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SharonAnn

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21. I just watched "The Metropolis" last week. Same point as what she made.
Sun Jun 10, 2012, 02:05 PM
Jun 2012

The corporate mechanized society had a few wealthy and privileged at the top of the class structure and masses of laborers in the lower class. The laborers were poor, overworked, and bound in their class.

A woman (called Maria) begins rallies with the laborers telling that they need to rise up and follow the "Mediator" who will come to them. She says the "Head", the upper class, and the "Hands", the laboring lower class, need a "Heart", the Mediator.

So, in 1925, Fritz Lang was telling the world through this film that that corporatocracy needed a Heart.

Nothing new under the sun.

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The Senate needs another good woman.. Wounded Bear Jun 2012 #1
I just watched "The Metropolis" last week. Same point as what she made. SharonAnn Jun 2012 #21
Without rules and a ref, it isn’t football, it’s a mugging renate Jun 2012 #2
Did Thom Hartmann come up with that quote? I think I heard it on there. rhett o rick Jun 2012 #7
Yes that was great SunsetDreams Jun 2012 #9
I'd vote for this woman in a heartbeat. PDJane Jun 2012 #3
To the RW masses, those are not good qualities...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2012 #5
A most brilliant libodem Jun 2012 #4
But her definition of people doesnt apply to Rmoney. Maybe he is a corporation. nm rhett o rick Jun 2012 #6
SNAP, therein lies the difference MagickMuffin Jun 2012 #8
Warren, one of greatest hopes! longship Jun 2012 #10
Wonderful quote. Although sadly, I'm not sure she's correct. RufusTFirefly Jun 2012 #11
Woohooo!! felix_numinous Jun 2012 #12
Love it! She tells it plain and true! The Wielding Truth Jun 2012 #13
GO ELIZABETH!!!! secondwind Jun 2012 #14
People also often have minds of their own, rather than minds owned by corporate employers/media L. Coyote Jun 2012 #15
corporations ethanwashere Jun 2012 #16
What a breath of hope in a suffocating landscape. woo me with science Jun 2012 #17
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2012 #18
OMG. Warren for president in 2016. nt Nay Jun 2012 #19
Outstanding. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #20
not all people have hearts, if you know what I mean magnifisense Jun 2012 #22
Hell. Yes. DirkGently Jun 2012 #23
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