The Temptation of Selling Out
Drifter
What is wrong with having it good for a change? Now they're gonna let us have it good if we just help em. They're gonna leave us alone, let us make some money. You can have a little taste of that good life too. Now, I know you want it. Hell, everybody does.
Frank
You'd do it to your own kind.
Drifter
What's the threat? We all sell out every day. Might as well be on the winning team.
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Out of Bubble Gum and Ready to Fight
John Nada
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubble gum.
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Critique of Corporate Greed and Worker Struggles
Frank Armitage
The steel mills were laying people off left and right. They finally went under. We gave the steel companies a break when they needed it. You know what they gave themselves? Raises.
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Indifference and Control in Society's Trance
Bearded Man on TV
The poor and the underclass are growing. ] and ] are nonexistent. They have created a repressive society and we are their unwitting accomplices. Their intention to rule rests with the annihilation of consciousness. We have been lulled into a trance. They have made us indifferent to ourselves, to others. We are focused only on ].
[[W:Racial justice|Racial justice; [human rights; [Greed|our own gain]
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Perspective on Alien Intentions and Capitalism
Frank
What do these things want?
Gilbert
They're free-enterprisers. The earth is just another developing planet. Their third world.
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Discontent with the Situation
John Nada
I don't like this one bit. Not one bit!
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Reality of Our Environmental Crisis
Bearded Man on TV
Look around at the ] we live in. Carbon dioxide, ], and methane have increased since 1958. ] is being acclimatized. They are ].
[[Nature|environment; [w:fluorocarbons|fluorocarbons; [Earth; [Global warming|turning our atmosphere into their atmosphere]
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Belief in Opportunity Amidst Hard Times
Frank
So how you gonna make it?
Nada
I deliver a hard day's work for my money. I just want the chance. It'll come. I believe in America. I follow the rules. Everybody's got their own hard times these days.
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The Consequences of Speaking Up
John Nada
Mama don't like tattletales!
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A Choice Between Reality and Refusal
Nada
I'm giving you a choice: either put on these glasses, or start eating that trash can.
Frank
Not this year.
Nada
OK. All right. (Fight ensues)
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Life as a Competitive and Selfish Game
Frank Armitage
The whole deal's like some crazy game. They put you at a starting line, and the name of the game is "Make It Through Life," only everyone's looking out for themselves and looking to do you in at the same time.
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Navigating Life's Path: Finding Balance and Caution
Frank
I got a job now and I plan on keeping it. I'm walking a white line all the time. I don't bother nobody. Nobody bothers me. You better start doing the same!
Nada
White line's in the middle of the road. That's the worst place to drive.
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Confronting Hidden Forces Within Society
Frank
Maybe they've always been with us, those things out there. Maybe they love it — seeing us hate each other, watching us kill each other off, feeding on our own cold fucking hearts.
Nada
Well, I've got news for them. Going to be hell to pay, cause I ain't daddy's little boy no more.
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Confrontation and Discontent in "They Live
John Nada
Come to show em where I am? Not nice!
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Illusion of Normalcy in Society
Taglines
You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they're people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong.
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Seeking Others Who Can See the Truth
Frank
We can't be the only ones who can see. We've got to find the people who made these.
[about the glasses]
Nada
Yeah, if any of them are still alive.
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Life's Challenges and Harsh Realities
John Nada
Brother, life's a bitch, and she's back in heat.
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Questioning the Origin of Others
Frank
How long have they been there?
Nada
Who knows.
Frank
What are they? Where do they come from?
Nada
Well, they ain't from Cleveland.
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