MOVIES : The Edukators
Some german youths break into houses of rich people and rearrange their furniture as a protest against capitalism. Something goes wrong and suddenly they're in a deep hole full of shit - what do they do?
This film had some nice bits to it, and certainly some nice acting and direction. Very simple, it was almost Dogma, except it had a soundtrack. It combined the inconceivable (corporate globalisation) with the too familiar (a love triangle).
But one of the pillars of the film was just not strong enough - there is a battle of wills in one part of the film between a rich guy and these kids, in which the kids win. But their arguments suck and are easily rebuffed, it seems that the writer/developer of the film hasn't opened themselves up to criticism or investigated all the ideas he is regurgitating.
This is especially frustrating because there _are_ good arguments for what they are rebelling against; having just read 'Collapse' I feel that I am quite aware of the environmental ones even if my macro-economics isn't up to scratch. You can't beat 'the rich' with flowery idealism, only by showing that they will benefit in some way from changing their attitudes/actions - and even more importatntly this requires _us_ to do it first.
(BTW I think that the next successful political system/civilization will harness selfishness in such a way that somehow by being selfish I help everyone else out... co-operatives a al mondragon for example)
This film had some nice bits to it, and certainly some nice acting and direction. Very simple, it was almost Dogma, except it had a soundtrack. It combined the inconceivable (corporate globalisation) with the too familiar (a love triangle).
But one of the pillars of the film was just not strong enough - there is a battle of wills in one part of the film between a rich guy and these kids, in which the kids win. But their arguments suck and are easily rebuffed, it seems that the writer/developer of the film hasn't opened themselves up to criticism or investigated all the ideas he is regurgitating.
This is especially frustrating because there _are_ good arguments for what they are rebelling against; having just read 'Collapse' I feel that I am quite aware of the environmental ones even if my macro-economics isn't up to scratch. You can't beat 'the rich' with flowery idealism, only by showing that they will benefit in some way from changing their attitudes/actions - and even more importatntly this requires _us_ to do it first.
(BTW I think that the next successful political system/civilization will harness selfishness in such a way that somehow by being selfish I help everyone else out... co-operatives a al mondragon for example)
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