The Age of Stupid

438 00:38:24,804 --> 00:38:29,717 And now someone else is getting all your best 439 00:38:31,184 --> 00:38:33,749 Boots are made for walkin' 440 00:38:33,749 --> 00:38:36,652 And that's just what they'll do 441 00:38:36,652 --> 00:38:41,652 One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you 442 00:40:14,568 --> 00:40:15,568 - Woo! - Woo! 443 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:41,348 - Lots of ideas have tried 444 00:40:41,348 --> 00:40:43,470 to take over the world, 445 00:40:43,470 --> 00:40:46,326 but there's only one winner. 446 00:40:46,326 --> 00:40:49,069 3,000 adverts bombard us every day. 447 00:40:49,069 --> 00:40:50,637 Telling us we'll be happier, 448 00:40:50,637 --> 00:40:52,824 more attractive and with better skin, 449 00:40:52,824 --> 00:40:55,032 if only we buy their product. 450 00:40:55,032 --> 00:40:57,429 To get there, they create within us an insatiable 451 00:40:57,429 --> 00:41:00,597 desire to buy more and more stuff. 452 00:41:00,597 --> 00:41:02,879 Americans have been advertised that longest, 453 00:41:02,879 --> 00:41:04,596 and they now each consume 454 00:41:04,596 --> 00:41:06,781 twice as much energy as a European, 455 00:41:06,781 --> 00:41:09,114 and nine times more than a Chinese person, 456 00:41:09,114 --> 00:41:11,032 15 more times than an Indian, 457 00:41:11,032 --> 00:41:14,516 and 50 times more than someone from Kenya. 458 00:41:14,516 --> 00:41:17,073 If all six and a half billion people here on earth 459 00:41:17,073 --> 00:41:20,058 consumed like Europeans or Japanese, 460 00:41:20,058 --> 00:41:23,029 we'd need two more planets worth of resources. 461 00:41:23,029 --> 00:41:24,362 If everyone consumed like 462 00:41:24,362 --> 00:41:26,986 Americans, Australians and Canadians, 463 00:41:26,986 --> 00:41:28,789 we'd need another four. 464 00:41:28,789 --> 00:41:32,390 And in 2040 or so when there's about nine billion of us, 465 00:41:32,390 --> 00:41:34,614 we'll need two more again. 466 00:41:34,614 --> 00:41:37,514 Capitalism's only goal is ever expending growth, 467 00:41:37,514 --> 00:41:39,029 but ever expending growth 468 00:41:39,029 --> 00:41:41,224 on just the one not expending planet, 469 00:41:41,224 --> 00:41:43,466 it's impossible. 470 00:41:43,466 --> 00:41:45,998 The current economic system is disastrous, 471 00:41:45,998 --> 00:41:47,320 not just for the planet 472 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:48,945 but for most people, too. 473 00:41:48,945 --> 00:41:51,092 400 years of capitalism has allowed 474 00:41:51,092 --> 00:41:55,060 the richest 1% to take 40% for themselves, 475 00:41:55,060 --> 00:41:58,591 leaving just 1% for the poorest to have. 476 00:41:58,591 --> 00:42:00,980 But anyone wanting to live differently 477 00:42:00,980 --> 00:42:03,147 is thwarted at every turn. 478 00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:06,364 With profit the only measuring step, 479 00:42:06,364 --> 00:42:07,751 destroying the planet 480 00:42:07,751 --> 00:42:09,479 is written into the system, 481 00:42:09,479 --> 00:42:11,004 and runaway climate change 482 00:42:11,004 --> 00:42:14,140 is a not very surprising result. 483 00:42:14,140 --> 00:42:15,742 Just can't get enough 484 00:42:15,742 --> 00:42:17,813 I just can't get enough 485 00:42:17,813 --> 00:42:19,674 I just can't get enough 486 00:42:19,674 --> 00:42:21,425 I just can't get enough 487 00:42:21,425 --> 00:42:22,604 I just can't get enough 488 00:42:23,534 --> 00:42:25,308 I just can't get enough 489 00:42:25,308 --> 00:42:27,104 I just can't get enough 490 00:42:27,104 --> 00:42:29,062 I just can't get enough 491 00:42:29,062 --> 00:42:30,955 I just can't get enough 492 00:42:30,955 --> 00:42:32,769 I just can't get enough 493 00:42:32,769 --> 00:42:34,646 - The logo effectively is color, 494 00:42:34,646 --> 00:42:35,479 you know, light Gray, you know, 495 00:42:35,479 --> 00:42:37,981 orange Telecom, they have orange and black. 496 00:42:37,981 --> 00:42:40,520 Our logo is fluorescent color. 497 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:42,209 I just can't get enough 498 00:42:42,209 --> 00:42:43,932 I just can't get enough 499 00:42:43,932 --> 00:42:45,255 I just can't get enough 500 00:42:45,255 --> 00:42:46,439 - Everything changes in economy 501 00:42:46,439 --> 00:42:48,091 the minute you have an airline moving in. 502 00:42:48,091 --> 00:42:50,319 Because people can basically do business a lot faster. 503 00:42:52,178 --> 00:42:53,736 If businesses grow a lot faster, 504 00:42:53,736 --> 00:42:55,772 people have more disposable income, 505 00:42:55,772 --> 00:42:57,874 then, you know, consumerism sets in, 506 00:42:57,874 --> 00:42:58,782 and you know where the verge 507 00:42:58,782 --> 00:43:00,769 where basic consumerism is setting in. 508 00:43:02,554 --> 00:43:05,137 Just moving a lot like Ameri